DUSHANBE, August 23, 2011, Asia-Plus — President Emomali Rahmon received a Chinese delegation, led by Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Monday afternoon.
According to the presidential press service, the sides considered bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and China in the fields, of energy, trade, construction, transportation, and agriculture. They also discussed security and military cooperation issues.
The talks reportedly resulted in signing of three cooperation documents: an agreement on cooperation between the People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan and the Communist Party of China; an agreement on technical and economic cooperation; and a memorandum on agricultural cooperation.
Under the government-to-government agreement on technical and economic cooperation, China will award a 120 million Yuan grant to Tajikistan.
