Article 1
Open ↗1. The Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) are hereby authorised to open negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement between the Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’). 2. The negotiations shall be conducted on the basis of the negotiating directives of the Council set out in the addendum to this Decision.