DUSHANBE, February 20, 2009, Asia-Plus — By Invitation of President Emomali Rahmon, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will pay an official visit to Tajikistan on February 26-27, according to the Tajik MFA information department.
During his in Tajikistan, Yemeni leader is scheduled to hold talks with President Emomali Rahmon and a number of other high-ranking Tajik state officials to discuss state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
We will recall that Tajik leader made an official visit to Yemen on November 30, 2008. During his stay in Sana’a, Rahmon held talks with Ali Abdullah Saleh, Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujavvar, Parliament Speaker Abdulaziz Abdulghani and a group of Yemeni businessmen. Tajik and Yemeni presidents, in particular, reached an agreement on opening of Tajik honorable consulate in Sana’a. Negotiations between the delegations of Tajikistan and Yemen resulted in signing of four agreements on trade-economic, scientific-technical and educational cooperation as well as political consultations. These documents will pave the way for laying legal foundation of bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Rahmon’s meeting with Yemeni businessmen focused on ways to strengthen economic, commercial and investment cooperation between the businessmen of both countries. They also reviewed the available opportunities of investment between the two countries.
