Tajikistan wanted to buy 550 million cubic meters of gas from the neighbouring country in 2009. The Tajik side also said that their Uzbek counterparts had not yet decided on the exact price of their product.

"During the talks, we drew the Uzbek side’s attention to the fact that world prices of energy carriers were reducing. In this connection, we asked the Uzbek side to reduce prices of the exported gas," the Tajik side said.