On October 29, 2025, a meeting was held between the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin, and the Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission in Tajikistan, Mr. Matthew Gaertner, and his delegation. The meeting focused on the implementation of the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) Program.
Zavqizoda Z. A. noted that, thanks to high-level meetings between the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Leader of the Nation, Honorable Emomali Rahmon, and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, bilateral relations have reached a higher level.
It was also noted that from January to September 2025, despite the impact of external factors, particularly global economic turbulence, the worsening geo-economic situation, and trade conflicts, thanks to the fulfillment of the instructions of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Leader of the Nation, Honorable Emomali Rahmon, the timely implementation of the country's strategic goals, as well as government decisions, programs, and strategies, the real growth rate of gross domestic product amounted to 8.2%, and its volume increased to 117.8 billion somoni.
According to macroeconomic forecasts, national economic growth rates for 2025 and 2026 are projected at 8.2% and 8.5%, respectively. During the meeting, Zavqizoda Z. A. asked the IMF representatives to support an increase in the volume of concessional foreign loans to achieve the priority goals and objectives set by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Leader of the Nation, Honorable Emomali Rahmon, in the area of national economic development and ensuring macroeconomic stability.
In turn, Matthew Gaertner praised the stability of macroeconomic indicators and the economic successes achieved by Tajikistan in recent years and the first nine months of 2025, expressing the IMF's readiness for further cooperation.
In this regard, Zavqizoda Z. A. thanked the IMF mission for revising the national economic growth forecast for 2025 to 7.5%, emphasizing that, as noted by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Leader of the Nation, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon: "Modern Tajikistan is a country with a rapidly developing economy, steadily strengthening international ties, and a favorable investment climate."
In conclusion, the parties expressed their readiness to further expand mutually beneficial cooperation.
