During the reporting period, bilateral and multilateral cooperation of the Republic of Tajikistan with partner countries and international and regional organizations has been steadily expanding.
An important political event in the field of bilateral relations with Russia is the working visit of the Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to Moscow to take part as Chairman of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in celebrations of the 76th anniversary of Victory It is the Great Patriotic War. During the visit the President of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
During the meeting the important issues of partnership and partnership partnership between the two countries, as well as the international and regional situation have been considered.
The 17th session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation chaired by the Co-Chairs of the Commission - the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation was held in Moscow on February 8-9.
On May 19, 2021 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov paid an official visit to the Republic of Tajikistan.
Important events have also taken place in the field of bilateral relations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan .
On June 10-11, 2021, the official visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Republic of Tajikistan was held.
The visit resulted in the signing of a Joint Statement of the Heads of State of the two countries and a total of 35 new cooperation documents, most of which cover cooperation between the two countries in the fields of economy and trade, investment and industry, transport and agriculture.
Also during this period, the 8th meeting of the Tajik-Uzbek Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation chaired by the Prime Ministers of the two countries (May 14-15, 2021, Tashkent) was held.
In the field of bilateral relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan, it should be noted that the first official visit of the President of Kazakhstan Qosim-Jomart Tokayev to the Republic of Tajikistan was held on May 19-20, 2021, as a result of which 7 new cooperation documents were signed.
The 16th session of the Tajik-Kazakh Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held on March 18, 2021 in Dushanbe under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
On March 30, 2021 in the margins of the 9th Ministerial Conference “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process” the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtor Tleuberdi, who was on a working visit to Tajikistan. On June 28-29, 2021 the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov paid an official visit to the Republic of Tajikistan. During the special meeting of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and the wide-ranging talks of official delegations of the two countries the issues of expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have been considered.
The parties stressed the need to comply with international obligations and norms of international law to prevent the emergence of border conflicts on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. As a result of the visit a joint statement of the heads of both countries and 4 new cooperation documents have been signed.
During the reporting period , the necessary steps have been taken in the field of bilateral relations with Turkmenistan to implement the agreements reached between the top leadership of the two countries in 2019 in Ashgabat.
In this regard, in May 2021, a Roadmap for the promotion of inter-sectoral and inter-agency cooperation between Tajikistan and Turkmenistan was adopted, which includes a number of joint practical activities.
On April 28 and June 29, 2021 the President of the Republic of Tajikistan had telephone conversations with the President of Turkmenistan. The two leaders exchanged views on the state and prospects of Tajik-Turkmen relations and expressed interest in enriching their content with new practical initiatives. Relations between Tajikistan and Belarus are based on mutually beneficial political, economic, military-technical and cultural-humanitarian cooperation and traditionally develop in the spirit of friendship and mutual understanding.
The 14th session of the Tajik-Belarusian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was held on April 5-7, 2021. The meeting discussed the results of bilateral trade and economic cooperation in 2019-2020 and measures to increase bilateral trade, as well as issues of bilateral cooperation in industry, agriculture, transport, health, education, investment and information.
On May 18, 2021 in Dushanbe in the margins of the meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. The Foreign Ministers paid special attention to cooperation between the two countries in trade and economic spheres, noting the positive trend in trade turnover between the two countries.
During this period, relations with Ukraine have been at a stable level, and cooperation in the political, humanitarian and economic spheres has been developing and strengthening.
On May 17, 2021, the second round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and Ukraine was held in virtual form. The issues of bilateral cooperation have been considered at the meeting.
On June 1, 2021 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in virtual format. The Foreign Ministers of the two countries discussed the state and prospects of development of bilateral relations in political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres and exchanged views on cooperation between the two countries in the framework of international organizations.
In the first half of 2021, the necessary steps have been taken to further strengthen the ties of friendship and political, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation between Tajikistan and Azerbaijan . On March 30, 2021 in Dushanbe on the sidelines of the 9th Ministerial Conference “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process” the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the meeting the sides discussed issues of Tajik-Azerbaijani relations in political, trade, economic, transport and communication, cultural and humanitarian spheres, and exchanged views on cooperation between the two countries in the framework of international organizations.
