DUSHANBE, October 3, Asia-Plus — Today afternoon, President Emomali Rahmon will receive visiting Russian Vice-Premier Sergey Naryshkin, presidential press service said.
The sides are expected to discuss a broad range of issues related to bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation in different fields, including labor migration.
It cannot be ruled out that the issue of completing the construction of the Roghun hydropower plant will figure in Rahmon’s discussions with the Russian official.
We will recall that a statement released by Tajik president’s office announced on August 29 that Tajikistan has formally revoked a contract with Russia’s aluminum group Rusal (Russian Aluminum) for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power station in Tajikistan. The statement explained that the cancellation of the contract also includes the annulment of the October 2004 agreement on long-term cooperation with Rusal. Under the contract, Rusal agreed to construct the Roghun power plant with rated capacity of 3.6 million kW.
