Tajik Foreign Minister takes part in several high-level events in New York

On 24 September in New York, as part of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, met India’s Foreign Minister and took part in a high-level event.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed a broad range of Tajikistan-India relations and underlined the development of durable cooperation in the political, trade and economic, cultural, and humanitarian fields. They also exchanged views on cooperation between the two countries within international and regional organisations.

On the same day, a high-level meeting of landlocked developing countries was held in New York, in which Sirojiddin Muhriddin participated. He stressed the importance of strengthening international cooperation, infrastructure development and transport connectivity for the sustainable development of such countries, and also drew attention to climate change, the rapid melting of glaciers, and water and energy challenges. At the meeting of foreign ministers of member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Tajikistan’s position and its initiatives on glacier and water protection were also highlighted.