On February 15, 2021, the first virtual political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and Georgia were held. The heads of delegations discussed the state and prospects of bilateral relations in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres, and exchanged views on issues of regional security and cooperation between the two countries in the framework of international organizations.
During the reporting period, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia in Moscow on April 3, 2021 in the margins of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers to promote fruitful cooperation between Tajikistan and Armenia . The issues of cooperation between Tajikistan and Armenia in political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres have been considered at the meeting, and the sides have exchanged views on the relations between the two countries in the framework of international organizations.
In the first half of 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed cooperation programs with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia for 2021-2022. In the past period, March 28-30, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mavlud Cavusoglu paid an official visit to Dushanbe to participate in the 9th Ministerial Conference "Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process". As part of the visit, on March 29, 2021, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.
On March 29, 2021 the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and Turkey was held. A wide range of issues of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries in various fields have been considered at the meeting.
On June 19, 2021 in the margins of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum another meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mavlud Cavusoglu was held. The sides noted the interest of the parties in strengthening bilateral political, trade, economic and cultural relations, as well as the development of cooperation in the fields of tourism and education.
In the first half of 2021, the issues of development of bilateral relations in the political, economic, trade, energy, transport, scientific and cultural spheres with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan were regularly monitored.
The official visit of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Muhammad Ashraf Ghani to Tajikistan was held on March 29-30 this year. The President of Afghanistan Muhammad Ashraf Ghani met with the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and other officials of the country.
The state and prospects of political relations, issues of economic and trade, cultural and humanitarian cooperation have been considered at the meetings. During the official visit, six bilateral documents on various issues were signed.
On March 30, 2021 in Dushanbe was held the 9th Ministerial Conference "Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process" with the participation of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the participating countries in the form of attendance and heads of delegations of countries and international and regional donor organizations in virtual form. At the end of the Conference the Dushanbe Declaration was adopted.
Regarding cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, it should be noted that on March 28, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country left for Dushanbe to participate in the 9th Ministerial Conference "Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process".
On March 29, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran. The issues of cooperation between the two countries in various fields have been considered at the meeting.
On March 30, 2021, in the margins of the Conference, a trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Iran and Afghanistan was held after a long break.
The issues of expansion of bilateral political, trade, economic and cultural relations between Tajikistan and Iran have been considered at the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the two countries, which took place on June 19, 2021 in the margins of the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya.
An important event in bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan this year is the official visit of the Founder of Peace and National Unity - Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to Islamabad (June 2-3, 2021), which opened a new page in the history of bilateral relations. .
During the visit the President of the Republic of Tajikistan held fruitful bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister, President, Chairman of the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. The issues of further development of friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries were discussed on June 2, 2021 at the meeting of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan with the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with the participation of extended delegations of both sides. During the high-level meetings and talks the current state and prospects of relations between the two countries, major regional and international issues have been considered and in the end 12 cooperation documents have been signed.
On May 26, 2021, the first round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was held in virtual form. The sides discussed the current state and prospects of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of politics, economy, trade, investment, energy and tourism, and stressed the need to strengthen the legal framework of bilateral relations.
In the margins of the 9th Ministerial Conference “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process” in Dushanbe on March 30, 2021 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar . During the meeting the sides discussed issues of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the fields of politics, economy, trade and investment.
On May 26, 2021, the first round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was held in virtual form, during which the parties discussed ways to expand and strengthen cooperation in areas of mutual interest.
Strengthening and developing friendly bilateral relations and cooperation with the People's Republic of China is one of the important directions of Tajikistan's foreign policy.
On March 1, 2021 the President of the Republic of Tajikistan had a telephone conversation with the President of China Xi Jinping. The two leaders discussed various aspects of Tajik-Chinese relations, as well as ways to expand cooperation in strategic partnership.
