DUSHANBE, 11.10.2022 (NIAT Khovar) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko arrived in Tajikistan on an official visit.

He was greeted at the airport by Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda, Minister of Agriculture Sadi Karimzoda, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Imomi Sodiq Ashurboyzoda.

“I feel like I am on home ground,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said greeting the Tajik delegation, reported BelTa News Agency.

In the airport he had a brief conversation with Rasulzoda about the situation in the country, the harvest season and bilateral relations.

Lukashenko and Rahmon will hold private negotiations with the involvement of the members of the delegations on 11 October.

The parties will discuss the expansion of cooperation, primarily in trade and economy, and the implementation of current and prospective projects. A package of international documents is expected to be signed as a result of the talks.

A Belarusian-Tajik business forum is underway in Dushanbe alongside Lukashenko’s visit. Attending the forum are representatives of 73 Belarusian companies. Almost half of them displayed their products at the «Made in Belarus» exhibition.

The total amount of the signed contracts at the business forum reached almost $46 million. Another $2 million worth of agreements were signed during online negotiations.