The speaker of the lower chamber of Parliament of Tajikistan Shukurjon Zuhurov on August 25 ^th received the Ambassador of Japan in Tajikistan Hajime Kitaoka.

As reported a source in the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli of the Republic, Sh. Zuhurov thanked the Japanese side for the fact that in recent years this country has provided grant support in the implementation of over 350 small-scale projects implemented in our country in the areas of sanitation, medicine, education, reconstruction of roads.

The speaker of the lower chamber of Tajik Parliament expressed confidence that the planned in 2017 official visit of President of Tajikistan to Japan would open a new milestone in the development of relations between Dushanbe and Tokyo.