About the cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic were established on January 14, 1993.

In 2002, the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan was opened in Bishkek. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Kyrgyz Republic is Alizoda Nazirmad.

Since 1997, the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic has been operating in Dushanbe.

Tajik-Kyrgyz relations are developing in the spirit of traditional friendship, good-neighborliness, and mutually beneficial cooperation.

The legal framework for bilateral relations consists of 159 treaties and other documents that facilitate the development of mutually beneficial cooperation in political, trade, economic, cultural, humanitarian, and other spheres.

A significant milestone was the signing of the State Border Treaty on March 12-13, 2025, during the state visit of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H. E. Emomali Rahmon, to the Kyrgyz Republic.

The fundamental documents regulating the main areas of cooperation are:

• Treaty on Basic Interstate Relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic of July 12, 1996;

• Treaty between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic on Good-Neighborhood and Partnership Relations of May 26, 2004;

The Presidents of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic regularly exchange state, official, and working visits. Since independence (1991-2026), two state, eight official, and 15 working visits have taken place. Official visits of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Kyrgyz Republic took place in 1993, 1998, 2007, and 2013. The state visit of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Kyrgyz Republic took place in March 2025.

Official visits of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Tajikistan took place in 1996, 2004, 2018, and 2021. The state visit of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Tajikistan took place in July 2025.

Contacts between the foreign ministries are consistently developing, and consultations and meetings are also held at the leadership level of sectoral ministries.

Trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are considered within the framework of the Intergovernmental Commission for the Comprehensive Review of Bilateral Issues, established on July 12, 1997. The Intergovernmental Commission held 16 meetings, and due to the deepening of bilateral cooperation and the improvement of interstate relations, at the direction of the heads of state, in 2025 it was transformed into the Intergovernmental Tajik-Kyrgyz Council, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. The first meeting of the Council was held on February 13, 2026, in Bishkek.

According to the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, by the end of 2025, trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $33.1 million.

The Days of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Kyrgyz Republic, which took place from May 17 to 22, 2026, in Bishkek and Cholpon-Ata, featured a rich cultural program, including screenings of Tajik films, an art exhibition, and a vibrant concert program.

Tourism cooperation between the two countries is steadily developing. In 2025, more than 137,000 Kyrgyz citizens visited Tajikistan for tourism.

The two countries actively collaborate within the UN, CIS, SCO, CSTO, OSCE, ECO, and CICA, advocating for the strengthening of regional cooperation and integration processes.