08 June 2004 18:02
Russian power grid chief to meet Tajik leader for cooperation talks
Dushanbe, 8 June: The chairman of the board of the Unified Energy System of Russia, Anatoliy Chubays, will arrive in
Tajikistan tomorrow morning. He will attend the 25th session of the CIS Energy Council in Dushanbe on 10-11 June.
Asia-Plus has learnt from the presidential press centre that Chubays is scheduled to meet Tajik President Emomali
Rahmonov tomorrow afternoon. Their conversation is mainly to focus on the issue of collaboration between the energy
systems of Russia and Tajikistan, particularly in the forthcoming autumn and winter period. It is not ruled out that
they will also touch upon the issue of setting up a common electricity energy market of CIS countries, as well as the
construction of the Sangtuda hydroelectric power station [in southern Tajikistan].
[Asia-Plus news agency] |
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