Tajikistan and Japan discuss a new bridge over the Kofarnihon River

In Dushanbe, the current state of Tajikistan-Japan relations in roads and transport, together with prospects for further cooperation in this area, was discussed at a meeting between Tajikistan's Minister of Transport, Azim Ibrohim, and Japan's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tajikistan, Ms Keiko Furuta.

The meeting noted that Tajikistan and Japan, as two friendly countries, have developed useful cooperation in a range of fields, especially in roads and transport. Over the past quarter of a century, 35 small and large projects have been implemented in Tajikistan with support from the Government of Japan. Of these, 12 projects were carried out through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on road and bridge construction and technical inspection, the purchase of road maintenance equipment, and the provision of training scholarships for sector staff.