On Monday, 8 May, a meeting of the Business Council, a business forum of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, an exhibition of export products of the two countries, as well as a meeting of scientific circles took place in Dushanbe. This series of events precedes the visit of the President of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan.
Business Forum
The joint business forum was opened by Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan Usmonali Usmonzoda and Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Batyr Atdayev, the Tajik national news agency Khovar reports.
During the forum, investment opportunities of Tajikistan and achievements of socio-economic development of Turkmenistan were presented. The key areas of discussion of the bilateral partnership were industry, energy, agriculture, logistics, transport and communications.
The trade turnover between Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in 2022 amounted to US $ 52.9 million, up $30.7 million or 2.3 times from the same period in 2021, the source says.
The forum was attended by more than 250 participants from both sides, including heads and officials of ministries and departments, businessmen and investors, representatives of companies and enterprises.
Following the forum, meetings were held in the B2B format and a number of bilateral documents were signed.
The delegation of Turkmenistan also visited the industrial zone of Dushanbe.
Exhibition of export products
At the joint exhibition of export products, such sectors of the economy of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan as food and light industry, confectionery, building materials, mechanical engineering and chemical industry, oil and gas, mining of precious metals, agriculture, tourism and others are widely represented.
According to the Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan, Manzur Rustamov, the events are aimed at establishing ties between business partners, expanding trade and economic cooperation in priority areas of the two countries.
Meeting of the scientific circles of Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
On 8 May 2023, a round table titled “Development of scientific and technical cooperation between scientific institutions of the Republic of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: problems and prospects” was held at the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
The forum was attended by representatives of the academic community of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tajikistan. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the President of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan Allaberdy Ashirov.
During the speeches, the trends and prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation between scientific institutions of the two countries were considered, the state and development of scientific and technical cooperation were discussed.
The scientists also discussed the importance of developing and implementing modern educational technologies in order to transform the educational process into the digital era, the innovative development of renewable energy industries, and issues related to studying the biodiversity of medicinal plants and their use in folk medicine.
The Tajik scientist’s speech on Makhtumkuli Fragi and the Turkmen people’s idea of independent statehood became a kind of continuation of the theme of historical and cultural relations between the Turkmen and Tajik peoples from ancient times to the present in the context of the Central Asian civilizational community in the development of partnership in the field of culture and art.
At the end of the event, the parties adopted a resolution on further strengthening scientific, educational, and cultural cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tajikistan. ///nCa, 9 May 2023 [photo credit – Khovar news agency]