On April 27, 2026, at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, under the leadership of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Abdurahmonzoda Abdurahmon Safarali, and the Director of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in the Republic of Tajikistan, Viktor Wetzel, a Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement on the Implementation of the Trade Facilitation Project in Central Asia was signed, extending its implementation period until 2029.
The Trade Facilitation Project covers five countries in Central Asia and is additionally financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, as well as through European Union mechanisms, in the amount of €5.2 million.
The project is aimed at strengthening measures in the field of trade facilitation, as well as identifying solutions to enhance the capacity of transport and logistics companies along multimodal corridor routes.