Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will be arriving in Pakistan on December 14 (tomorrow) on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Tuesday.
During Rahmon’s visit, the two sides will exchange views on further strengthening bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas and were expected to sign multiple bilateral agreements and memoranda or understanding, the statement said.
A transport trade deal, which the cabinet authorized last week on the proposal of the commerce minister, is one of the agreements that are likely to be signed.
The FO stated the Tajik president’s visit to Pakistan was expected to “impart a renewed impetus to deepening cooperation between the two countries in diverse fields and further strengthen the growing geo-economic partnership”.
“Long-standing historical, cultural, and religious ties unite Pakistan and Tajikistan as fraternal countries. Mutual regard and extraordinary cordiality characterize these ties.
“The two countries have [a] commonality of views on various regional and international issues,” the statement added.
The FO also stated that Tajikistan was a “essential partner of Pakistan in Central Asia” because it was Pakistan’s closest neighbour in Central Asia, with only the constrained Wakhan corridor standing between them.
