ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Dushanbe on a working visit, met with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon before the sitting of the CSTO Collective Security Council.
The interlocutors discussed issues related to the development of bilateral relations as well as cooperation within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Nikol Pashinyan and Emomali Rahmon highlighted the expansion of ties in the economic sphere and implementation of consistent steps in that direction, which will contribute to the increase of the trade turnover between Armenia and Tajikistan. The sides expressed confidence that there is a great potential in that direction. The leaders of Armenia and Tajikistan exchanged views on the agenda of the CSTO Collective Security Council sitting and measures aimed at ensuring security in the CSTO region.
It should be reminded that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan yesterday evening. According to the press service of the head of government, in Dushanbe on September 16-17, the Prime Minister will take part in a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), as well as in a joint meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Earlier, the CSTO press service reported that during the meeting he will present the priorities of Armenia during the chairmanship of the Organization.