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India, Tajikistan upgrade ties, sign four
pacts
Monday September 03, 2012 08:33:19 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India and
Tajikistan, the energy-rich Central Asian nation, Monday decided
to upgrade their ties to the level of strategic partnership and
signed four pacts in areas of education, health, sports and
culture.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with Tajik President
Emomali Rahmon on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global
issues and decided to upgrade their growing ties to the level of a
strategic partnership.
After the talks, the two sides signed four pacts to intensify
their collaboration in areas of health, education, sports and
culture.
India sought to intensify developmental partnership by unveiling a
host of gift for the hydro-power rich nation, including the
setting up of an IT Centre of excellence, an e-network including
tele-education and tele-medicine, medical centres and language
laboratories.
India also pledged to set up a fruit and vegetable processing
plant and an Entrepreneurship Development Institute, and agreed to
provide agricultural machinery. New Delhi also announced that it
will enhance the number of training slots for Tajik nationals from
100 to 150 slots annually under the Indian Technical and Economic
Cooperation training programme.
Describing Tajikistan as "a key partner of India in the Central
Asian region", Manmohan Singh announced that in view of the broad
progress made in bilateral relations, particularly in defence and
security cooperation, the two sides "should elevate our relations
to a strategic partnership".
The two countries also decided to bolster trade and investment,
with India conveying support for an "an early accession of
Tajikistan to the WTO".
"We also discussed opportunities for investments in free economic
zones in Tajikistan. We hope to send a delegation from the private
and public sectors to explore investment opportunities in these
zones."
"Information technology, e-connectivity, pharmaceuticals,
biotechnology, textiles, leather goods, mining and renewable
energy are some of the areas with high potential," he said.
The volatile situation in Afghanistan and the prospects of
cooperation in the wake of the phased withdrawal of international
combat troops by 2014 figured prominently in the discussions, said
informed sources.
In this context, the two countries decided to deepen
counter-terror cooperation.
"President Rahmon and I exchanged views on the situation in the
Central Asian region and beyond, particularly in the context of
the security transition in Afghanistan. We also agreed to deepen
our counter-terrorism cooperation," said Manmohan Singh.
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