DUSHANBE , April 26, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan ’s savings bank (“Amonatbonk”) has launched transactions on transferring money to and from China , Ms. Gulnora Hasanova, deputy head of “Amonatbonk”, remarked at a news conference in Dushanbe on April 26.

According to her, it has become possible due to cooperation with Russia ’s commercial bank “Intercoopbank”, which has its branches in China .  

Besides, Tajik savings bank continues carrying out money transfer operations through the whole territory of the former Soviet Union .   

Ms. Hasanova noted that 62 new money transfer units of the bank have been opened across Tajikistan since the beginning of the year, bring a total number of them to 145.  

31.9 million Somonis have been transmitted via Amonatbonk over the first three months of the year, which is 1.8 times more compared to the same period of 2005, according to Hasanova.