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Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan Discuss Water, Energy, Border Issues

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (second from left) meeting the Kyrgyz delegation (official site)

May 17, 2007 -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabaev met today in Tajikistan's capital to discuss water, energy, and border issues.

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May 17, 2007

Karabaev said Kyrgyzstan fully supports the Tajik leader's proposal to set up a Central Asian water-energy consortium.

He also said Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have defined nearly half of their 1,000-kilometer common border.

On May 16, Karabaev and his Tajik counterpart, Khamrokhon Zarifi, signed a cooperation program between their ministries for the next two years.

(Asia-Plus, Avesta, AKIpress)

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