DUSHANBE, 24.09.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tajikistan, the Mayor of Dushanbe Rustam Emomali.

The officials focused on pressing issues related to bilateral cooperation, and inter-parliamentary ties between the two countries.

Emomali thanked President Tokayev for allocating a plot of land for the construction of a complex of buildings which will house the Embassy of Tajikistan in Nur-Sultan, naming a street in the Kazakh capital after Abuabdullo Rudaki.

They also paid a particular attention to trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian relations between the two nations.

Taking into account the difficult situation in Afghanistan and the new threats and challenges in the region, they noted the necessity of strengthening the military-technical cooperation to protect of the shared border with Afghanistan.