DUSHANBE, March 15, Asia-Plus – Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Dushanbe today morning for an official two-day visit.
According to the Tajik MFA, the main purpose of the visit is for Azerbaijan’s head of state to discuss with high-ranking Tajik state officials expansion of cooperation between the two countries.
Today, Aliyev will meet with President Rahmonov.
Aliyev’s visit to Tajikistan is expected to result in signing of a number of bilateral documents.
Diplomatic relations between Tajikistan and Azerbaijan were established on May 29, 1992. Since that time, only two documents have been signed between the two countries: the government-to-government agreement on trade and economic cooperation and the agreement on cooperation on cooperation and interaction between the two countries.
According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT), a two-way trade between Tajikistan and Azerbaijan last year valued at nearly US$141 million. This consisted of Tajikistan’s exports to Azerbaijan estimated at US$2.655 million and Tajikistan’s imports from Azerbaijan worth more than US$138 million. In January 2007, a trade between the two countries amounted to $10 million. The main item of Tajikistan’s imports from Azerbaijan is alumina.
