Tajikistan and Pakistan signed a number of agreements

Tajikistan and Pakistan Agree on Strategic Partnership.

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According to the press service of the President of Tajikistan, during the two-day visit of Emomali Rahmon to Pakistan, the leadership of the two countries held high-level negotiations. After the negotiations, the parties signed 4 agreements and 4 memoranda.

These agreements and memoranda concern cooperation between the countries and their agencies in the fields of trade, industry, and new technologies, in the fight against drug trafficking, and the establishment of sister city relations between Dushanbe and Islamabad.

During this visit, the parties also positively assessed the development of bilateral relations. The heads of state agreed that the agreement on strategic partnership, which will promote further bilateral cooperation, will be concluded soon and signed during the visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to Dushanbe next year.

The heads of Tajikistan and Pakistan also discussed the situation in Afghanistan and “agreed that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, simultaneously developing, is the foundation of regional development and prosperity. They deemed it important to create an inclusive government in Afghanistan.”

During his official visit, the President of Tajikistan also met with the Minister of Defense and the Speaker of the Parliament of Pakistan. In these meetings, the parties discussed cooperation between the two countries in these areas.

It was previously reported that on December 14, Emomali Rahmon arrived for an official two-day visit to the city of Islamabad – the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

This year, Tajikistan and Pakistan celebrated the 30th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations. Since 1994, President Emomali Rahmon has visited this country for the ninth time.

During this period, 12 new prime ministers have been elected in Pakistan, and each time Emomali Rahmon has met with the newly elected prime ministers of Pakistan – Benazir Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Yousaf Raza Gillani, Imran Khan, and Shahbaz Sharif.

Tajikistan and Pakistan have much in common, including the transition of the governments of the two countries from a clan system to a family system, the flourishing of administrative financial corruption, and even the abuse of anti-terrorism and extremism laws to suppress their opponents, particularly politicians and clergy.