The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, will visit Tajikistan for the second time on an official visit. The head of the press service of the President of Tajikistan, Abdufattoh Sharifzoda, confirmed to the Asia-Plus agency that on November 7, President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Dushanbe for a two-day visit. Raisi is expected to participate in […]
The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, will visit Tajikistan for the second time on an official visit.
The head of the press service of the President of Tajikistan, Abdufattoh Sharifzoda, confirmed to the Asia-Plus agency that on November 7, President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Dushanbe for a two-day visit.
Raisi is expected to participate in a meeting of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan and Iran, as well as at the Forum of Entrepreneurs of Tajikistan and Iran.
This is already Ebrahim Raisi’s second visit to Tajikistan since he was elected President of Iran.
For the first time, Ebrahim Raisi visited Tajikistan on September 16, 2021, to participate in a meeting of the leaders of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and announced the “beginning of a new chapter in the relations between the two countries.”
Previously, Emomali Rahmon regularly visited Iran, but during the presidency of Hassan Rouhani from 2013 to 2021, Rahmon did not visit Iran at all.
Relations between Tajikistan and Iran significantly deteriorated after Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani was detained. Later, when the Tajik authorities declared the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan illegal, and Iran was accused of supporting this party, relations became more strained than ever.
However, after 9 years of strained relations, the parties have taken a course towards rapprochement. Emomali Rahmon visited Iran in 2022 for a two-day visit.