DUSHANBE, February 19, 2009, Asia-Plus — On Wednesday February 18, President Emomali Rahmon received Uzbek First Deputy Prime Minister also Finance Minister Rustam Azimov, who was in Dushanbe to attend a session of the Tajik-Uzbek intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation.
As it had been reported earlier, the Tajik-Uzbek intergovernmental commissions for trade and economic cooperation as well as demarcation and delimitation of common border met in Dushanbe yesterday.
According to presidential press service, in the course of the talks, Rahmon and Azimov paid a special attention to expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, particularly in using water-and-energy resources, delineation of the Tajik-Uzbek border, development of the regional economic cooperation, as well as considered visa regime and cargo transit issues.
The sides agreed that disputable issues between the two countries should be solved on the basis of the centuries-old friendship and ties between the two peoples. They expressed readiness for a speedy ratification by the parliaments of the countries of an agreement on recognition of concerted sections of national border between the two countries, the press service said.
