(IRNA) - Iran has started its first high rise construction project in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in presence of a number of officials.
The Iran partner will under the project build 234 apartment units in Saadi Shirazi street of Dushanbe.
Speaker of the Tajikistan National Assembly and dushanbe mayor were present in the inaugural ceremony, reports Trend.
Addressing the audience in the ceremony, speaker of Tajik National Assembly, Mahmadsaid Ubaydullayev, called the project a new move to use Iran's new architectural expertise in the capital city.
He expressed hope that the project would have positive effect on the growing cooperation between Iran and Tajikistan.
He cited common language and culture as the main factors accelerating development of relations between the two countries.
Meanwhile, governor of Iran's Razavi Khorassan Province and head of the Iranian delegation to Tajikistan, Mohamad-Javad Mohammadizadeh, said for his part that the common language and culture have made the Iranian and Tajik not to feel as strangers in other countries.
Under the housing and administrative project three 18-story high rises will be built on 61,000 square meters of lands, comprising 234 flats. The project is to be implemented in 27 months at an estimated budget of dlrs 25 million.