DUSHANBE, March 19, 2010, Asia-Plus — On Thursday March 18, visiting Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov met here with Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), Shukurjon Zuhurov.
According to the Majlisi Namoyandagon press service, Zuhurov informed Turkmen leader of the results of the parliamentary elections that were held in Tajikistan on February 28, 2010. Tajik speaker also briefed Turkmen president on work of the Tajik parliament’s lower house.
Berdymuhammedov, for his part, congratulated Zuhurov on election of him as speaker of the Majlisi Namoyandagon and expressed hope that the parliaments of the two countries would play an important role in expanding bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation between Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, the press service said.
