DUSHANBE, December 28, Asia-Plus -- The next session of Tajik-Uzbek intergovernmental commission for economic and trade cooperation will be held in March 2007, according to the Tajik MFA.  

An appropriate decision on holding the next meeting of the Tajik-Uzbek economic commission was made at an annual meeting of representatives from the governments of the two countries in Tashkent on December 26.  Deputy Prime Minister, Asadullo Ghulomov, headed a Tajik delegation participating at the meeting.    

A December 26 meeting in Tashkent discussed rational use of water and energy resources in the region, mutual accounting for cargo and natural-gas shipments, as well as serving and clearing off Tajikistan’s debt to Uzbekistan and other issues related to further expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.