High-level negotiations that took place between Tajikistan and Pakistan in Islamabad yesterday have resulted in signing of a number of cooperation documents.
President Emomali Rahmon and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan signed a joint declaration on next steps in building strategic partnership for regional solidarity and integration and then witnessed signing of agreements/memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between Tajikistan and Pakistan.
Agreements/MoUs signed between the two countries include:
– Agreement on International Road Transport;
– Academic Cooperation Agreement between Tajik Technical University named after academician M. Osimi and Indus University of Pakistan;
– Agreement on Cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Quetta Balochistan;
– Agreement on Cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan and the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pakistan;
– Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan and the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
– Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between of Understanding between the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of Tajikistan and the National Accountability Bureau of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
– Agreement between the Government of Tajikistan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for Cooperation in the Field of Prevention and Liquidation of Emergency Situations;
– Agreement between the Government of Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the field of Art and Culture;
– Memorandum of Understanding between Tajik Institute of Languages, Dushanbe Tajikistan and National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Pakistan;
– Memorandum of Understanding between Technological University of Tajikistan and COMSATS University Islamabad;
– The Program of Cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs Tajikistan and Pakistan.
Pakistani media reports say Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on June 2 expressed his country’s interest to access Pakistan’s Gwadar and Karachi seaports as the ‘shortest trade route’ for Tajikistan to connect with the region.
The Tajik president, in this regard, reportedly supported establishment of a ‘trade corridor’ passing through Pakistan, as he addressed at a joint press stakeout along with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad.
