The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, met with high-ranking Tajik officials. Photo: Internet The EU representative for foreign affairs arrived in Dushanbe two days ago as the head of a high-level EU delegation. Yesterday morning, Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Central Asia held a […]
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, met with high-ranking Tajik officials.
Photo: InternetThe EU representative for foreign affairs arrived in Dushanbe two days ago as the head of a high-level EU delegation. Yesterday morning, Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Central Asia held a closed-door meeting.
He also met with the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sirojiddin Muhriddin.
The press service of the President of Tajikistan reported on the meeting between the EU High Representative and the Tajik Foreign Minister, but did not mention that the parties discussed the issue of human rights violations in Tajikistan. Additionally, the official website of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not state that during the meeting between Sirojiddin Muhriddin and Josep Borrell, the parties discussed the human rights situation in the country.
However, this morning, Borrell thanked Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin for the hospitality, noting that “During the meeting, we discussed issues of strengthening cooperation in political, trade-economic, and social spheres, investment, and the implementation of effective projects in various humanitarian and cultural areas, particularly in education, healthcare, and local development.”
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, like Emomali Rahmon and Sirojiddin Muhriddin, did not mention human rights violations in Tajikistan.