On May 11-12, 2021, the second meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of "Central Asia and China" was held in Xi'an. On May 11, 2021 within the framework of this meeting the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, during which the sides discussed issues of bilateral relations and expressed interest in strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and China. showed.
On March 30, 2021 the President of the Republic of Tajikistan received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India Subrahmaniyam Jaishankar, who was in Tajikistan to participate in the 9th Ministerial Conference "Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process".
A meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and India was held on March 31 this year. The two sides exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations and expressed interest in strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and India in various fields.
The current state and prospects of bilateral cooperation, joint cooperation in political, economic, investment, social, development, infrastructure, education and culture were discussed on March 11 in the next round of bilateral political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and Japan .
On April 1, 2021 the Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon received the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Korea Park Byung-sok, who was on an official visit to Tajikistan. During the talks the sides focused on the most important issues of cooperation, including the strengthening of inter-parliamentary relations between Tajikistan and Korea.
Since the beginning of this year, the leadership of the Ministry has met with officials of the United States of America , where they exchanged views on the development of relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the United States in political and economic spheres, as well as cooperation in ARBIMA and other communications.
On March 17, 2021, a virtual trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and Afghanistan and the US Deputy Secretary of State was held. The two sides expressed readiness for partnership and cooperation to promote lasting peace, security and economic development. The issues of cooperation between the three countries in political, security, economic, energy and human resource development were discussed.
On April 23, 2021, the Central Asian Foreign Ministers and the US Secretary of State discussed the C5 + 1 virtual summit, the fight against Covid-19 integration, the consequences of changing the situation and prospects for cooperation in the region, the fight against international terrorism and extremism.
During his visit to Dushanbe on May 4, 2021, the United States Special Representative for Peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzod met with the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On June 1, 2021 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan had a telephone conversation with the Secretary of State of the United States of America Anthony Blinken on bilateral and regional issues.
The issues of bilateral cooperation with the Federal Republic of Germany and the joint action plan of the German regional initiative "Green Central Asia" were discussed on May 20, 2021 during a virtual conversation with the Minister of State of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany Nils Annen.
On April 7, 2021 a working visit of the Hungarian delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto took place in Tajikistan. As part of the visit, the third round of political consultations between the Republic of Tajikistan and Hungary was held under the chairmanship of the Foreign Ministers of the two countries. At the end of the event, a program of cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and Hungary for 2022-2024 was adopted.
In the framework of cooperation with the Republic of Poland, it should be noted that on June 25, 2021 in Warsaw was held the first round of political dialogue between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and Poland, where the sides exchanged views on issues of mutual interest. Also on April 15, 2021, virtual political consultations of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Group ( Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic ) and Central Asia were held. The issues of economic and social impact of Kovid-19 integration, implementation of the new EU Direction for Central Asia, possible areas of cooperation in this framework, regional security and interstate cooperation in Central Asia were discussed at the event. The issue of development of bilateral relations with Portugal They also discussed bilateral cooperation in the framework of international organizations and the water sector on February 19, 2021 during a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the two countries.
Issues of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and France (January 12, 2021), Italy (June 23, 2021), the Netherlands (April 19, 2021) and Belgium (April 22, 2021) in the political, economic and trade spheres, environment, education, tourism, water, energy and security were discussed during the political consultations.
During the reporting period, the following work has been done to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the framework of international and regional organizations. The Tajik delegation to the UN , as the chair of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), was able to implement UN resolutions on cooperation with these organizations in the UN General Assembly. to contribute to the adoption of these documents in a consensual manner.
The Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on June 25, 2021 in the "Fifth Special Session of the United Nations on Water and Disasters", held in virtual form, spoke about the current rapidly changing world situation, new threats and challenges, climate change and natural disasters. hydrometeorology, mudflows, floods, avalanches, droughts and their impact on the economies of countries, especially Tajikistan.
June 25, 2021 A regional meeting on preparation for the mid-term review of the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028" was held at the joint initiative of Tajikistan and Singapore, where the Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed the major problems of access to water. health and the importance of the Water Decade to draw the attention of the international community to the solution of these issues.
