DUSHANBE, July 12, 2011, Asia-Plus -- An official ceremony of handover of chairmanship of the OIC Ambassadorial Group at the United Nations from Tajikistan to Kazakhstan took place at the UN Headquarters in New York on July 11, the Tajik MFA information department reports.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ambassador Sirojiddin Aslov, Tajikistan’s Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, expressed gratitude to the delegations of the OIC member nations for cooperation and support providing to Tajikistan during its chairmanship and wished successes to Kazakhstan.