DUSHANBE, September 11, Asia-Plus — Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda yesterday received visiting President of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia), Rustem Khamitov.
Subhiddin Muhiddinov, a senior consultant to the Tajik president’s press center, says the two discussed a number of issues related to cooperation between the regions of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation.
The sides reportedly outlined sectors like mining, light industry, and agriculture as areas of which could drive the bilateral trade between Tajikistan and Bashkortostan.
Rustem Khamitov arrived in Dushanbe to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, will host the SCO summit in 2015.
The Republic of Bashkortostan, also known as Bashkiria, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa. Bashkortostan is one of the most developed regions of the Russian Federation in terms of its gross regional output, volume of industrial production, agricultural production, and investment in fixed assets. The economy of Bashkortostan, being one of the largest industrial centers of Russia, is very diverse. Bashkortostan has a large agricultural sector. But the republic”s most important industry is chemical processing; Bashkortostan produces more oil than any other region of Russia, about 26 million tons annually, and provides 17% of the country”s gasoline and 15% of its diesel fuel. Other important products manufactured in Bashkortostan include alcohols, pesticides and plastics.
