Via Asia Plus Online - تاجک فارین منسٹر اور اے کے ڈی این کے درمیان دو طرفہ تعاون پر بات چیت، اے کے ڈی این کی نمائندگی منیر میرالی کر رہے تھے۔۔۔ ملاقات میں اے کے ڈی این کے 2010 اور 2011 کے منصوبے زیر بحت آئے۔DUSHANBE, December 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) were discussed here on Friday at a meeting of Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi with the AKDN Resident Representative in Tajikistan Munir Merali.
According to the Tajik MFA information department, the sides discussed the results of the AKDN activities in Tajikistan in 2010 and projects designed for 2011.
Zarifi and Merali, in particular, touched upon issues of bilateral fruitful cooperation between the Government of Tajikistan and AKDN aimed at promoting economic development of Tajikistan, enhancing the country’s education and health sectors as well as cultural development and urban planning in Tajikistan, the source said.
The Aga Khan Development Network was founded by His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims. It is a group of private, non-denominational development agencies working to empower communities and individuals to improve living conditions and opportunities in developing countries. The Network’s nine development agencies focus on social, cultural and economic development for all citizens, regardless of gender, origin or religion.
In Tajikistan, the AKDN activities include the Mountain Societies Development Programme (MSDSP), which currently implements rural development projects in various regions of Tajikistan. Economic development projects include a hydroelectric plant (Pamir 1) that supplies Gorno Badakhshan with electricity; a mobile phone provider that cover 90 percent of the country; and a hotel being built in Dushanbe. The largest project underway is the creation of a campus of the University of Central Asia (UCA), in Khorog, which will have a broad socioeconomic impact on the entire region and beyond.