Dushanbe, 26.05.2016 / NIAT «Khovar» /. Abdusalom Qurboniyon, Finance Minister of Tajikistan held a meeting with the Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan Mrs. Walburga Rooss

According to the press service of the Ministry of Finance, during the meeting the sides reportedly discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Switzerland.

Finance Minister expressed satisfaction with the stable development of relations between his country and Switzerland. “I am convinced that our friendly cooperation with the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan will continue bringing mutual benefit in the coming years,” he noted.

The Swiss Cooperation Office (SCO) was established on the basis of the bilateral Agreement on Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid signed by the Governments of Switzerland and Tajikistan on October 19, 1999.

The Office has a diplomatic status and is headed by a Swiss diplomatic representative, assigned by the Government of Switzerland to maintain cooperation issues and supervise the Swiss Program in Tajikistan.  Since 2001, the Office includes the Swiss Consular Agency, which is an outpost of the Embassy of Switzerland to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

Cooperation between Tajikistan and Switzerland is based on the common constituency Group in the World Bank, where Tajikistan belongs to the ‘Swiss Group’.