China will strengthen business cooperation with Tajikistan
through expanding trade and investment, said Vice Premier Wu Yi in
Beijing on Tuesday.
Wu made the remarks when addressing a business and investment
forum between China and Tajikistan. Tajik President Emomali
Rakhmonov also attended.
Wu said the two sides should strengthen cooperation in resources
development and increase trade in high-technology and high
value-added goods.
She also called on the two countries to create open, transparent
and secure conditions for bilateral investment and favorable
conditions for communication and exchanges between companies.
Rakhmonov said Tajikistan would give priority to cooperation in
such areas as hydro-electricity generation, the mineral industry,
raw materials processing and tourism.
Tajikistan would undertake to create conditions for Chinese
companies to invest there and work with China to push forward the
bilateral trade, he said.
The two countries have carried out nearly 50 economic
cooperation projects in Tajikistan. Bilateral trade saw a
nineteen-fold increase in the last five years.
Rakhmonov is paying a seven-day state visit to China at the
invitation of President Hu Jintao. The two countries on Monday
signed a treaty on friendship and cooperation, agreeing to push
bilateral relations to higher levels.
(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2007)
