BISHKEK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Trade turnover between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan amounted to 36 million U.S. dollars in 2025, marking a nearly 24-fold increase from a year earlier, Chairman of the Kyrgyz Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev said on Friday during talks with visiting Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda.
Kasymaliev noted that the presidents of the two countries have set the goal of increasing bilateral trade to 500 million U.S. dollars and expressed Kyrgyzstan's full readiness to achieve that goal.
He stressed that efforts will be focused on further developing and deepening Kyrgyz-Tajik ties in all areas of bilateral cooperation.
Rasulzoda, for his part, emphasized that the development of good-neighborly relations with Kyrgyzstan is a priority of Tajikistan's foreign policy.
