DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, August 22. China and Tajikistan have signed several cooperation agreements in the transportation sector during an official visit of Rustam Emomali, Chairman of the National Assembly of Tajikistan, to China, Trend reports.
These documents were signed by Zavqi Zavqizoda, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan, and Vice Chairman of China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), Deng Boqing.
The agreements include:
Plans for road construction and reconstruction, including the building of four new overpasses in Dushanbe;
Upgrades and renovations of the Tajikistan-China border crossing point Kulma-Karasu;
The reconstruction and building of a road segment connecting the village of Varshnor in Tajikistan's Shughnon District to the Tajikistan-China border crossing point Kulma-Karasu.
Additionally, a document related to the preliminary technical study of the "Smart City" project in Dushanbe was signed, along with an exchange letter for China's financial assistance of $2 million for the construction of a conference hall in the government complex of Tajikistan.
During the visit, Rustam Emomali and Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, discussed cooperation within the framework of the United Nations (UN), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), and other regional and international organizations.