Tajikistan calls for stronger SCO trade and investment ties

Photo: Press Service of the President of Tajikistan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 20. Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon on October 20 called in Dushanbe for expanding trade and investment, developing transport links, and strengthening industrial cooperation among member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Emomali Rahmon made the remarks at a meeting with heads of delegations from SCO member states who arrived in the Tajik capital for the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, the president’s press service said.

He said one priority should be to increase the practical impact of the SCO’s work through specific programs and projects in trade, investment, and humanitarian cooperation.

Emomali Rahmon also stressed the need to develop cooperation in agro-industry, the digital economy, and green technologies, and to strengthen energy and food security.

The Council of Heads of Government is responsible for implementing decisions made by the organization’s leaders. Rahmon underlined the importance of further strengthening the SCO’s international standing and expanding its cooperation with the United Nations and other international and regional organizations.

Furthermore, he added that Tajikistan will continue to make a constructive contribution to achieving the SCO’s common goals.

The SCO brings together member states to cooperate in security, trade, investment, transport, energy, and other areas. Its Council of Heads of Government focuses on economic and humanitarian cooperation.