DUSHANBE, April 12, Asia-Plus - Tajik entrepreneurs seek cooperation with their Arab colleagues.

A business forum with participation of Tajik and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) entrepreneurs was held in Dubai on April 11, according to Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). 

The forum was held on the sidelines of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s official visit to the UAE. 

The source at a CCI said that during the meeting Tajik businesspeople had negotiated with senior representatives from the UAE’s largest industrial companies the possibility of cooperation in various sectors of economy and submitted them for consideration a series of the investment projects.  

According to the source, the Tajik delegation was represented by top managers of the enterprises of food and light industries such as Nafisa, Textile, HIMA, Asali Tojik, Khujand cannery as well as Tajik Telecom (Tajikistan’s national telecommunications operator), and a number of commercial banks, including OryonBonk, AgroInvestBonk and TojikSodirotBonk.