On November 9-10, 2022, the 11th meeting of the Joint Turkmen-Tajik Intergovernmental Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation was held in Ashgabat.
The Turkmen part of the commission was headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan Muhammetgeldi Serdarov, and the Tajik part was headed by the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Juma.
The parties noted the progressive development of bilateral relations, which were given a powerful impetus by mutual visits of the President of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan in September 2021 and the head of Tajikistan to Turkmenistan in August and November 2021.
The meeting participants heard information from the parties on the implementation of the decisions of the tenth meeting of the Commission, held in July 2021 in Dushanbe.
During the current meeting, the parties reaffirmed their intention to further strengthen cooperation in the trade-economic and scientific-technical fields, and also reached various new agreements in areas of mutual interest.
In this context, the need to intensify work on the implementation of the Roadmap to increase trade volume between the two countries was stated. In addition, key aspects of cooperation in the field of energy, industry, agriculture and water resources, as well as interaction in the transport sector were considered.
The meeting participants discussed the development of cultural and humanitarian cooperation. The parties noted the importance of holding joint events in the field of culture and science.
As a result of the negotiations, the parties signed the Protocol of the 11th meeting of the Commission. The 12th meeting of the Joint Tajik-Turkmen Intergovernmental Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation is scheduled to be held in 2023 in Dushanbe.
