EU interested in cooperation with Tajikistan in the field of green economy

In the city of Nurek in the Khatlon region, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, was dressed in a chapan and a tubeteika, drawing the European Union’s attention to cooperation with Tajikistan in the field of the “green” economy.

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High-ranking officials of the European Union are on a four-day visit to Tajikistan and on November 23, during a visit to the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Station, expressed interest in cooperation with Tajikistan in the field of the green economy.

The Press Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan reported that on November 23, the European Union delegation visited Nurek and expressed interest in further strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the European Union in the areas of green economy, energy, climate change, and drinking water.

At the same time, the European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation, Jutta Urpilainen wrote on Twitter: “With Josep Borrell’s press briefing, our wonderful mission in Tajikistan has come to an end. I emphasized the European Union’s readiness to cooperate with our partners in Central Asia and the prospects for collaboration in the fields of green economy and human development.”