The Ambassador of Tajikistan visited Syria

The Ambassador of Tajikistan in Kuwait met with high-ranking officials in Damascus.

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According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, on July 21, 2022, a meeting took place in Damascus between the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Tajikistan in Kuwait Zubaydullo Zubaydzoda and the Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic for Security Affairs, head of the National Security Bureau of Syria, General Ali Mamlouk.

“During the meeting, issues of security cooperation between the two countries and the return of Tajik citizens from Syria to their homeland were discussed. The parties also exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East,” the statement noted.

Also in Damascus, Zubaydullo Zubaydzoda met with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Migrants of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar Jafari. It was reported that during the meeting, issues of the repatriation of Tajik citizens from camps in Syria were discussed.

After ISIS began to gain strength in Syria and Iraq, a large number of young people from various countries, including Tajik citizens, joined this group.

Among those who joined this terrorist organization were representatives of the authorities, including Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Gulmurod Halimov, who was recently appointed as the Minister of Defense of ISIS.

After the fall of the “Islamic Caliphate” of ISIS, dozens of wives and children of militants were stranded in Syria and Iraq. Earlier, the authorities of Tajikistan, with the help of other organizations, returned some women and children to their homeland.