Tajikistan’s president Emomali Rahmon has received the OSCE chairperson-in-office, Maltese foreign minister Ian Borg, in Dushanbe. The meeting discussed cooperation issues in various spheres, Rahmon’s press service is reporting.
“From the first days of establishing relations with the Organization, we have expressed readiness to expand mutually beneficial cooperation,” Rahmon stressed.
The parties discussed regional and global problems and the expansion of military-political, economic, and environmental ties within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) framework.
The need for close cooperation among the Organization’s member states in preventing and mitigating the negative consequences of climate change, such as unprecedented warming, floods, prolonged droughts, fires, and other natural disasters, was recognized.
During the conversation, the sides exchanged views on security, combating cybercrime, and preventing the misuse of the internet to promote and agitate extremism, radicalism, and violence.
In bilateral relations, there was satisfaction with the cooperation within international organizations, particularly the OSCE and the European Union.
In addition, ways to expand bilateral relations between Tajikistan and Malta in areas such as inter-parliamentary ties, trade, investment, entrepreneurship, tourism, and cultural and humanitarian cooperation were discussed.
