Today, the 11^th meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministers of Foreign Affairs was held in Kokhi Somon residence of the Government of Tajikistan.

Foreign Ministers or other high-ranking representatives from its 32 participating countries, as well as representatives of many regional and international organizations have gathered for participation in this conference.

During the meeting with Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Minoru Kiuchi the issues of cooperation of Tajikistan with this developed country of the world were reviewed.

The Head of State Emomali Rahmon stressed “sincere interest of Tajikistan in strengthening and expanding long-term wide-ranging cooperation with Japan”.

In the afternoon, the President of the country Emomali Rahmon also received high-level representatives of a number of Asian countries, who visited Dushanbe for participation in the Meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministers of Foreign Affairs.

At the meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Erlan Abdyldaev the issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between the two countries have been reviewed.

In the afternoon, the President of the country Emomali Rahmon received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrisov, who paid an official visit to Tajikistan.

The issues of wide-ranging Tajik-Kazakh cooperation were reviewed at the meeting.

Today, the regular session of the Government of Tajikistan was held under the chairmanship of the President of Tajikistan, Head of Government of the country Emomali Rahmon.

First of all, Plan of Actions on timely preparation of economic and social spheres of the republic for regular and effective activity in the period of autumn and winter 2013-2014 has been approved.

Today, the President of the country Emomali Rahmon went out for a collective activity of tree-planting and called upon all for fulfillment of this Navruz tradition of purification and beautification of environment.

Today, the festive celebrations of happy Navruz were continued all over Tajikistan.

Navruz jubilation was conducted with the participation of the President of the country Emomali Rahmon and heads of other central and local bodies in capital’s republican navruzgoh complex.

On this occasion Hofizi Sherozi street of the capital was decorated festively from the crossroad of Ismoili Somoni avenue at the distance of more than 1,5 km up to the entrance of Republican Navruzgoh.

Today, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon left for Turkmenistan with a view to participation in the events devoted to the Fourth Celebration of International Day of Navruz.

Today, the President of the country Emomali Rahmon officially opened a new, grand building of Tajikistan National Museum and held a constructive meeting with numerous representatives of the republic's creative intelligentsia in its great assembly hall.

In the afternoon, the President of the country Emomali Rahmon met with schoolchildren and students of Dushanbe City, who are full orphans, at the State Institution, International Presidential School.

Before the beginning of the meeting with orphan students, an exhibition of Navruz skills and crafts of schoolchildren and students of a number of educational institutions was demonstrated at the entrance of the School to the Head of State Emomali Rahmon.