DUSHANBE , May 19, Asia-Plus -- A three-day meeting of activists of the Council of Russia’s Fellow-Countrymen in Tajikistan (public organization of the Russian Diaspora in Tajikistan ) opened in Dushanbe today.  

According to information from the Russian Embassy in Dushanbe , the main objective of this event is in raising level of knowledge pf members of the Council’s board and leaders of primary organizations of the Council across Tajikistan for the purpose of intensifying work on supporting ethic Russian living in Tajikistan .  

Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ramazan Abdulatipov, representatives from Russia ’s MFA and Federal Migration Service, and other Russian organizations dealing with issues of supporting fellow-countrymen living abroad are attending this meeting.  

Participants at the meeting will be made familiar of new directions of national policy of the Russian Federation regarding ethnic Russians living abroad.  

“Besides, they will exchange their experience of work and prepare recommendations on new forms and methods of work within the Diaspora,” the source said.   

According to data provided by the Council of Russia’s Fellow-Countrymen in Tajikistan , at present more than 40,000 ethnic Russians are living in Tajikistan .