TAJIK PRESIDENT UPBEAT ON FUTURE COOPERATION WITH AZERBAIJAN
Trend news agency, Baku
9 Aug 07
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has expressed his optimism about the
future of his country’s relations with Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani
news agency Trend reported on 9 August.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with the agency in the run-up to
his official visit to Azerbaijan, Rahmon said that Tajikistan will
make every effort to realize the potential of relations between the
two countries in the interests of current and future generations.
The agency quoted Rahmon as saying that since Azerbaijan has a
developed oil infrastructure, it would be expedient to develop
cooperation between the two countries in the oil sphere. Azerbaijani
specialists could be involved in the exploration, extraction and
development of oil and gas reserves in Tajikistan, he said.
He also touched on possible cooperation in other spheres such as
transport, communications and textile and food industries.
"Since Azerbaijan has a high indicator of economic growth, we also hope
for an influx of Azerbaijani investments in the production-industrial
projects being implemented in Tajikistan," Rahmon said.
Touching on Tajikistan’s position on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict,
Rahmon said that Dushanbe was in favour of a peaceful solution to the
conflict. He expressed his optimism about the latest statements on the
conflict settlement by the OSCE Minsk Group. "We are sure that peace
and stability in the South Caucasus will be ensured in the interests
of all peoples living in this important region of the planet," Rahmon
told Trend.