Armenian president meets Tajik leader en route to China

Tajik Radio first programme, Dushanbe
26 Sep 04

Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov received his Armenian counterpart,
Robert Kocharyan, who made a stopover in Dushanbe en route to China
today. Our correspondent Subhiddin Shamsiddin reports:

[Shamsiddin] A wide range of issues relating to economic, trade,
scientific and cultural cooperation between the two states were
discussed at the meeting.

Emomali Rahmonov said a firm legal basis of cooperation had been laid
in the past few years for boosting bilateral ties between the two
states. The first meeting of the intergovernmental commission on
economic cooperation and a meeting of businessmen, which were held
after my visit to Yerevan, have been a significant step towards the
development of friendly relations between Tajikistan and Armenia
[Rahmonov said].

The president’s spokesman, Abdufattoh Sharipov, said the following:

[Sharipov] The two presidents called for the practical implementation
of the agreements signed, in the first instance the agreement on
friendship and cooperation between Tajikistan and Armenia. They
stressed the need for raising trade and economic cooperation to a
qualitatively new level to meet the demand and desire of the two
nations; boosting import and export, encouraging cooperation between
scientific and cultural circles and stepping up friendly relations
between the two states as a whole.

[Passage omitted: repeat of facts]

[Shamsiddin] Emomali Rahmonov and Robert Kocharyan also exchanged
views on a wide range of regional and international issues, including
threats to the modern world and prospects for cooperation within the
CIS.

The meeting was held in an atmosphere of mutual understanding.