Dushanbe: India and Tajikistan on Monday (July 13) signed agreements on culture and human resource development during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dushanbe. While a Programme of Cooperation between Ministries of Culture of India and Tajikistan entails exchange of information, organisation of events and expertise in protection and preservation of cultural heritage, the agreement related to human resource development will see India setting up 37 computer labs in Tajik schools.
Modi and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon presided over the signing of the agreements, after a round of delegation level talks, as officials from both sides exchanged documents. Modi also said both the nations were in talks to expand connectivity between them. The Prime Minister will also unveil bust of Noble laureate and Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and gift medicines to the India-Tajikistan Friendship Hospital during his visit.
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