Pakistan, Tajikistan ink agreements, memorandums of understanding
ISLAMABAD (AA): Pakistan and Tajikistan on Wednesday inked a string of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the fields of trade, development, industries, and science and technology.
The agreements were signed in the presence of visiting Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the capital Islamabad, a joint communique said.
Rahmon, in Islamabad for a two-day visit, also held a one-on-one meeting with Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office.
Tajikistan’s Customs Service and Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue inked an MoU to establish electronic data interchange between the two sides.
Another MoU was inked between the Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower and Ecology department of Tajikistan and the Pakistan Council of Research on Water Resources for basic research in the aforementioned domains.
Yet another MoU was signed, declaring Dushanbe and Islamabad “sister cities.”
An MoU for mutual cooperation was also signed by the University of Peshawar and the Tajik National University.
During the meeting, Sharif expressed his desire to work closely with Rahmon to complete the CASA-1000 power project “as early as possible,” apart from building rail, road, and energy links with Central Asian countries.
CASA-1000 is a $1.16 billion under-construction project that will allow surplus hydropower from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to be transferred to Afghanistan and then to Pakistan.
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