DUSHANBE, April 6, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- President Emomali Rahmon is receiving visiting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the German Energy Agency (DENA) Stephan Kohler today.

According to president’s official website, the sides are expected to discuss prospects of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and DENA.

Meanwhile, DENA’s CEO met with Mahmoudjon Sobirov, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan and Gul Sherali, Minister of Energy and Industries of Tajikistan.

Mr. Kohler’s discussions with Sobirov and Gul reportedly focused on prospects of bilateral cooperation in the field of energy, including introduction of modern German technologies that will help tackle problems facing Tajikistan’s energy sector.

According to information posted on DENA’s website, the German Energy Agency is the competence center for energy efficiency and renewable energies.  DENA’s mission is to generate economic growth and maintain prosperity with ever lower energy inputs.  If this is to be achieved, energy must be generated and used in both a national and international context as efficiently, safely and economically as possible with the least possible impact on climate.

Established in the autumn of 2000, DENA, with headquarters in Berlin, is developing energy efficiency and renewable energy markets in cooperation with stakeholders from the worlds of politics and business and from society at large.    DENA primarily relies on market mechanisms and innovative energy services, backed up by appropriate regulatory policies and promotion programs.  Shareholders in DENA are the Federal Republic of Germany, KfW Bankengruppe, Allianz SE, Deutsche Bank AG and DZ BANK AG.