Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is expected to visit Ashgabat and New York this month, a source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview.
On September 17, Tajik leader will attend an official ceremony of opening of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat.
While in the Turkmen capital, Rahmon is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with leaders of other countries who were also invited to attend the official ceremony of opening of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games will be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. Ashgabat, first in the former Soviet Central Asian region, won the right to host the Asian Indoor Games. The host city was chosen in Kuwait on December 19, 2010. On July 6, 2013, the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia was officially handed over to the mayor of the city of Ashgabat
The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will be held at the Ashgabat Olympic Complex, which is a unique facility which has no parallel in the Central Asian region. The Complex boasts of over 30 structures, which also includes 15 competition venues, an Athletes' Village and a Paralympic Rehabilitation Medical Center. The construction was launched by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. On November 5, 2010, the Turkmenistan President took part in the official stone laying ceremony for the Olympic Village. Investment in the first phase amounted to nearly $2 billion. The second phase of construction cost $3 billion. The total cost of the Olympic Village was $5 billion and the construction was carried by Turkish construction company Polimeks.
From Ashgabat Emomali Rahmon will fly to New York, where he will participate in the work of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly.
The 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 72) will convene at UN Headquarters on September 12, 2017. The General Debate will open on September 19, 2017.
While in New York, Tajik leader will deliver a statement at the UN General Assembly and hold a number of bilateral meetings, the source said.
