29.03.2021 13:42
Mevlut Cavusoglu in Central Asian country to attend 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Heart of Asia Istanbul Process.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met government officials in Tajikistan's capital on Monday.
"Discussed w/ Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda, Speaker of House of Representatives of #Tajikistan, increasing inter-parliamentary contacts after the pandemic," he wrote on Twitter. "Parliamentary diplomacy will further strengthen our brotherly relations."
In a separate tweet, the Turkish minister wrote: "Discussed our economic cooperation w/Joint Economic Commission Co-Chair Sherali Kabir, Minister of Industry and New Technologies of #Tajikistan."
"11th JEC meeting will be held in Dushanbe in August. -Signing Preferential Trade Agreement will increase our commercial relations," he added.
Cavusoglu arrived in the Central Asian country on a three-day official visit on Sunday. He will also attend the 9th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process.
The regional initiative of Afghanistan and Turkey launched in 2011, has two chairs with Afghanistan as the permanent chair and a co-chair from among the member states that shifts each year.
It aims to promote regional security, economic and political cooperation centered on Afghanistan through dialogue and confidence-building measures.
According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkey ranked third among the countries which assisted Tajikistan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The total value of Turkish investments in the country between 2009 and 2019 was $200 million. Bilateral trade volume was $322 million in 2020. -