PM Imran Khan in Tajikistan to attend SCO summit
Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived on Thursday in Tajikistan on a two-day official visit to attend 20th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Head of State Summit or SCO-CHS in Dushanbe.
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI accorded red carpet reception at Dushanbe International Airport.#PMIKvisitsTajikistan#PMIKatSCOSummit pic.twitter.com/Peq9yDUqlV
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) September 16, 2021
After arriving in Dushanbe, the prime minister inaugurated the maiden meeting of the Pakistan-Tajikistan Business Forum, for which a group of Pakistani businessmen have also travelled to Tajikistan.
The joint business forum will catalyse growing trade and investment relations and promote business-to-business contacts between the trading communities of both countries, Radio Pakistan reported.
Addressing the forum, Prime Minister Imran stressed the need to increase bilateral trade between the two countries, regretting that presently it amounted to a “minuscule” $80 million and there was a lot of potential still.
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI address at Pakistan-Tajikistan Business Forum in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) September 16, 2021
(With Urdu Subtitles)#PMIKvisitsTajikistan#PMIKatSCOSummit pic.twitter.com/s0rxiw5DFo
He said Pakistan, with a population of 220m people, was a “huge market” for the Tajik business community and investors. Inviting them to Pakistan, he assured them of government facilitation to make business activity easier.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan also met the president of Iran and other heads of state on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.
Prime Minister Imran Khan meets H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev (@president_uz), President of Uzbekistan at Dushanbe on the side-lines of SCO.#PMIKvisitsTajikistan#PMIKatSCOSummit pic.twitter.com/DhkABp2FKu
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) September 16, 2021
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI met with Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting in Dushanbe, today.#PMIKvisitsTajikistan#PMIKatSCOSummit https://t.co/fAyX0HvvQN pic.twitter.com/S45XUKJlEA
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) September 16, 2021
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI🇵🇰 had a bilateral meeting with President of Iran Seyed Ebrahim Raisi 🇮🇷 on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Dushanbe, today. #PMIKvisitsTajikistan#PMIKatSCOSummit https://t.co/hUmTumH8B1 pic.twitter.com/NNOEeEkGhn
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) September 16, 2021