Central Asian countries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have reached an agreement on the joint construction of two hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Zarafshan River in Tajikistan, the Uzbek Energy Ministry has said in a statement published in local media.

The first meeting of the Joint Uzbek-Tajik Demarcation Commission was held in the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent, Trend reports citing the press service of Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tajik Prime Minister Mahmadtohir Zokirzoda is visiting Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent on January 7 to sign an interstate protocol on the final demarcation and delimitation of the Tajik-Uzbek border, Trend reports with reference to the Tajik Asia Plus IA.

In the near future, a new checkpoint will be opened on the Tajik-Uzbek border, Trend reports citing Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry.

The Export development program for 2021-2025 will be developed in Tajikistan. The country’s government has set a task before the relevant government departments to develop and submit the program for consideration.

Japan will provide about $440,000 in grants for five new social projects to be carried out in Tajikistan.

Tajikistan’s GDP indicators will slow down to 5.5–5.0 percent over the period of 2020-2021, according to the latest report of World Bank (WB), published in its official website.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted $110 million to Tajikistan to construct 30 kilometers (km) of a highway and 30 km of secondary roads between the towns of Obigarm and Nurobod in the country’s northeast.

Some 3,642 tourists from Tajikistan visited Turkey in October 2019, which is 6.7 percent more compared to October 2018, a source in the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry told Trend on Dec. 3.

The trade turnover between Tajikistan and Russia amounted to $859.1 million in January-October 2019. Thus, Moscow ranked first in 2019 for the volume of Tajikistan’s trade with foreign countries.