Centuries old historical and cultural links between the people of Pakistan and Tajikistan provide a strong basis for further enhancing their economic, commercial and trade relations. These remarks were made by Gononov S.Sherali, Ambassador of Tajikistan in Pakistan while expressing his views with the business community of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI). He said that Tajikistan has huge hydel power potential, therefore, both the countries could cooperate in this areas to further enhance their bilateral relations. The ambassador said that Tajikistan is keen to establish direct air-link between Islamabad and Dushanbe which would bring people of the two countries closer to each other. He said that Tajik Air flights on Dushanbe-Islamabad-Dubai would pave the way for increasing tourist traffic and promoting greater people to people contacts as well as he informed the meeting that Qatar Airline is also interested to establish Doha-Dushanbe-Islamabad air link which would also create direct air link between Pakistan and Tajikistan. Gononov said that Pakistani cement and textile have great demand in Tajikistan, adding that both the countries could initiate joint ventures in the areas of mutual interests which would open new avenues of cooperation.
