Consideration of present economic situation with the US Department of the Treasury

On July 12, 2017 Mr. Jamoliddin Nuraliev, First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan has received US Department of the Treasury Delegation, under the guidance of Ms. Clay Berry, Deputy Assistant to the given department who was within working visit in Tajikistan.

In the beginning of meeting Mr. Jamoliddin Nuraliev, First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan has acquainted quests with various directions of activities of finance industry, banking system of country, and realization of NBT strategy during banking system improvement.

Then, parties have discussed a present economic situation, transparency and observance of international rules on bank regulations issues, and also cooperation development prospects according to requirements of new program development within the framework of “Mechanism of expanded crediting” which were discussed earlier at negotiations of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and IMF.

Also during the meeting Mr. Jamoliddin Nuraliev, First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan has mentioned cooperation issues between banks of Tajikistan and major credit institutions of the USA in mutual settlements sphere, including opening of correspondent accounts.

The issues of mutually advantageous cooperation at realization of the technical assistance within the limits of program of the USAID were also discussed at the meeting, particularly on transition to inflationary targeting mode in realisation of monetary policy, risk management policy, maintenance of financial stability, banking supervision and management of international reserves, which are considered as priority directions of NBT.

Ms. Leena Bhatnagar – International Economist, US Department of the Treasury, Mr. Gregory Bryan Seel, US Department of the Treasury Attache, Ms. Ketherine Crawford, Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Tajikistan, Mr. George Sherwood, Counsellor for Political Affairs, Ms. Zamira Toshmatova, Adviser on Financial Affairs and Heads of NBT’s structural subdivisions were also attended the meeting.

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