DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana, Kazakhstan yesterday.

According to the Tajik MFA information department, the two discussed state and prospects of further expansion of trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

Intensification of work of the Tajik-Kazakh commission for economic cooperation, implementation of the plan of actions and the program for economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, as well as construction of a 500-kilovolt power transmission line Khujand-Datka-Almaty and participation of the Tajik-Kazakh joint investment fund in implementation of joint projects were among major topics of the meeting.

It was noted that the upcoming visit of Kazakh PM Masimov to Tajikistan would give a new impulse to further expansion of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.