Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Ms Han Duck-soo

On 16 September, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Leader of the Nation, Mr Emomali Rahmon, met the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Ms Han Duck-soo, during his official visit to the Republic of Korea.

At the start of the meeting, Mr Rahmon said that the development and expansion of ties with the Republic of Korea is one of the important directions of Tajikistan’s foreign policy. The two sides discussed the comprehensive development of friendly and multifaceted relations, and described the programmes of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOIKA) in Tajikistan, as well as cooperation in the Central Asia-Republic of Korea format, as important.

They said it was necessary to expand economic, trade and investment cooperation in industry, energy, agriculture and transport, and to make the bilateral mechanisms, especially the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, more active. They also proposed establishing a joint working group on industrial and investment cooperation. Interest was expressed in strengthening cooperation in finance, banking, artificial intelligence and the digitalisation of the economy.

The talks also covered the expansion of cultural and humanitarian cooperation, including in education, healthcare, tourism and youth policy. Further topics included cooperation in labour migration and simplifying the process, as well as collaboration within international organisations, especially the United Nations, and on selected items of the global agenda.