Meeting of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan

On August 3, 2023, a meeting was held between the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoshikawa Yumi.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin noted that thanks to the wise and far-sighted policy of the Founder of Peace and National Unity - the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, respected Emomali Rahmon and the Government of Japan, relations between the two countries reached a qualitatively new level.

It was noted with satisfaction that the foreign trade turnover between Tajikistan and Japan for the first half of 2023 increased by 1.7 times compared to the same period last year. And the foreign trade turnover of Tajikistan and Japan in 2022 amounted to $108.5 million.

At the meeting, Memorandums were signed between the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Government of Japan within the framework of the Japan International Cooperation Volunteers Program (JOCV). Within the framework of this document, Japan will send experienced specialists (doctors, engineers, technologists, programmers, designers, and others) to the priority socio-economic sectors of Tajikistan free of charge.

During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of expanding bilateral trade cooperation, including increasing funding for priority projects of the Republic of Tajikistan, creating joint industrial enterprises using Japan's advanced technologies in free economic zones, exporting Tajikistan's environmentally friendly products and creating logistics centers.

It should be noted that 2,500 citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan were trained under the program of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) of Japan and 100 civil servants under the grant project "Educational Scholarships for Human Resource Development (JDS)" in Japan.

Also during the meeting, the issue of establishing cooperation in the field of labor migration was discussed, and the Japanese side expressed readiness in this direction.

In addition, the parties exchanged views on establishing cooperation in the implementation of green and digital economy projects in the Republic of Tajikistan.

At the end of the meeting, the parties expressed their readiness to establish mutually beneficial cooperation and implement the issues noted.