DUSNANBE, February 7, 2015, Asia-Plus – Visiting Deputy Assistant Secretaries of State Daniel N. Rosenblum and Steven Feldstein held a number of meetings with high-ranking Tajik state officials on Friday to discuss prospects of bilateral cooperation between the United States and Tajikistan, Subhiddin Muhiddinov, a senior consultant to the Tajik president’s press service, told Asia-Plus in an interview.

On February 6, Tajik First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Davlatali Said, received Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia, Mr. Daniel Rosenblum.

Said and Rosenblum reportedly discussed state and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between the countries and issues related to participation of the United States in implementation of regional projects, establishment of peace and accord in Afghanistan, and expansion of regional energy and transportation cooperation.

On the same day, Tajik Deputy Prime Minister, Ms. Marhabo Jabbori, met here with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), Mr. Steven Feldstein.

The two discussed cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States in the fields of labor, democratization of society, religion, human rights and freedoms, especially women’s rights and freedoms, Muhiddinov noted.

On Friday, the U.S. officials also visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and held talks with Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov.

Working within the State Department’s Bureau for South and Central Asian Affairs, Mr. Rosenblum oversees U.S. policy towards and diplomatic relations with the five Central Asian states: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Mr. Steven Feldstein is responsible for DRL’s work in Africa, international labor affairs, and international religious freedom.