On Wednesday July 3, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for participation in the Meeting of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member nations, according to the Tajik president’s official website.
At Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, Tajik leader was reportedly welcomed by the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Oljas Bektenov and other high-ranking representatives.
On the same day, Emomali Rahmon met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the sidelines of the SCO summit.
In the course of the talks, the parties reportedly discussed various aspects of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan and issues on the agenda of the next meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The parties, in particular, discussed issues related to further expansion of cooperation in the fields of agriculture, commerce, energy, air transport and security.
Another issue of the meeting was the holding of the next session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation in Dushanbe.
Rahmon and Tokayev reportedly also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues being of mutual interest.
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan were established on January 7, 1993.
Relations between the two countries are developing on the basis of the Agreement on Strategic Partnership that was signed in Dushanbe on September 14, 2015.
Legal foundation of relations between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan includes more than 80 documents.
Deepening and expansion of bilateral relations between the two countries are promoted by the activities of the Tajik-Kazakh Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) for Trade and Economic Cooperation.
The main products exported by Tajikistan to Kazakhstan vegetables, fruits, ores and concentrates of lead, zinc, and copper. Tajikistan’s imports from Kazakhstan include grain, flour, sunflower oil, building materials, paints and petroleum products.
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