Turkmen Ambassador Aimyrat Gochmyradov presented his credentials to Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reports.
"Rahmon congratulated the diplomat on his appointment to a responsible post and wished him further success in his diplomatic mission aimed at expanding and strengthening Turkmen-Tajik relations."
Experts told Daryo that Ashgabat has several major economic projects with Dushanbe. Turkmenistan hopes to reach China and from there to the Asia-Pacific region through construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) railway.
In addition, an additional fourth branch of a transnational gas pipeline from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to China is currently being built through Tajikistan.
A meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation is planned to be held in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) before the year end.
Eziz Boyarov
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