DUSHANBE, May 17, 2010, Asia-Plus — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan arrived in Dushanbe today morning on an official visit, according to the Tajik MFA information department.
President Emomali Rahmon will hold talks with the UAE foreign minister today. After a meeting with President Rahmon, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan will meet with his Tajik counterpart, Hamrokhon Zarifi.
In the afternoon, the UAE foreign minister is expected to hold talks with the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) Shukurjon Zuhurov.
During his stay in Dushanbe, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan will also attend the 37th two-day Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Member States that is opening here tomorrow.
Delegations to participate at the 37th CFM of the OIC member nations are continuing to arrive in Dushanbe. Delegations of Albania, Cameroon, Algeria, Pakistan, Egypt, Malaysia, Uganda, Côte d”Ivoire, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Niger, the Central African Republic arrived in Dushanbe today morning. Delegations of the Islamic Development Bank, the League of Arab States and a number of the OIC member nations arrived in Tajikistan on May 15 and 16.
President Emomali Rahmon is expected to hold bilateral meetings with heads of some of the delegations today, the MFA information department said.
