The Founder of Peace and National Unity — Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon received the Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova in a ceremony held in the Palace of the Nation. President Rahmon emphasized that Tajikistan attaches importance to the development of interstate cooperation with Azerbaijan and expressed his satisfaction over the traditions of friendship and cooperation between the states, reliable political dialogue, including at the summit levels, and inter-parliamentary ties. He also expressed satisfaction with the present bilateral economic, trade, humanitarian, and educational cooperation. The discussion continued on intensifying the work of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation and the adoption of the Action Plan for economic cooperation until 2025. The exchange of opinions also took place on issues of expanding cooperation between the countries in promising joint projects, in particular industrial cooperation, mining, processing, and between the companies TALCO and Azeraluminium. Strengthening cooperation in the fields of agriculture, investment, transportation, communication, tourism, and restoration of direct flights between Dushanbe and Baku were noted as vital. In discussing the issue of international cooperation, including within the UN and SCO, the two sides paid particular attention on supporting each other’s initiatives, in particular Tajikistan’s global water initiatives, Azerbaijan’s Chairmanship in the Non-Aligned Movement, establishment of a Contact Group on Combating the Coronavirus, and on reviewing the initiative proposal of Azerbaijan for observer status in the SCO during Tajikistan’s presidency. Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

Today, Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairman of Dushanbe Rustam Emomali met with the Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova.

The meeting focused on the state and prospects of friendship and cooperation between Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.

The parties exchanged views on further expanding inter-parliamentary cooperation.

Rustam Emomali expressed his confidence that further strengthening bilateral relations, especially in the sphere of legislation, will contribute to expanding relations between the two countries.

Likewise, they expressed interest in expanding inter-parliamentary relations within the framework of the Cooperation Agreement between the National Assembly of Tajikistan and the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan, including through regular contacts of friendship and cooperation groups.

Tajikistan and Azerbaijan are effectively cooperating within the framework of multilateral structures, including the UN, OSCE, CIS, OIC, ECO, and the interstate parliamentary structures of these organizations.

The parties also discussed issues of cooperation between Tajikistan and Azerbaijan in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic, scientific-technical, cultural-humanitarian, and military-technical spheres.

Gafarova spoke about increasing the volume of bilateral trade and the adaptation of its structure to modern requirements, expansion of cooperation in the fields of mining, light industry, food industry, production of building materials, agriculture, land fill, logistics, investments, and also with the effective implementation of the decisions of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.

The meeting also focused on other important aspects of cooperation between the parties, including in the areas of culture and humanitarian activities, education and tourism.

As part of the development of cooperation between the capitals, the parties discussed the issue of erecting monuments to Nizomi Ganjavi in ​​Dushanbe and Abuabdullo Rudaki in Baku.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan