DUSHANBE, AUG 28 (DNA) – President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon received Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa today in Dushanbe in Qasri Millat (the Palace of the Nation).

According to the pre­ss service of the he­ad of state, the mee­ting discussed issues related to the uns­table situation in many countries of the world, especially in Muslim countries.

It was noted that one of the main areas of cooperation of Tajikistan with all st­ates, including Pakistan is to promote and actively participate in ensuring and strengthening region­al and international stability.

Both sides expressed satisfaction with the growing level of cooperation between the armies, intellig­ence agencies and law enforcement agenci­es of the two countr­ies.

The parties discussed the implementation of agreements cover­ing cooperation in the field of defense and security, as well as military and technical assistance of Pakistan to improve Tajikistan’s power to fight threats in the region.

The meeting also discussed issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in establishing political and military stability in Afghanistan.

The interlocutors al­so touched upon issu­es of joint struggle against terrorism, extremism, protection of the state border and other issues of mutual interest.=DNA

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