Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan at a rare summit by Magdalena Rosova

A rare summit of the leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Russia took place in the Black sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised economic support and energy cooperation to the other leaders. The leaders agreed on economic projects which should help to bring stability to the region of the Black Sea. The summit adopted a declaration which supports intentions of businesspeople from Russia, Pakistan and Tajikistan to help rebuild infrastructure in Afghanistan. The support will include energy and transportation industries as well. The leaders agreed that the priority will be to finish Salang tunnel that will link northern and sout! hern parts of Afghanistan. Another priorities are oil and gas projects in the north of the country, a fertilizer factory, an electric power station in Mazar-i-Sharif and a home-building factory in Kabul. President Medvedev hosted Hamid Karzai from Afghanistan, Pakistan leader Asif Ali Zardari and Emomaly Rahmon of Tajikistan. The leaders decided also to work on regional projects. Such is project CASE-1000, which will enable sending power from Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The statement says that these three countries “support Russia's participation” in all activities. Medvedev said at the summit that he wanted to revive the economic cooperation of the four countries that was dated back to the Soviet era. "I think it makes sense to return to them to try to give additional impetus to the economic development (and) solve a whole number of urgent tasks, including in energy and social development," Medvedev said. The four leaders all agreed that economic co! operation was the key to overcome all problems.

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