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The OPEC Fund lends Dushanbe $30 million for 82 km of the road to China

The Vienna-based fund will finance the first stage of the Rushan to Varzesh reconstruction in Gorno-Badakhshan, 82.2 of 235 km on the corridor that runs from Dushanbe through Kulma to the Chinese border, Asia-Plus reported on Wednesday.

The OPEC Fund lends Dushanbe $30 million for 82 km of the road to China

The loan sits inside the fund's country partnership strategy with Tajikistan for 2026 to 2028; the fund's president, Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, visited the country in late August. The road is a section of Asian Highway AH66, which runs from Dushanbe over the Kulma pass to the Chinese border.

Since 1998 the fund has financed 16 projects in Tajikistan worth $181 million in transport, energy, education, health and water. A third of the route.

The road is a section of Asian Highway AH66, which runs from Dushanbe over the Kulma pass to the Chinese border.

“The Country Partnership Strategy reflects our shared commitment to sustainable growth and strengthening regional connectivity,” Alkhalifa said, in Asia-Plus's English text. Asia-Plus gave no rate or tenor.