TEHRAN (Iran News) –President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Sunday leading a high-ranking delegation arrived in Tehran to pave the ground for boosting all-out cooperation with Iran and visiting Iranian officials.

During his visit, ten cooperation documents were signed between Iran and Uzbekistan in the presence of the presidents of the two countries Ebrahim Seyed Ebrahim Raisi and Mirziyoyev.

The high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Uzbekistan signed a joint declaration communiqué and 10 cooperation documents on Sunday afternoon.

The preferential trade agreement and cooperation in the fields of transportation and transit, pharmaceutics, standards and insurance, joint free zones, technology and innovation, and agriculture, were signed between Iran and Uzbekistan.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi officially welcomed his Uzbek counterpart at the Saadabad complex in Tehran.

The presidents of Iran and Uzbekistan also held a private meeting with each other and then, they participated in the signing ceremony of cooperation documents between the officials of the two countries.

High-ranking delegations of the two countries also discussed ways to bolster bilateral cooperation.

Upon his arrival, Mirziyoyev was welcomed by the Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Abbas Aliabadi at Mehrabad Airport.

On Saturday officials of both countries said that Iranian and Uzbek officials are considering to increase the value of bilateral trade exchange to $1 billion.

Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of Republic of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov announced the provision of a roadmap for achieving $1 billion worth of trade between Tehran and Tashkent.

Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of the Iran-Uzbekistan Joint economic Cooperation Commission on Saturday, he said that deepening relations with Iran is one of the priorities of the government of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan will make its utmost efforts to pave the way for expanding relations with Iran in all fields, Kudratov underlined.

Very good agreements were achieved at the Iran-Uzbekistan Joint Economic Cooperation Commission held in Uzbekistan, one of the most important of which is related to the provision of a comprehensive roadmap to achieve bilateral trade to $1 billion, he said.

He added that a mechanism should be defined in order to raise the volume of bilateral transactions.