Iranian president wins support from Tajikistan

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon told Ahmadinejad that Tajikistan backs Iran’s nuclear bid.

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“We support Iran’s peaceful nuclear program on all levels as its natural strategic partner,” Rakhmon said after talks with Ahmadinejad.

Iran says its uranium enrichment program is aimed solely at power generation, but the global community is worried that it masks efforts to develop atomic weapons.

Rakhmon said that differences between Iran and other countries must be solved by political and diplomatic means.

Without naming the United States or any other nation, Ahmadinejad on Monday urged an end to a foreign military presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying it destabilizes the situation in the region.

More than 100,000 NATO and U.S. troops operate now in Afghanistan, but only a small number of military advisers and trainers are believed based in neighboring Pakistan. Both Afghanistan and Pakistan share borders with Iran.

Iran has sought closer ties with ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia since they gained independence with the 1991 Soviet collapse. Tehran has focused mostly on transport and infrastructure projects and restoring historically close cultural ties.

Iran is currently funding projects including a hydroelectric plant and a 3-mile (5-kilometer) mountain tunnel in Tajikistan.

Iranian and Tajik officials signed an agreement Monday to complete the construction of the tunnel and also signed several deals on cooperation in other areas.