DUSHANBE, November 5, 2010, Asia-Plus - The Iranian Red Crescent Society is planning to open a new hospital in Dushanbe for poor citizens of Tajikistan, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran told the AP.

According to the source, a group of delegates from the Iranian RCS are currently in Dushanbe. The goal of their mission is to select appropriate building for the future hospital.

“Yesterday Iranian delegates visited the Headquarter of the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan and discussed priority issues of cooperation in humanitarian sector,” the source has said.