In recent years, Tajikistan, as Armenia and Georgia, has benefited from considerable international humanitarian assistance, out of which th
e EU has provided a significant share, in particular through ECHO. However, technical assistanc
e through TACIS and structural assistance already granted have been
delayed for security reasons while, in November 1997, the Council postponed a formal decision on the exceptional financial assistance in favour of Tajikistan, pending implemen
...[+++]tation by the country of an IMF supported macroeconomic stabilisation and structural reform programme.