Tajikistan offers Pakistani investors to work in country
By Abdul Kerimkhanov
Expanding multidimensional cooperation and strengthening mutually beneficial relations with Pakistan is one of the main directions of Tajik foreign policy.
The trade and economic opportunities of Pakistan, its geostrategic position and influence in South Asia and the Islamic world is important for Tajikistan.
Tajik businessmen call on their Pakistani counterparts to expand trade and thus achieve a tenfold increase in Tajik-Pakistani turnover.
Investors and businessmen from Tajikistan are interested in the incentives offered by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, which will help the two countries increase bilateral trade to $ 500 million, according to the Pakistani edition “The Express Tribune”.
The head of the Union for the Development of the Private Sector of Tajikistan, Faizali Rajabov, expressed the desire to develop trade with Pakistan.
At a meeting in Islamabad with the business community of Pakistan, Rajabov said that Tajikistan and Pakistan have enormous potential for expanding trade, creating joint ventures and investments in various areas.
He called on Pakistani businessmen and investors to be more active in promoting business relations with their Tajik counterparts since the countries have something to strive for mutual cooperation.
Rajabov stressed that Pakistan can export many goods to Tajikistan, including furniture, sugar, textiles and cement. He asked Pakistani exporters to make efforts to seize the opportunities.
He noted that investors from China and other countries are actively participating in the Tajik market, insisting that Pakistani investors should also focus on Tajikistan in order to gain access to the huge market of Central Asia.
Diplomatic relations between Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan were established on June 6, 1992.
According to official statistics of Tajikistan, the volume of bilateral Tajik-Pakistan trade in 2018 amounted to $ 62 million. More than $ 52 million in trade between the two countries is the import of Pakistani products in Tajikistan.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, more than 500 Pakistani students have been trained in higher educational institutions of Tajikistan.
During this period, Tajikistan and Pakistan signed more than 30 agreements, memorandums of understanding and other official documents.
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Abdul Kerimkhanov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @AbdulKerim94
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