India’s Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences held a bilateral meeting with the Minister for Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan on the sidelines of the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
They discussed;
Water resources research.
Glacier monitoring and understanding.
Non-conventional Energy, etc.
Global water action and climate resistance.
Sustainable Development.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan is officially known as the Republic of Tajikistan.
It is a landlocked country in Central Asia.
Dushanbe is the capital and also the largest city.
It is bordered by;
Afghanistan in the South.
Uzbekistan in the West.
Kyrgyzstan in the North.
China in the East.
It is covered by mountains of the Pamir range.
Mountains cover more than 90% of the country.
It is highly dependent on remittances, aluminium and cotton production.
The Amu Darya and Panj rivers mark the border with Afghanistan.