Monitoring Desk: The visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Dushanbe will help to boost Tajik economy, reports Russian media.
Geographically linked and historically apart, China-Tajikistan are getting closer day by day as Beijing considers Tajikistan as gate to Central Asia.
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With a bilateral trade value as higher as 780 million US dollars in first 8 months of year 2018, Beijing is busy in major infrastructure projects, including building factories, revamping road network and installing power stations in landlocked Central Asia. Tajikistan, which has lowest GDP growth rate in among Central Asian countries really needs economic boosters because it has resilient and skillful youth which can make wonders if provided opportunities in future.
Sino-Tajik Relations at New Level
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to Dushanbe to attend SCO meeting expresses his eagerness to further enhance China and Tajikistan bilateral relations “to new levels”.
Tajikistan is situated on the map of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Tajikistan will surely get rapid and healthy economic growth due to its proximity and geopolitical location.
Under the directions of Chinese government, Chinese companies are encouraged to invest in Tajikistan in the fields of energy, power, mineral exploitation, industrial capacity and processing.
China is also helping Tajikistan for border infrastructure development.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to Dushanbe was of the view that cooperation on agriculture needs to be expanded while focusing agricultural processing and import of more high-quality Tajik farm products.