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The prospects of a Pakistan-Tajikistan strategic partnership
Pakistan’s geostrategic location enables it to facilitate Tajikistan’s access to the wider global economy via CPEC
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s successful visit to Tajikistan last month to attend this year’s Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process summit raised optimism that these two countries are moving towards a strategic partnership after he announced that they’ll tap unexplored areas in bilateral ties such as trade, tourism, and people-to-people engagement. Furthermore, Foreign Minister Qureshi also met with Tajikistani President Rahmon for talks that he described as “excellent”. Quite clearly, both sides have the political will to forge a strategic partnership, which encourages experts to explore what this might look like in the future.
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