Meeting of the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan with the Governor of Shaanxi Province

On November 15, 2023, in the city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, Mr. Vosidiyon Farhod Sadullo, and the Governor of Shaanxi Province, Mr. Zhao Gan.

Also attending the meeting were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the People's Republic of China Saidzoda Zohir Ozod, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Investments and State Property Management of the Republic of Tajikistan Zuhurzoda Said, Head of the Sector of the Department of Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Ganiev Khusrav, Chief specialist of the Department of External Relations of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and trade representative of Tajikistan in China.

Vosidiyon. F. S. noted that thanks to the wise and far-sighted policy of the leaders of the two countries, the Founder of peace and national unity - the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the respected Emomali Rahmon, and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, the respected Xi Jinping, relations between the two countries are constantly developing and have reached a high level.

In this regard, it was noted that over the nine months of this year, Tajikistan’s foreign trade turnover with China increased by 10 percent, and over the past five years this figure has almost doubled, and China is in 2nd place in the structure of Tajikistan’s foreign trade turnover.

The meeting was held in an atmosphere of friendship and mutual understanding, during which the parties discussed promising areas of cooperation, including the creation of joint industrial enterprises for the extraction of minerals and processing of metals to final products and the supply of agricultural products from Tajikistan to the Chinese market.

At the end of the meeting, the parties expressed their readiness to further expand mutually beneficial cooperation and implement the plans.