Tajikistan Foreign Minister Aslov Sirodjidin Muhridinovich said the visit of Md Shahriar Alam would “reinvigorate” the current bilateral relations and help to find out new avenues of cooperation.

Both of them discussed various agreements which could be signed and implemented soon. Those include the forming joint commission and visa waiver agreement.

They also stressed on exchanging information and experiences among the garments manufactures and export of Tajik cotton and other agricultural products, development of pharmaceutical products using rich Tajik resources and development of tourism.

Alam recollected his last visit to Dushanbe and the interactions between the Prime Minister and the Tajik President over the vital issue of global water.

He briefed him about the recent development achievements and activities of the government under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the graduation eligibility from the LDC status.

He also briefed him on the development and the actions taken by Bangladesh for Rohingyas from Myanmar.

They also discussed the OIC issues and the ways to make this organisation more efficient and successful.

Tajik foreign minister praised Bangladesh’s gestures towards Rohingyas.

He also praised Bangladesh’s leadership in various international fora and requested for the continued support of Bangladesh in various efforts of Tajikistan.

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During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and topics related to Hajj, the Saudi Press agency reported.

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The Iranian foreign minister will also hold talks with senior Tajik officials and discuss ways to expand mutual cooperation, he added.

This is the second visit of Zarif to Tajikistan within the past few months.

In November 2017, the Iranian top diplomat visited the central Asian country as the first of its kind in the past couple of years.

Relations between the two countries took a nosedive in late December 2015 on the issue of the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan. While the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) was considered by the Tajik government as a banned party, its leader Muhiddin Kabiri, who lives in exile, was invited to an international conference in Tehran, and this outraged the Central Asian state.

Tajik authorities said despite the fact that Kabiri was accused of organizing riots in September 2015, Iran invited him to the International Conference of Islamic Unity while he was seated next to the head of Tajikistan’s state-backed Council of Islamic Ulema and other members of the official delegation from Tajikistan.

Meanwhile, informed sources say the tension between the two countries goes back to earlier times and is in connection with the assets of Babak Zanjani, the Iranian billionaire who is in jail and was earlier sentenced to death.

Many believe Zarif’s visits to Dushanbe could be a serious step to mend Iran-Tajikistan ties.
Tajikistan foreign minister Sirodjidin Aslov meets with Bangladesh State Minister of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam.