Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda, who is currently in Tashkent to attend a session of the CIS Council of Heads of Government, yesterday held talks with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
According to the Uzbek MFA, both sides expressed interest in further expansion of constructive and mutually beneficial cooperation between their countries.
Uzbek president reportedly underlined the significance of an efficient use of potential of the joint Tajik-Uzbek commission for trade and economic cooperation for promotion of programs and projects aiming at developing traditionally friendly ties between the two countries.
Recall, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said that building mutually beneficial cooperation with Central Asia’s nations is the key priority of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy.
In late October, the presidents of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan exchanged messages of congratulations on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between their countries.
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan were established on October 22, 1992. The Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Tashkent has functioned since 1995.
The legal foundation of bilateral Tajikistan-Uzbekistan relations includes 111 contracts and agreements signed at the interstate, intergovernmental and interdepartmental levels in the period from 1992 to the present.
Signs of a thaw in relations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan emerged in September last year. In the years since independence, bilateral relations have been plagued by mistrust, disputes over water resources and outright hostility. Both sides have adopted a series of punitive measures against each other. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has expressed interest in “resetting” relations with Tajikistan.
Regular flights between Dushanbe and Tashkent that were suspended in 1992 at Uzbek authorities’ initiative were resumed in April this year.
