RF, Tajik diplomats discuss preparation to Rakhmon visit in RF.

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MOSCOW, October 15 (Itar-Tass) -- The preparations to a forthcoming
state visit in Russia by Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon was in the focus
of a meeting between Russian State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister
Grigory Karasin and Tajik Foreign Minister Khamrakhon Zarifi, a diplomatic
source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said after the meeting of the
high-ranking diplomats in Dushanbe on Thursday.

Grigory Karasin is participating in the ongoing Dushanbe regional
conference of Russian compatriots, who represent the Russian diasporas in
Central Asian countries.
The sides "exchanged views on several relevant issues of Russian-Tajik
relations," the Russian diplomatic source said.
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