20 Oct. 2004

Tajikistan to boost support for NATO’s Afghanistan mission News 15/10/04 - NATO NATO Secretary General to travel to Tajikistan - Wednesday, 20 October 2004 From left to right: Robert Simmons, NATO Special Representative, NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov On 20 October NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer signed together with Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov in Dushanbe a host nation support and transit agreement with Tajikistan in support of NATO’s ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Tajikistan is the first Central Asian country to sign such an agreement with NATO. The Alliance hopes to sign such transit agreements with other Central Asian partners as well. The visit to Tajikistan was part of the Secretary General’s four-day tour of NATO’s five Central Asian partner states. Cooperation in regard to supporting the development of peaceful and stable Afghanistan was one of the main topics discussed.