DUSHANBE, September 19, 2008, Asia-Plus — Leader of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) also deputy of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), Mr. Muhiddin Kabiri, has started tour of Russia to meet Tajik labor migrants working there.
According to Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda, a spokesman for the IRPT, Kabiri was supposed to hold meeting with a group of Tajik labor migrants in Moscow on September 18; however, the meeting was not held.
“At the very last moment, the Tajik Embassy in Moscow refused its promise to help seek and rent the premises for holding the meeting,” the spokesman said, noting that Kabiri’s tour of Russia is being held within the framework of MPs meetings with their voters to report back to them on the work done.
“Labor migrants working in the Russian Federation make considerable part of Tajik electorate, and therefore, meetings with them are of significant importance for our parliamentarians,” Sayfullozoda said. “In my opinion, Tajik authorities are not interested in organization of such meetings and sometimes, are even impeding holding of such meetings.”
However, Kabiri does not abandon hope to hold meeting with Tajik labor migrants in Moscow. According to Sayfullozoda, he is scheduled to meet with group of Tajik labor migrants in one of mosques in Moscow today after Friday prayer.
On September 20-21, the IRPT leader will visit Ufa and Kazan, and on September 22, he will visit St. Petersburg.
Activists of the IRPT currently working in the Russian Federation are accompanying Kabiri on his tour of Russia.
