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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.

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