Rahmon, Ghani, Sharif to discuss economic cooperation, security in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE. July 4 (Interfax) - A trilateral meeting of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will take place in Dushanbe on Thursday.
A wide array of issues of the three countries' cooperation in the fields of politics, economics, and security will be discussed at the meeting, the Tajik Foreign Ministry's information department told Interfax.
"The main emphasis among the economic issues will be placed on trade and investments, energy, transport infrastructure and increasing contacts between the three countries' business communities. The parties will also focus on the issues of further support to the Afghan government's efforts in ensuring peace and socio-economic development of the country and joint efficient fight against threats to regional and international security," the department said.
A joint statement by three countries' leaders "aimed at comprehensive partnership, creation of new mechanisms of interaction in key directions of cooperation and giving a new momentum to the regional processes" is expected to be signed following the meeting in Dushanbe, it said.
The Tajik Foreign Ministry said earlier that Sharif will arrive on a two-day official visit to Dushanbe on Wednesday. Ghani and Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov will arrive in Dushanbe on Thursday. "A meeting of heads of state and government of the CASA-100 project member countries will take place in Dushanbe on July 6," the ministry said.