Rustam Minnikhanov meets Administration of Sugdh region during his working trip to Tajikistan

On 3 April in the afternoon, upon his arrival to Khujand , the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov , who came on a working trip to Tajikistan (1-3 April 2025), was welcomed by the Deputy Chairman of the Sughd region Anvar Yakubi and the General Consul of Russia in Khujand Sergey Lankin.

Later the same day at his meeting with the Chairman of the Sughd region Rajabboy Akhmadzoda, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked him for the hospitality and his personal participation in the Tatarstan-Tajikistan business forum.

“We highly appreciate an opportunity to develop cooperation with Tajikistan within the framework of traditionally friendly Russia-Tajikistan relations. The aim of our visit is to expand trade, economic, scientific, technological and cultural cooperation with your country and in particular with the Sughd region which has highly concentrated substantial industrial and agricultural capacity of your country,” he stated.
The parties stated that today Tatarstan is interested in expanding the presence of its leading companies in the Tajikistan market and in broadening the range of supplied products from agriculture to heavy machine-building products, while in its turn Tajikistan is interested in supplying cotton and light industry produce, vegetables, fruits and other agricultural products to Tatarstan.

At the meeting Rajabboy Akhmadzoda briefly informed about economy of the Sughd region and main spheres which are interesting for inter-regional cooperation. He also told that by an initiative from the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon the years 2022-202 have been proclaimed the years of the advanced development of industry in the country.

“Agriculture is one of the most important sectors of economy of our country and plays a key role in ensuring food safety and creation of jobs,” the head of the region said and informed about programmes under implementation in the Sughd region for improvement of quality of life of its residents.

Rajabboy Akhmadzoda said that currently the region has more than 20 agreements with other regions from foreign countries and added: “As the Chairman of the Sughd region I am ready to do my best to organize fruitful cooperation between our regions in all spheres. I also like to stress that we are ready to provide favourable conditions for participation of Russian business including that of Tatarstan in large projects in our region.”
The Sughd region and Khujand are important industrial, scientific and cultural center of north Tajikistan with mining industry, machine-building and metal processing, light industry and agriculture being the backbone of its economy. Due to its favourable geographical location the region is the northern gates of Tajikistan and is considered to be the gem of the Ferghana Valley.
Historical and resort sites of the region such as the Arbob Palace of Culture and the cultural-historical complex of the Khujant fortress can become points of attraction for Russian tourists,  and Rajabboy Akhmadzoda reminded that currently there are direct flights from Kazan to Khujant and to Dushanbe.

As a result of their meeting the parties agreed to prepare an agreement on cooperation between regions and work out a road map with concrete tasks and projects for Tatarstan and the Sughd region.