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Tajikistan, Pakistan pledge to further ties

Xinhua, June 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have pledged here on Tuesday to deepen relations and conduct all-round cooperation between their countries.

When meeting Sharif, Rahmon said comprehensive cooperation with Pakistan is one of the main directions of Tajikistan's foreign policy, according to the presidential press service.

Both sides expressed satisfaction with the current level of trade and economic cooperation, stressing that trade between the two countries has increased from 100,000 U.S. dollars to 100 million dollars over the past decade.

The two leaders said they are confident that bilateral trade will increase to 500 million dollars in three years.

Rahmon and Sharif highlighted that the intensification of activities of the intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation, the promotion of ties between the business communities of the two countries, and the expansion of cooperation in energy, agriculture and industry will boost bilateral trade.

They added that the wide use of Tajikistan's free economic zones and Pakistan's seaports of Karachi and Gwadar would also encourage bilateral trade.

The leaders also showed interest in signing a trilateral transit trade agreement with Afghanistan at an early date.

Sharif was in Tajikistan for an official two-day visit. Endi