DUSHANBE, October 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov on October 12 met here with Dr. Michael Linhart, the Secretary-General of the Austrian Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs.

According to the Tajik MFA information department, the two discussed a broad range of issues related to bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Austria.

Aslov and Linhart, in particular, discussed cooperation between the two countries within the framework of the European Union (EU)s program for Central Asia, priorities of the Austrian OSCE chairmanship in 2017,

They also exchanged views on the regional energy problems and the current situation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, the source said.

We will recall that the Secretary-General of the Austrian Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, Michael Linhart, arrived in Dushanbe on October 12 on a two-day visit.

The Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the central administration of all political and organizational matters of the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.  In addition the Secretary-General is Head of the Section I (Central Affairs) of the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.