Tajik leader hails broad benefits of Belt, Road

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative has a historic meaning for the region and the world.

BRI-related projects in Tajikistan have been implemented in many fields, and the Central Asian country has reaped the fruit of the bilateral cooperation, Rahmon said.

Tajikistan, one of the first participants after China proposed the initiative in 2013, also was one of the first members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The mountainous, landlocked country is coordinating its National Development Strategy of Tajikistan for the period up to 2030 with the BRI.