DUSHANBE. October 20, 2022 /NIAT «Khovar»/. On October 17, 2022, in Tehran the Ambassador of Tajikistan Nizomiddin Zohidi along with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Frank J. M. Mollen met with Behzad Saberi Ansari, Director General for International Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the meeting, the parties exchanged views on holding the UN Conference on the mid-term review of the goals of the International Decade for Action «Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028,» which will be held on March 22-24, 2023 in New York under the chairmanship of Tajikistan and the Netherlands.

In this context, the parties noted the importance of President Rahmon’s global initiatives in the water sector such as «International Year of Clean Water, 2003,» «International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life, 2005-2015,'» «International Year of Cooperation in the Water Sector, 2013,» and International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development 2018-2028” to solve water problems on a global scale.