Dear media representatives,
Ladies and gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Kemelevich Tokayev for the invitation to make an official visit, warm welcome and sincere hospitality.
I would like to use this opportunity to once again express my gratitude to you, Mr. Kasim-Jomart Kemelevich, for awarding me with the state award of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Order of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi.
First of all, I attribute such a high rating to the contribution of this side to the development and strengthening of relations between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, first of all, to all the people of my country.
Dear media representatives,
Each of our visits to our brotherly Kazakhstan leaves a new memorable impression in our memory.
We are pleased with the significant achievements of our friendly Kazakhstan in the socio-economic development of the country and the strengthening of its influence in the international arena.
We highly appreciate the reforms of recent years, which are aimed at creating stable foundations for the further progress and harmonious prosperity of Kazakhstan.
Today's talks were held in the spirit of constructive political dialogue, in an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding.
We discussed a wide range of issues on the bilateral agenda.
The joint statement adopted on the results of the negotiations defines the main areas of further development of our cooperation.
During the negotiations, we focused on the further development of strategic partnership and alliance relations between our countries.
We confirmed our commitment to the further strengthening of the political dialogue and consistent implementation of the agreements reached.
We see the main task today and the near future in enriching the cooperation of our countries with qualitatively new content.
In this context, special attention was paid to the expansion of commercial and economic cooperation.
We noted the positive trend of mutual trade development.
We agreed to take additional measures to reach the target indicator of two billion dollars.
In this regard, they emphasized the importance of expanding the nomenclature of mutual supplies and direct connections between the business circles of the two countries.
In this regard, we emphasized the importance of expanding the list of mutually delivered products and direct relations between the business circles of the two countries.
The results of the Business Forum held in Astana on the eve of the trip show that there are many opportunities for further expansion of cooperation in this direction.
We agreed to ensure the coordinated activities of relevant ministries and departments for the implementation of the Action Plan adopted today to increase the volume of mutual goods and products turnover until 2030.
We expressed our mutual interest in increasing investment cooperation.
We emphasized the prospect of industrial cooperation, establishment of joint ventures and deep processing of mineral raw materials, including rare metals.
We noted the priority importance of further expansion of relations in the field of agro-industrial complex.
We emphasized the importance of increasing the volume of mutual delivery of agricultural products, as well as the use of digital platforms for direct cooperation between importers and exporters of products.
We paid particular attention to the development of transport and logistics corridors, expansion of transit and trade opportunities of our countries.
We also discussed issues of cooperation in the field of energy and implementation of joint projects.
We discussed issues of cooperation in the field of water and climate.
Tajikistan attaches special importance to cooperation within the framework of the United Nations on the implementation of the International Decade of Action "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018-2028.
In this context, we emphasized the importance of Tajikistan's initiative to develop the "Dushanbe Framework Program on Water Issues".
This program should provide a basis for further international cooperation in the field of water after the end of the Decade.
We emphasized the importance of joint preparation for the UN Water Conference, which will be held in Dushanbe in 2028.
We discussed the prospects of cooperation in the field of digital technologies and artificial intelligence, including within the framework of the project of establishing the Regional Center of Artificial Intelligence in Dushanbe.
We confirmed our desire to expand cultural and humanitarian relations.
The need to develop cooperation in the fields of education, science, healthcare, culture, tourism, youth policy and sports was emphasized.
We paid special attention to regional security issues.
We confirmed our readiness to strengthen the coordination of efforts in the fight against terrorism, extremism and manifestations of radicalism.
We focused on the issues of combating cybercrime, illegal drug trafficking and other forms of transnational organized crime.
During the negotiations, we discussed pressing issues of the international and regional agenda.
In this regard, I would like to emphasize once again the unchanging position of Tajikistan: conflicts and disagreements should be resolved only by political and diplomatic means, based on the Charter of the United Nations and recognized norms of international law.
We emphasized our readiness to continue coordinating efforts within the framework of the United Nations and other international and regional organizations.
Dear friends
We rate the current level of friendship and partnership between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan very high.
We believe that consistent implementation of agreements and final documents will allow cooperation to expand for the benefit of the citizens of our countries.
I invited the Honorable Kasim-Jomart Kemelevich Tokayev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to visit Tajikistan.
Thank you for your attention.
Translated automatically from Tajik.
Source: President of the Republic of Tajikistan · president.tj
