DUSHANBE, January 11, 2013, Asia-Plus — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will probably pay a visit to Tajikistan next week, Muhammad Egamzod, a spokesman for the Tajik Embassy in Moscow, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
During his short visit, Russian foreign minister is scheduled to hold talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and his Tajik counterpart Hamrokhon Zarifi, Egamzod said.
He further added that it could not be ruled out that the issues related to signing of a labor migration agreement and an agreement on condition of delivery of Russian oil products to Tajikistan would be among major topics of the talks.
Egamzod noted that the Russian government had recently sent the labor migration agreement for signing to President Vladimir Putin. “Tajik Ambassador to Russia Abdulmajid Dostiyev has expressed confidence that the agreement will help find solution to the labor migration problems,” the spokesman said.
We will recall that the document on easing some of the registration restrictions for Tajik migrant workers coming to Russia was signed by Safiallo Devonayev, head of the Migration Service under the Government of Tajikistan, and Konstantin Romodanovsky, director of Russia’s Federal Migration Service (FMS), in Dushanbe on October 5, 2012. Under this document, the period for registration for Tajik nationals on their arrival in Russia is extended from seven to fifteen days. Besides, the term of work permit for Tajik nationals is extended up to three years.
