Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao plans to discuss with the Tajik leadership in Dushanbe the whole range of issues of trade, economic, military and technical cooperation, says a written statement of Wen Jiabao upon his arrival in the Dushanbe airport on Thursday night. “Over 14 years of diplomatic relations, bilateral ties between the two countries in the political, trade, economic, transport and educational spheres have expanded,” the document stresses. According to the Chinese prime minister, “close interaction is also carried out in settlement of international regional problems.” “The border issue has been finally and completely settled, and today the border line has turned into a line of everlasting friendship and peaceful co-existence of two peoples.” As Wen Jiabao noted, developing relations of good-neighbourliness, friendship and mutually advantageous cooperation between China and Tajikistan in many respects promote ensuring of peace and stability both in the region and the whole world. During a three-day official visit, the Chinese prime minister will take part in the fifth meeting of the Council of Prime Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation which is opening in Dushanbe on Friday. In the afternoon, Wen Jiabao will hold talks with Tajik Prime Minister Akil Akilov, and on September 16, with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov. (Itar-Tass)