The Second United Nations High-Level Conference on Combating Terrorism, entitled "Countering and Preventing Terrorism on the Basis of Transforming Technologies: Overcoming the Threats of the New Decade," was held in New York on June 28-30, 2021 at the initiative of the UN Secretary-General. The meeting was attended by heads of anti-terrorist agencies and foreign ministers of UN member states. The delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs took part and spoke at this forum.
In the framework of our cooperation in the framework of UNESCO, it should be noted that the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office visited Tajikistan on May 17-23, 2021. During the visit he met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and other heads of relevant agencies of the country. A number of issues of bilateral cooperation in the fields of science, education and culture have been considered during the meetings.
March 3, 2021 the first meeting of the High-Level Panel on Water and Climate under the title "Climate Leaders (Water and Climate Leaders)" was held in virtual form, in which the nation Leader, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon as a member of Parnell company and spoke.
On March 18, 2021, a high-level event "Implementation of the goals and objectives of the Agenda 2030 on water issues" was held in New York in accordance with the UN resolution (73/226) proposed by Tajikistan. Tajikistan, as the initiator of this resolution and co-chair of the UN Water Conference 2023, took part in the summit at the highest leadership level of the country.
In the field of cooperation with regional organizations, it was mentioned the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden as the Chairman- in -Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to Tajikistan (April 14-15, 2021). On May 1 and 7, 2021, at the request of the OSCE Secretary General, a virtual meeting was held with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic to discuss issues related to the situation in the border area of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
On February 19, 2021, the next meeting of the Cooperation Council between Tajikistan and the European Union (EU) was held in virtual form. The meeting focused on key aspects of the EU-Tajikistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, general and political issues, including justice, human rights and the rule of law, economic and trade issues, GSP +, integration and energy. On May 21, 2021 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan received the EU Special Representative for Central Asia. The parties discussed cooperation in the framework of the European Union and Central Asia, the new EU Strategy for the region and the EU programs in Tajikistan and regional security and stability. They exchanged views on Afghanistan and the threat of terrorism and extremism.
Cooperation between Tajikistan in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has been strengthened and expanded at this stage. The next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held on April 2 in Moscow. At the event, the ministers discussed issues of political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation within the CIS, and exchanged views on topical issues of regional and international newspapers.
In the field of cooperation with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), it should be noted that a meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers chaired by Tajikistan was held in Dushanbe on May 18-19, 2021.
Prior to the meeting, the Foreign Ministers were received by the Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. The sides discussed the current state and prospects of the international and regional situation and its impact on the security of the CSTO member states, with particular attention to the Action Plan for implementation of decisions of the CSTO meeting and implementation of priorities proposed by Tajikistan. .
This year, Tajikistan is chairing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the organization. To date, 56 multi-level meetings of the SCO have been held under the auspices of the SCO under the chairmanship of Tajikistan.
On July 13-14, 2021, a meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Dushanbe. This meeting is a key event in the preparation of the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State. Following the meeting, 29 decisions were made.
At the initiative of the Tajik side, a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO member states and Afghanistan was held on July 14, 2021 in Dushanbe with the participation of all SCO member states and Afghanistan in the form of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group. Following the meeting, a Joint Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States was adopted.
It should be noted that as of July 1, 2021, the number of countries that have established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Tajikistan has reached 179. Diplomatic relations with Trinidad and Tobago were re-established during the reporting period.
During this period, 6 new ambassadors of foreign countries, including the ambassadors of Afghanistan, Palestine, France, Italy, Hungary and Croatia presented their credentials to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
This year, Tajikistan is chairing two major regional organizations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the capital will host a jubilee meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. was.
In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making comprehensive preparations for the worthy completion of the presidency in these two organizations and the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Independence Day of our beloved country.
The Ministry pays special attention to information activities and cooperation with the media. During the reporting period, press conferences of the Ministry and foreign institutions of the country were held on important international events planned in Tajikistan. The official website of the Ministry and its pages on social networks regularly provide readers with up-to-date information on important events in the field of foreign policy.
Source: Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan