DUSHANBE , July 3, Asia-Plus - Mr. Adrian van der Mayer, Head of the European Commission’s Delegation to Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan , is arriving in Dushanbe today evening for a two-day working visit.  

According to information from the Tajik MFA, during his stay in Dushanbe the head of the European Commission’s Delegation will meet with heads of a number of Tajikistan ’s ministries and organizations.  

We will recall that the main assistance instruments used by the European Commission in Tajikistan are: Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States (TACIS), the Food Security Program (FSP), the Exceptional Financial Assistance (EFA), the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and humanitarian assistance (ECHO).

The MFA source has also told Asia-Plus a Korean delegation will arrive in Tajik capital on July 5 for a three-day working visit.  The Korean delegation consists of Mr. Moon Haeng (phonetically spelled), who is Korean diplomatic representative for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan , and Mr. Kwon Yong E, the head of Korea ’s Agency for Technical Cooperation.  During their stay in Dushanbe Korean officials will hold talks with Tajik ministries and organizations to discuss a state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Korea and Tajikistan .