DUSHANBE, December 1, 2008, Asia-Plus — On Saturday November 29, President Emomali Rahmon held a number of bilateral talks in Doha, Qatar on sidelines of the ongoing Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterey Consensus, presidential press service said.
Rahmon’s talks with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon focused on issues related to development of water-and-energy resources in Central Asia, coordination of external aid to Tajikistan, prevention of spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, as well as strengthening of border control and fight against drug trafficking in Central Asia.
Strengthening and further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and the United Nations was the focus of a meeting of President Rahmon with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang.
President Rahmon also met with his Croatian counterpart, President Stephan Mesic, to discuss issues related to laying legal foundation of a broad cooperation between Tajikistan and Croatia.
Rahmon’s meeting with Bulgarian President Georgy Pyrvanov focused on strengthening and expansion of bilateral mutually beneficial and multi-aspect cooperation between the two countries. Emomali Rahmon invited Georgy Pyrvanov to pay an official visit to Tajikistan.
On Saturday, President Rahmon also met with Mr. Pascal Lami, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The two discussed issues of Tajikistan’s admission to this organization, the press service said.
