DUSHANBE, April 9, 2013, Asia-Plus – Kazakh Defense Minister Adilbek Jaksybekov heading a Kazakh military delegation is expected to arrive in Tajikistan on April 15.
An official source at the Tajik Ministry of Defense (MoD) says that while in Dushanbe, Jaksybekov will hold talks with his Tajik counterpart Sherali Khairulloyev and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.
The sides will discuss issues related to military and military-technical cooperation between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan as well as training of personnel for Tajik national army at military schools in Kazakhstan, the source added.
Adilbek Jaksybekov (born on July 26, 1954) is Kazakhstan”s Minister of Defense. He was the head of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s administration. He served as the Mayor of Astana in 2002, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank in 2003, and the Minister of Industry and Trade in 2004. While Information Minister, Jaksybekov participated in a meeting held in Kiev, Ukraine in 2004 in which a Common Economic Area was proposed for Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
