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Monday, 10 April 2006
CHINA TO FUND TAJIK HIGHWAY
By empty (4/10/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajikistan has negotiated an agreement with China under which Beijing will provide a loan of $269 million for road construction in Tajikistan, a source in the Tajik Transportation and Roads Ministry said. The loan, with an interest rate of 2 percent, will go toward rebuilding a highway linking Dushanbe and the Uzbek border, including a tunnel under the Shahriston mountain pass. (Avesta).
Tajikistan has negotiated an agreement with China under which Beijing will provide a loan of $269 million for road construction in Tajikistan, a source in the Tajik Transportation and Roads Ministry said. The loan, with an interest rate of 2 percent, will go toward rebuilding a highway linking Dushanbe and the Uzbek border, including a tunnel under the Shahriston mountain pass. (Avesta)