Lt. Col. Abdusattor Gulakhmadov, the chief spokesman for the border guard department, said the aid agreement had been signed in Dushanbe, the republic's capital, Friday.
"The agreement was signed to further develop friendship and cooperation between the people and armed forces of the two countries," Gulakhmadov said.
In a separate development, Robert Simmons, the NATO deputy assistant secretary general for political affairs and security policy, met with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov and offered technical assistance to the republic for security of the Tajik-Afghan border, where drug trafficking has been a major problem.
Tajikistan's border guards and police officers are involved in Tajikistan-NATO partnership programs, Simmons said.
Simmons also quoted Rakhomonov as praising NATO's work in the region, which has been a stabilizing factor for all of Central Asia.
