REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
1. Recognition of Ukraine: December 25, 1991
2. Establishment of diplomatic relations: April 24, 1992
3. Political relations
Contacts at high and the highest levels:
June 1, 2021 – videoconference between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Republic of Tajikistan. As the result of the meeting, the Cooperation Program between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Republic of Tajikistan for 2021-2022 was signed.
April 2020 – phone conversation between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Republic of Tajikistan.
October 2013 – working visit of the Acting Chairman of the OSCE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to Tajikistan.
July 2012 – working visit of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan E.Rakhmon to Ukraine.
Inter-parliamentary cooperation:
The Deputy Group on Inter-parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Tajikistan was founded in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Similar group was founded in the Majlisi Namoyandagon (the lower house) of the Majlisi Oli (the Supreme Assembly) of the Republic of Tajikistan.
4. Trade and economic relations
The last, 6th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Tajik Commission on Economic Cooperation was held on October 26-27, 2021.
According to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, as of the end of 2023, the volume of bilateral trade in goods amounted to 12.95 million USD and increased by 7% in comparison with 2022.
Export of Ukrainian goods to Tajikistan for 12 months of 2023 amounted to 12.09 million USD and increased by 2.2% compared to the same period in 2022. Import from Tajikistan for the same period amounted to 0.85 million USD and increased by 3.2 times compared to 2022. The positive trade balance is 11.24 million USD.
Scientific and technical cooperation
From March 29 to April 2, 2021, Ukrainian delegation headed by the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine visited Dushanbe. During the visit, more than 40 Ukrainian higher educational institutions were introduced, while their representatives concluded more than 130 documents on cooperation with Tajik higher educational institutions.
The Ukrainian side allocates 20 state scholarships for Tajik students to study in Ukraine annually.
5. Cultural and humanitarian cooperation
In the spring of 2019, the Days of Ukrainian Cinema took place in Tajikistan.
On February 25, 2021, the permanent exhibition of Ukrainian books was opened in the National Library of the Republic of Tajikistan.
6. Legal framework
The total number of documents concluded at the interstate, intergovernmental, and departmental levels exceeds 80. Key document – Agreement on friendship and cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Tajikistan dated July 6, 2001.
7. Ukrainian community
In 2013, the total number of citizens of Ukrainian origin in the Republic of Tajikistan was about 1,000 people, a large part of whom lived in the Sughd region. Over time, ethnic Ukrainians have mostly assimilated. There are no registered Ukrainian communities in Tajikistan.