KHUJAND, June 16, 2015, Asia-Plus – On Monday June 15, Sughd governor Abdurahmon Qodiri received visiting delegation of Russia’s Altai Krai, led by Ms. Yekaterina Krapivina, Director of the Agency for Development of Economic and Cultural Ties with the Regions.
According to the Sughd administration, the delegation members include representatives of Altai State Technical University who arrived in Sughd at the end of last week to organize entrance examination for local applicants.
More than 180 students from Tajikistan are currently studying at universities in Altai Krai.
We will recall that an agreement on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation between Tajik Sughd Province and Russia’s Altai Krai was signed in Barnaul, the capital of Altai Krai on July 11, 2014.
Altai Krai is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders with, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo oblasts, and the Altai republic. The krai”s administrative center is the city of Barnaul. The krai is favorably located close to major sources of raw materials, has a well-developed infrastructure, especially in the area of heavy industry, and an abundance of natural resources. It is a major industrial and agricultural region of the country. There are more than 2000 industrial companies operating in both heavy and light industry. The leading sectors are the power, engineering, chemical and petrochemical, building material, textile, and light industries. This increase is particularly noticeable in the flour-, grain-, and feed-milling and chemical and petrochemical industries and in individual heavy industry sectors, tractor production. Small and medium business is developing rapidly in Altai krai, which is a necessary condition for economic stability and growth. Today, nearly a quarter of the entire working population is employed in this sector.
