( Observer Network News) According to reports from the Russian Satellite News Agency and TASS , Russian President Putin arrived in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe and will meet with Tajikistan President Rah. held talks in Mongolia, which was Russia’s first overseas trip since the start of special military operations.
Screenshot of TASS report
This will be the second personal contact between the presidents of Russia and Tajikistan this year. The first meeting was during the CSTO summit in Moscow on May 16.
According to TASS news agency, the meeting between the two heads of state is expected to last until late at night. The meeting will begin with a courtesy conversation and will be open to the media. Later, the leaders of the two countries will have a working lunch and continue discussions. The two will continue to talk later.
Putin and Rahmon will talk about bilateral and international topics, especially cooperation in the fields of trade, economy, military technology, culture, humanitarianism, immigration and other fields. Taking into account that this year Russia and Tajikistan will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the leaders of the two countries will also formulate guidelines for the further development of strategic partnership and alliance. During the meeting, the two sides will pay special attention to the situation in Afghanistan. The two presidents will discuss "joint measures to ensure Tajikistan's border security" to prevent the influx of militants from Afghan territory, as well as issues such as national defense construction.
According to the TASS news agency, Putin will stay in Dushanbe until the morning of the 29th, after which he will fly to Turkmenistan capital Ashgabat to participate in the Caspian Sea Summit held there. The participants will also be Azerbaijan. , Leaders of Iran , Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. This will also be Putin's first face-to-face multilateral summit this year and his second foreign visit.
