Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday received Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, who arrived in Dushanbe for participation in the 17 the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government.
According to the Tajik president’s official website, the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Energy and road infrastructure development were reportedly outlined as areas that could drive economic cooperation between the two countries.
Rahmon and Abdullah noted that implementation of the CASA 1000 Project and construction of the rail link connecting Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan were the best examples of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
Abdullah Abdullah (born September 5, 1960) is an Afghan politician, serving as Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since September 2014. From October 2001 to April 2005, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that he was a senior member of the Northern Alliance working as an adviser to Ahmad Shah Massoud. He also worked as a medical doctor during the late 1990s.
