Meeting of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan with a high-level delegation of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China

  

On May 31, 2025, in Dushanbe, an official meeting was held between the delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan headed by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade - Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin and a high-level delegation of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China headed by the Deputy Secretary of the Xinjiang Communist Party Committee and the Secretary of the city of Urumqi, the honorable Mr. Jian Zhu.

The participants also included representatives of state bodies of the province and the city of Urumqi, experts in the fields of foreign relations, trade and industry, as well as heads of well-known companies in the fields of artificial intelligence, mining, green energy, mineral processing, textile, chemical industry, environmental protection, digital services and international trade. During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for strengthening economic and trade cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the priority areas of industry, energy, digital technology, infrastructure and logistics.

Zavqizoda Z. A. noted that thanks to the wise policies of the leaders of both countries - the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Leader of the Nation, Honorable Emomali Rahmon and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Honorable Xi Jinping, strategic cooperation between the two countries has reached a qualitatively new level, and Xinjiang as a border region and a bridge between Tajikistan and China is of great importance.

Zavqizoda Z. A. also presented the country's great investment and trade opportunities and called for the implementation of joint projects with the involvement of Chinese technologies and investments in priority areas: textile industry, green energy, metallurgy, digitalization, artificial intelligence, IT parks, logistics centers, pharmaceuticals, tourism and the reconstruction of the Kulma-Karosu border checkpoint.

Mr. Jian Zhu highly appreciated the pace of development of the Republic of Tajikistan in the areas of "green" economy, industry and exports and noted the readiness of the Xinjiang region to take cooperation with Tajikistan to a new level within the framework of the "One Belt - One Road" initiatives and other regional projects.

At the meeting, representatives of the Chinese private sector presented specific proposals for the implementation of joint projects, investment in processing industries and the use of new technologies, promotion of border trade and development of logistics.

At the end of the meeting, the parties agreed on the need to strengthen cooperation through specialized institutions and the private sector in order to practically implement strategic projects and further monitor the results achieved.