DUSHANBE, May 18, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- President Emomali Rahmon today received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu who arrived in Dushanbe to attend the 37th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Member States that opened here today, according to presidential press service.

President Rahmon noted that Turkey was the strategic partner of Tajikistan and expressed satisfaction with the level of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Mr. Davutoglu said that his country was ready to support Tajikistan’s joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) and assist it in creating free economic zones (FZEs), the press service said.