DUSHANBE, December 14, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon met in Berlin with Mr. Philipp Rösler, the Vice-Chancellor of Germany and the Federal Minister of Economic and Technology.

According to the presidential press service, the two discussed issues related to bilateral economic cooperation between Tajikistan and the Federal Republic of Germany.

The sides stressed that Germany has invested more than 130 million euros in development of Tajikistan’s economy over the past fifteen years.

They reportedly outlined sectors like light and food industries, minerals and processing of farm produce as areas of which could drive the bilateral trade between the two countries.

The negotiations resulted in signing of three government-to-government documents: a joint statement by the ministries of health of the two countries on health cooperation; a memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Energy ad Industries of Tajikistan and the German Energy Agency (The Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena); and a memorandum of cooperation between the Main Geology Directorate under the Government of Tajikistan and Germany’s Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources.