DUSHANBE, February 23, Asia-Plus — A three-day session of the Tajik-Afghan intergovernmental commission for economic and trade cooperation is opening in Dushanbe Thursday February 23.
According to information from the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MET), Afghanistan’s First Deputy Economy Minister Nazir Ahmad Shahidi, Deputy Economy Minister Abdurrazoq Samadi, Deputy Energy and Water Minister Jalil Shams, Deputy Minister of Commerce Ziyovuddin Ziyo as well as governors of the Afghan provinces of Badakhshan, Kunduz and Takhor arrived in Tajikistan yesterday to attend the session.
It is the first session and it is aiming to consider expansion of trade, energy, industrial and agrarian cooperation between the two countries. Participants at the meeting are also supposed to touch upon issues of inter-bank and financial relations, cooperation in the areas of transportation, labor, sports, education, science and culture.
A special focus will be given to draft agreement between Tajikistan and Afghanistan on protecting investments and avoiding dual taxation.
The session also will discuss organization of Tajik industrial exhibition in Afghanistan scheduled for March.
