DUSHANBE, 11.07.2019. (NIAT Khovar) –The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon received the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin. The meeting took place today at the Palace of the Nation.

The head of state Emomali Rahmon noted the fruitful meeting he had had with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the fifth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), which took place in Dushanbe earlier this year in June, and stressed that all meetings between the officials of both countries promote the development of cooperation and friendship between the two states. Askar Mamin, in turn, expressed his gratitude to President Emomali Rahmon for the warm and sincere welcome accorded to him and his delegation and assessed the results of his official trip to Tajikistan as successful.

It was emphasized that further development of trade and economic cooperation with Kazakhstan is one of Tajikistan’s foreign policy priorities.

The two sides expressed satisfaction with a growing bilateral trade between their countries and underlined the importance of full use of available opportunities and resources to promote the increase of the volume of trade turnover within the framework of the activities of the Tajik-Kazakh Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation.

The meeting also addressed the issue of attracting direct investments to the economy of both states, to strengthen the activities of the Business Council, and efficient use of bilateral meetings and negotiations for implementation of the intended plans.

The head of state Emomali Rahmon noted that Tajikistan is ready to offer Kazakh investors a number of promising projects, including in the agro-industrial, energy, light industry, mineral processing, and transportation and communication sectors.

They also discussed constructive ideas regarding development and expansion of cooperation in the water, fuel and energy sectors, the use of Kazakhstan’s highways, railways and sea ports for transportation of Tajik goods to the third country, and creating joint ventures for the production of flour and bakery products.

Both sides confirmed their mutual commitment to further development of interstate cooperation in all priority areas. They also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues.