DUSHANBE
, February 24, Asia-Plus –
Tajikistan
is in position to supply 2 billion kWh of electricity to
Afghanistan
in the spring-supper period, Tajik Economy and Trade Minister, Hakim Soliyev, remarked at a session of the Tajik-Afghan commission for economic cooperation in
Dushanbe
on Thursday, February 23.
According to him,
Tajikistan
, in turns, could import natural gas from
Afghanistan
.
According to information from the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MET), this issue had been considered previously as well and it is planned to construct a 120 kilometers of gas pipeline from
Afghanistan
to
Tajikistan
.
Yesterday, the session also discussed issues related to training of personnel for Afghan economy at higher educational institutions in
Tajikistan
, participation of Tajik specialists in reconstruction of
Afghanistan
’s infrastructure.
The MET source says an agreement on cooperation in this area may possibly be signed already today.
A three-day session of the Tajik-Afghan intergovernmental commission for economic and trade cooperation opened in
Dushanbe
Thursday February 23.
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
Wednesday [February 22] to attend the session.
