The article is devoted to the initiatives of the Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon aimed at the regulation of the Afghan conflict in the second half of 2002. The President of the Republic of Tajikistan, speaking at the seventh meeting of the Heads of States and Governments of the countries-members of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Istanbul on 14 October 2002, announced the plans on implementation of several strategic projects of international importance, including not only a construction of a road linking the country with China, but on a construction of bridges over the Pyanj River which would facilitate the connection of the country’s highways with the southern countries through Afghanistan either. The combat with drug trafficking is a particular focus of these initiatives.
Tajikistan Republic, revival of Afghanistan, Emomali Rakhmon’s initiatives, UNO activity, ECO, struggle with international terrorism, building of bridges
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