DUSHANBE, July 3, Asia-Plus - An issue of registration of the “Friends of Russia” Public Association will be solved before July 12, according to information from the Tajik Ministry of Justice.  

The source says that at present documents of this association are under consideration and the decision on registering this public association will be made within the next few days.  By law, the ministry has one month after registration documents have been submitted to accept or reject them.  

According to the source, the main objective of the new organization is in facilitating expansion and strengthening of political, socioeconomic and cultural cooperation between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation .  “Earlier, on March 14, 2006 , “Friends of Russia” was registered with the Ministry of Justice as the Republic Public Movement,” the source said.