DUSHANBE, 26 September 2003 — The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is interested in investing in the impoverished former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, President Ahmad Mohammad Ali said yesterday.
Ali spoke at an IDB meeting in the capital of Tajikistan, the poorest of the former Soviet republics.
Tajikistan joined the IDB in 1996 and has received $64 million worth of credits from the body. The Jeddah-based IDB aims to boost development in accordance with Islamic law.
