DUSHANBE, February 26, 2009, Asia-Plus — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is arriving in Dushanbe today evening for a two-day official visit.
According to the MFA information department, Yemeni leader pays an official visit to Tajikistan by invitation of his Tajik counterpart, President Emomali Rahmon.
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.
Ali Abdullah Saleh will hold talks with President Rahmon on Friday February 27. Their meeting will be followed by negotiations of the government delegations of the two countries that are expected to result in signing of a number of cooperation documents.
The same day, President Ali Abdullah Saleh will visit the Norak hydroelectric power station (HPS).
On February 28, Yemeni leader will hold talks Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev and Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov.
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.
According to the MFA information department, diplomatic relations between Tajikistan and Yemen were established in February 1997.
