On January 30, 2025, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin, met with the Permanent Coordinator of the United Nations (UN), Ms. Kavilmadam Ramaswami Parvati, and the Head of the Office of the Permanent Coordinator of the UN, Kristin Tovmasyan.
Zavqizoda Z. A. expressed his gratitude to the UN representatives for their beneficial cooperation and contribution to the sustainable economic development of the country. He noted that, thanks to the wise policy of the Founder of Peace and National Unity – Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Honorable Emomali Rahmon, Tajikistan has achieved significant successes in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the past five years, despite the influence of external factors, as a result of economic reforms, state programs, and anti-crisis measures.
During the meeting, the parties discussed bilateral cooperation to facilitate the financing of the country's strategic goals, as well as the provision of financial and technical assistance to strengthen the national monitoring and evaluation system for the implementation of strategic planning documents, such as the Medium-Term Development Program for 2021–2025, and the development and presentation of the Medium-Term Development Program for 2026–2030.
It was emphasized that the Medium-Term Development Program for 2026–2030 should prioritize human capital development, strengthening production capacities and the use of modern technologies, the organization of competitive goods production and high value-added products, the linkage between science and production, and the formation of a knowledge-based, innovative economy.
Ms. Kavilmadam Ramaswami Parvati expressed the readiness of the United Nations and its agencies to support the implementation of Tajikistan's development goals and priorities.
