On March 26, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan signed a wide range of new cooperation agreements following high-level talks between President Emomali Rahmon and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in a move aimed at deepening strategic partnership and expanding bilateral ties, according to the Tajik president’s official website.
At the conclusion of the talks, and allied relations between their countries.
Prime Ministers Qohir Rasoulzoda of Tajikistan and Abdulla Aripov of Uzbekistan also signed key documents, including a program to increase bilateral trade turnover to $2 billion by 2030, as well as a framework for industrial cooperation.
In the presence of the two presidents, officials from both sides signed a series of agreements and memorandums covering a broad range of sectors. These included culture, tourism, technology and innovation, mining, finance, agriculture, scientific research, public administration, and vocational education. Additional agreements addressed cooperation in healthcare, transport, digital systems, and the mutual recognition of electronic certificates of origin for goods.
The two sides also agreed to enhance collaboration between law enforcement training institutions and to amend the founding agreement of the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan Investment Company.
Officials noted that the agreements build on momentum from the Second Interregional Forum “Tajikistan–Uzbekistan,” held on March 24 in the city of Jizzakh, where additional investment deals were concluded. These agreements span industrial processing, textiles, agriculture, construction materials, services, and digitalization.
Following the signing ceremony, Presidents Rahmon and Mirziyoyev held a joint press conference, where they praised the steady expansion of bilateral cooperation and emphasized the importance of fully implementing the newly signed agreements.
Both leaders expressed confidence that, given current momentum and existing opportunities, trade between the two countries could reach $2 billion by 2028.
