On December 11, 2024, the 7th meeting of the Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was held in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad. The meeting was chaired by Daler Juma, Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan, and Sardar Avais Ahmadkhan Leghari, Federal Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, with the participation of a wide range of delegations from both sides. The meeting was held in an atmosphere of mutual understanding, the parties discussed issues of bilateral economic cooperation in various fields, including trade, investment, agriculture, energy, higher education, banking, science and technology, tourism, youth policy, sports, transport and communications. It was noted that in 2023, the volume of foreign trade between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan amounted to 52.7 million US dollars, and in the period from January to September 2024 reached 47.3 million US dollars, which is 1.5 million US dollars or 3.3% more than in the same period last year. Special attention was paid to the importance of the CASA-1000 regional electricity transmission project for the development of cooperation between the countries in the energy sector. They expressed confidence that the work of the commission would open new horizons for the development of multilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Pakistan and give a serious impetus to mutually beneficial relations between both sides. At the end of the meeting, the Co-Chairs signed the protocol of the 7th meeting of the Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Within the framework of the 7th meeting of the Joint Commission, two memoranda were signed: a memorandum of understanding between the Football Federation of Tajikistan and the Football Federation of Pakistan; a Memorandum on the establishment of fraternal relations between the Khatlon region of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
