Tajikistan offers to export electricity to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan has offered Pakistan to export electricity according to its needs aimed to meet recent energy crisis in the country effectively.

Ambassador of Tajikistan in Pakistan, Zubayadulla Zybaydov has made this offer during his meeting with Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf held here on Tuesday.

The Tajik ambassador said that Tajikistan not only self-sufficient in the production of electricity but is ready to export electricity to Pakistan.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf while talking on this occasion said that Pakistan would welcome investment from Tajikistan in several hydel power projects to produce 25,000 megawatt electricity. The minister assured that special incentives would be given to Tajik investors.

The federal minister informed that Pakistan would host Pak-Tajik Ministerial Commission to be held in the mid of current year which would discuss to enhance cooperation between two countries in trade, economic and social relations specially to enhance cooperation in water and electricity sectors.

It was agreed in the meeting that two people would be appointed for the preparation of Joint Ministerial Commission from ministry of water and power and Tajik embassy while it was also agreed to speedup the pace of implementation of decisions taken in the previous ministerial commission.