DUSHANBE, September 28, 2009, Asia-Plus  -- Open joint-stock company (OJSC) Tojikcement (Dushanbe cement plant) has been given an international high quality award, according to the MFA information department.

A ceremony of handing over the ward and the certificate was held in Paris.  President of the international organization Business Initiative Directions (B.I.D.) Dr. Jose Prietto handed over the award to Tajik Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Saymumin Yatimov.

It is gratifying to know that Tajikistan has obtained recognition of international experts despite the global financial crisis, Mr. Prietto noted at the ceremony, according to the MFA information department.

For his part, Ambassador Yatimov noted that product manufactured by Tojikcement was used for construction of hydropower facilities, bridges and tunnels in Tajikistan and that was evidence of its reliability.