Parliaments of Belarus and Tajikistan intend to sign an agreement on cooperation, reported BelTA. The agreement on the development and signing of the document was reached during a meeting between the chairman of the House of Representatives of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko and the chairman of the Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi namoyandagon) of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan (Majlisi Oli) Shukurjon Zukhurov. The meeting took place on October 27 on the sidelines of the meetings of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, EurAsEC Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in St. Petersburg, BelTA learned from the press service of the House of Representatives.
During the meeting, the speakers discussed the development of Belarusian-Tajik inter-parliamentary ties, reached an agreement on the exchange of official visits of parliamentary delegations. Vladimir Andreichenko and Shukurjon Zukhurov also considered the participation of Tajik MPs in the monitoring over the presidential election campaign in Belarus as part of the CIS IPA and OSCE PA missions. Shukurjon Zukhurov assured that Tajik MPs will definitely become part of these missions.
The sides also examined the ways of strengthening the trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, considered the deliveries of Belarusian equipment to Tajikistan, setting up of joint ventures and assembly facilities and the prospects of creating companies to process farm produce from Tajikistan in Belarus. The sides also touched upon the use of leasing tools in the export of Belarusian goods.
Vladimir Andreichenko hosted a session of the EurAsEC IPA Bureau which considered nearly 20 issues. The participants of the session discussed organizational issues concerning the composition of the parliamentary delegations of Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, the concepts of the EurAsEC regulations on securities market and the EurAsEC labor legislation. The session also highlighted recommendations on harmonizing the legislation in part of administrative and criminal responsibility for the breach of customs legislation of the Customs Union, administrative and criminal legislation taking into account the abolition of customs control in the Customs Union; legislation on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes; cooperation in transboundary industrial accidents. The participants of the session also discussed amendments to the provision of the EurAsEC IPA aimed at promoting the IPA's more efficient participation in the development of the legal framework of the Customs Union and the single economic space as well as legal basis for cooperation with the Customs Union Commission. The EurAsEC IPA action plan for 2011 was approved during the session.
Sessions of the CIS and EurAsEC Inter-Parliamentary Assemblies and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly were held in St Petersburg on 26-28 October.