Tajikistan Ready To Help In Humanitarian Effort

During a Thursday meeting with Belgian Foreign Minster and Chairman of the EU Council of Ministers, Louis Michel, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov said that his country was prepared to co-operate with the international community in the humanitarian effort in Afghanistan. He said that Tajikistan was ready to allow aid to pass through its borders. The presidential press secretary said that the sides had pointed to the need to render emergency aid to the suffering population of Afghanistan, especially during the autumn-winter period.