TAJIKISTAN
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- India’s Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences held a bilateral meeting with the Minister for Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan on the sidelines of the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
- They discussed;
- Water resources research.
- Glacier monitoring and understanding.
- Non-conventional Energy, etc.
- Global water action and climate resistance.
- Sustainable Development.
Tajikistan
- Tajikistan is officially known as the Republic of Tajikistan.
- It is a landlocked country in Central Asia.
- Dushanbe is the capital and also the largest city.
- It is bordered by;
- Afghanistan in the South.
- Uzbekistan in the West.
- Kyrgyzstan in the North.
- China in the East.
- It is covered by mountains of the Pamir range.
- Mountains cover more than 90% of the country.
- It is highly dependent on remittances, aluminium and cotton production.
- The Amu Darya and Panj rivers mark the border with Afghanistan.
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