IP- On the sidelines of the Eurasian regional summit in Tajikistan, Iran and Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

Iran PressAsia: Based on the MoU, which was signed between Hadi Khani, Deputy Minister of Economy and Head of the ministry's Financial Intelligence Center (FIC), and Deputy Prosecutor General and Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Uzbekistan, the parties agreed to develop working interactions and mobilize existing capacities in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

This is the sixteenth memorandum of cooperation between Iran's FIC and the financial information unit of other countries.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Khani emphasized the development of bilateral and multilateral interactions and cooperation with friendly and aligned countries with Iran.

Also, on the sidelines of the Eurasian Regional Summit, the Secretary of the Supreme Council for Combating Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism of Iran met with the Minister of Finance of Tajikistan.

In the meeting, Khani also emphasized increasing interactions, especially in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. The Minister of Finance of Tajikistan emphasized developing the cooperation as much as possible and invited the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance of Iran to visit Tajikistan.

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