Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan also decide to open their border for the traders and residents of border areas
Ashgabat
The trilateral summit of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan held in Ashgabat has resolved to consolidate their mutual relations.
Meanwhile, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have decided to open their border for traders and residents of border areas.
According to reports, the trilateral summit of the heads of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan held in Ashgabat – Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Emomali Rahmon and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, completed its work by adopting a joint Statement.
The heads of the three states expressed their desire to further develop cooperation in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres. The readiness to strengthen cooperation within the framework of international organizations, primarily in the United Nations, as well as in other international and regional platforms, was especially emphasized.
Having considered the issues of trade and economic relations, the summit participants expressed a common opinion on the need to create favorable conditions for the further development of economic cooperation between themselves.
The Statement emphasized the special importance of cooperation in the field of supplies of natural gas, oil and oil products, as well as electricity. Based on the positive experience of trilateral cooperation in the field of energy, they agreed to hold talks at the level of heads of energy departments in the second half of 2023 in order to consider opportunities for joint activities in the oil and gas and electricity sectors.
Given the great potential of the three countries in the field of transport, logistics and transit, the parties attach particular importance to the development of cooperation in the field of transport. In order to expand cooperation in this area, the presidents stressed the importance of intensifying multimodal transportation along the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan transport route, which provides the three countries with access to seaports, including the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Meanwhile, the head of the Khukumat of the Sughd region of Tajikistan, Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, said that he, together with his Kyrgyz counterpart, agreed to open the border, which had been locked up for more than two years, the Dialogue: Tajikistan and the World reports.
The border will be opened first for entrepreneurs and residents of the border area. Earlier, the heads of law enforcement agencies of the Sughd region of Tajikistan also announced the possibility of opening border checkpoints.
According to R. Akhmadzoda, during the recent negotiations held on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the main attention was paid to the issue of opening the state border and resuming trade between the countries. In July, three delegations led by the chairmen of Sogd, Batken and Ferghana met in Cholpon-nat, Ahmadzoda said.
Davron Zohidzoda, Deputy Chairman of the Sughd region, told some details of this meeting: “The Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Kyrgyzstan in Batken said that the border should be opened in stages. First of all, you need to start with the border markets located on the territory of Isfara and Batken. Everything that was in the past, according to him, is in the past and there is no need to stir it up again. We need to start everything from scratch for the sake of the well-being of the inhabitants of the region.”
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Courtesy: Central Asian Light (Posted on Aug 5, 2023)
