DUSHANBE, August 5, 2013, Asia-Plus — On Monday August 5, Shukurjon Zuhurov, Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), met here with Lord Waverley, Chairman of the British All-Party Central Asia Parliamentary Group.
Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, says the two discussed state and prospects of further expansion of inter-parliamentary cooperation between Tajikistan and the United Kingdom.
“In the course of the talks, Zuhurov, in particular, noted that to-date, Tajikistan and the United kingdom have worked out the draft agreements on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital gains, encouragement and mutual protection of investments, as well as economic, scientific and technical cooperation,” said Sultonov. “In this connection, he expressed confidence that signing and ratification of these agreements will promote further expansion of bilateral cooperation between the two nations.”
According to him, the sides also discussed issues related to expansion of a two-way trade between Tajikistan and the United Kingdom and exchange of parliamentary delegations.
Lord Waverley is an independent member of the House of Lords, he entered Parliament in 1993. He has contributed regularly to Parliamentary proceedings on a wide range of topics, covering drugs, terrorism, conflict and development, and travels widely including to Afghanistan and Colombia, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Guinea and the countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Lord Waverly chairs the All-Party Central Asia Parliamentary Group and the country groups of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan; a position held since the foundation of the Groups. He is also co-Chair of the British Mongolia Parliamentary Group. His objective has been to put into place relationship mechanisms between the Parliaments in order to address a missing link in bilateral relations and to bring greater understanding of the strategic importance of Central Asia. Lord Waverley has initiated co-operation agreements with each of the Parliaments of Central Asia and Mongolia in recognition of the desire to strengthen Parliamentary cooperation and being committed to political, economic and social understanding and development.
