On May 26, 2026, on the sidelines of the fourth International high-level conference on the international decade for action “Water for sustainable development, 2018–2028,” meetings were held between the Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Bahodur Sheralizoda, and Ruslan Said-Khusainovich Edelgeriev, Special Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation on Climate Issues, as well as Lifeng Li, Director of the Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
During the meeting with the special assistant to the President of the Russian Federation on climate issues, the parties discussed the expansion of cooperation in the fields of meteorology and climatology, the exchange of experience in glacier monitoring in the high mountainous regions of the republic, the training of specialists in hydrometeorology at leading Russian universities, as well as the participation of Tajik specialists in Arctic expeditions.
During the meeting with the Director of the land and water division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the parties discussed the attraction of additional climate financing for the development and implementation of priority national and regional projects in the fields of agriculture, forestry, and environmental protection.
The parties expressed satisfaction with the current level of cooperation and emphasized that there is still considerable potential for attracting additional climate financing and expanding regional cooperation. At the conclusion of the meetings, the parties agreed to further strengthen ties and mutually beneficial cooperation
