The 6th Session of the EU – Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee will take place in Dushanbe on November 2.
“Co-chaired by Ms. Iveta Grigule (European Parliament) and Mr. Sharif Rahimzoda (Majlisi Namoyandagon – Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament), the session will discuss issues related to security, fight against terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking. A special attention will be given to the current situation in Afghanistan,” Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
Besides, the meeting participants will also touch upon issues of water resource management, environmental protection, social and economic situation as well as investment climate and development of entrepreneurship in Tajikistan.
They are also expected to discuss issues related to problems of human rights situation and supremacy of law in Tajikistan with an emphasis on extension of rights and opportunities of civil society in the country, Sultonov said.
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