DUSHANBE, May 13, 2013, Asia-Plus — A roundtable to discuss the role of Tajikistan in the Eurasian development will take place in Dushanbe on Wednesday, May 15.
Organized by the Center for Geopolitical Studies at Russian-Tajik Slavic University (RTSU) and the International Development Movement (Russia), the meeting reportedly aims to discuss the role and place of Tajikistan in Eurasian development through organization, jointly with Russia, of new industrialization and a system of strategic investment projects in Tajikistan.
The roundtable is expected to bring together representatives from Tajik governmental bodies, Russian diplomatic mission in Tajikistan as well as Tajik, Russian and international experts.
The album, Strategic Investment Projects for Tajikistan and Central Asia, worked out by the investment group (Russia), will be presented on the sidelines of the roundtable. This album is reportedly the second stage of the Plan of Yuri Krupnov for Tajikistan.
We will recall that chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Institute for Demography, Migration and Regional Development (Russia) Yuri Krupnov, who is also the head of the International Development Movement, presented his plan of raising the economy of Tajikistan at a roundtable in Dushanbe on September 26, 2012.
In early April this year, Krupnov noted that the aggregate volume of investment for Tajikistan will amount to some 12 billion U.S. dollars.
According to him, some 3 billion U.S. dollars are needed for implementation of the hydroelectricity projects alone, including the construction of the hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Panj River and a cascade of hydropower plants in Khatlon province.
Another priority for economic development in Tajikistan is establishment of ore-dressing and processing enterprises in the country that will require no less than 2 billion U.S. dollars, Krupnov noted.
Besides, it is necessary to implement infrastructure development projects in order to bring the country out of transportation impasses, especially the railway isolation.
Russian expert has also pointed to the necessity of enhancing the agrarian sector in Tajikistan.
It is also necessary to set up a powerful investment pool for Afghanistan, Krupnov noted. “It is impossible to solve the Afghan problem without industrializing this country,” Russian expert noted.
