Pars Today
Iran’s foreign minister has conferred with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on the sidelines of the ongoing regional conference in the Central Asian country’s capital, themed “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process.”
Iran’s aim is to help peace take hold in Afghanistan and to end hostilities in the war-torn country, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said ahead of the 9th ministerial meeting of the “Heart of Asia” conference in Tajikistan.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is due to travel to Tajikistan for a ministerial conference of the countries comprising the Heart of Asia platform that focuses on Afghanistan.
The Iranian interior minister and the Tajik president have discussed the prospects of bilateral cooperation and ways to avert new threats to regional and international security.
Iran’s neighbors have offered congratulatory messages on the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution.
President Hassan Rouhani has extended felicitations to Emomali Rahmon for his re-election as the president of Tajikistan.
Tajikistan's incumbent Emomali Rahmon, 68, has been reelected in a landslide victory as the president of the Central Asian country.
Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon is highly expected to become the longest-serving head of the Central Asian country as thousands of Tajiks are heading to polls to cast their ballots in the presidential election in the former Soviet state.
President Hassan Rouhani called for efforts to promote cooperation with Tajikistan in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak and in mitigating the pandemic’s economic consequences.
People in Tajikistan are going to the polls in parliamentary elections, to pick 63 lawmakers from candidates of seven political parties, who are competing for the lower house of legislature.