DUSHANBE, November 4, 2008, Asia-Plus — The sixth session of the Tajik-Kazakh commission for economic cooperation will be held in Dushanbe on November 5-6.
According to the State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management (GosComInvest), the commission is aiming to consider issues related to further expansion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the fields of economy and trade, science and technologies, culture and humanitarian partnership.
The session will also discuss the progress of implementation of decisions made at the previous session.
The co-chairmen of the commission the GosComInvest head Farrukh Hamraliyev and Kazakh Minister for Environmental Protection Nurlan Iskakov.
The previous fifth session of the Tajik-Kazakh economic commission was held in Astana, Kazakhstan on August 27, 2007.
According to data of the State Committee for Statistics, a trade between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan in January-September 2008 has valued at US$206.535 million. This consisted of Tajikistan’s exports to Kazakhstan estimated at US$6.47 million and Tajikistan’s imports from Kazakhstan worth US$200,65 million.
