DUSHANBE, April 13, Asia-Plus -- More than 50 large investment projects for a total amount of $1.358 billion are currently being implemented in Tajikistan, Asanali Karamaliyev, the deputy head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), announced at a news conference in Dushanbe on April 13.  

According to him, of this amount, 89.6 percent are foreign investments.  

“The present stage of economic reforms in the country sets new tasks and the CCI has to take efforts to make potential foreign investors better informed of economic situation in Tajikistan,” Karamaliyev. 

He termed as an example President Rahmon’s visit to Egypt.  “The business community of this country has not had information about the business environment in Tajikistan as it turned out,” said the CCI official. “We ought to establish close ties with our foreign colleagues.” 

For this purpose, Tajikistan’s CCI has sent copies of the special edition of its official paper “Tojik-Kommersant” with appeal to international business community to 182 countries throughout the world, according to him.    

“The cooperation appeal we have launched contains materials about they main national projects and outlines sectors like tourism, processing of precious metals and stones, telecommunications, processing of farm produce, financial and banking system, healthcare and tourism, as areas of which could drive mutually beneficial cooperation,” Karamaliyev said.  

He also noted that the Czech traveling exhibition will open in Dushanbe on April 16.