Kazakhstan to support Tajikistan's bid for UN Security Council seat

Tajikistan is seeking a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2028–2029. Kazakhstan will support its candidacy, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said after talks with Emomali Rahmon in Astana. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

«Kazakhstan positively received the nomination of Tajikistan's candidacy for election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2028-2029 and, of course, will support Tajikistan's candidacy,» Tokayev said.

According to the president, special attention was paid to security in Central Asia during the talks. The sides confirmed their readiness to jointly promote common interests on international platforms.

Kazakhstan will continue to train Tajik military personnel at its educational institutions. To this end, the governments of the two countries signed an agreement on training personnel for Tajikistan's border troops.

Tokayev also said that Kazakhstan annually allocates up to 100 educational grants to students from Tajikistan. According to him, this is more than for students from other countries in the region. Speaking about cultural ties, the president noted that the countries regularly hold each other's Culture Days, and a bust of Abai was unveiled in Dushanbe and a monument to Ibn Sina in Astana.

Emomali Rahmon thanked Tokayev for the reception and the awarding of the Qoja Ahmet Yasaui order. He called the award recognition of the merits of the entire people of Tajikistan and highly praised the reforms Kazakhstan has carried out in recent years.

«We are pleased by the significant achievements of friendly Kazakhstan in the socio-economic development of the country and the strengthening of its authority on the international arena,» Rahmon said.

Earlier, «Kursiv» reported how Rahmon was met at the Akorda. Before the talks, an honor guard was lined up in his honor, and helicopters flew with the flags of Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

At the meeting, the presidents discussed trade between the two countries. In the first nine months of 2026, their trade turnover reached $1.13 billion. A roadmap to increase it by 2030 was among the 14 documents exchanged by the delegations following the talks.