DUSHANBE, November 1, Asia-Plus — Tajik Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov is leaving for Tashkent, Uzbekistan today evening to attend a meeting of heads of government of member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that opens in the Uzbek capital tomorrow, presidential press service said.
Prime ministers of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan a well as the SCO Secretary General are to consider a progress of implementation of resolutions adopted by the council of the SCO heads of state to expand trade-economic and humanitarian cooperation among the Organization member nations as well as activities of the SCO business council and interbank association.
The meeting is expected to result in signing of a joint communiqué, an agreement among the SCO governments on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs affairs, and a number of other documents.
Press service of Uzbek MFA says representatives from India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan that have a status of observer at SCO will also attend the meeting. Besides, First Vice-President of Afghanistan A. Masoud has been also invited to attend the meeting in Tashkent.
