TEHRAN –Iran and Tajikistan are eager to increase the number of weekly flights between the two countries, IRNA reported on Saturday.

The issue was raised in Dushanbe in a meeting between the Iranian deputy tourism minister Ali-Asghar Shalbafian and the chairman of the Committee for Tourism Development under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan Tojiddin Jurazoda, the report added.

At this meeting, the Tajik side requested that ticket prices be lowered and that more flights be provided from Mashhad and Tehran to Dushanbe, the capital.

Ways to deepen tourism ties between the two countries were also discussed during the meeting.

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