DUSHANBE, September 15, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev met in Dushanbe a day before a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that is opening in the Tajik capital today.
According to the Tajik president’s official website, the two leaders discussed a broad range of issues related to state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Tajik leader, in particular, noted Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan ought to use effectively their natural and climatic conditions and similar economic structures.
Atambayev, for his part, highly appraised Tajikistan’s rotational presidency in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Rahmon and Atambayev noted that energy, agriculture and trade are priorities of bilateral cooperation between their countries, the source said.
A special attention was reportedly paid to the border problems and development of cross-border trade between the two countries.
They also discussed expansion of transportation ties and transit opportunities of the two countries as well as construction of transit railway and highways, gas pipelines and power transition lines.
Rahmon and Atambayev also discussed a number of regional and international issues being of mutual interest.
