Chinese President Xi Jingping will pay a three-day state visit to Tajikistan from July 4-6.Jikistan will start its three-day state visit to Tajikistan.  The Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan says the visit comes at the invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.  

The parties will hold negotiations in narrow and expanded formats.  

While in Dushanbe, Chinese leader will attend official opening ceremonies of the new building of Tajikistan’s Parliament and Government.  

Recall, President Emomali Rahmon and the then Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang took part in ceremonies to lay the foundation stone to the new buildings of Parliament and Government of Tajikistan in Dushanbe on October 13, 2018.  

The Chinese Premier was on a visit to Tajikistan to take part in the 17th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states.

The main building of the parliamentary complex is 49.7 meters in height and its total area is 42,874 square meters.

The Governmental complex consists of one 15-storey building and two 13-storey buildings and its total area is 10.27 hectares.

It was built in accordance with modern requirements and national architectural style.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry of China announced yesterday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a leaders’ meeting and pay state visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan starting on Tuesday.

Beijing has ramped up diplomatic efforts in Central Asia, with Xi calling for a deepening of economic ties during a summit China hosted last May that was attended by leaders of several countries in the region.

“President Xi Jinping will attend the 24th meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held in Astana” and conduct state visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Sunday in a statement.

Xi’s two state visits during the trip -- scheduled to last from July 2 to 6 – reportedly came at the invitations of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan and President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, she added.

Central Asia is a vital link in China’s flagship Belt and Road international infrastructure development project.

Beijing has sought to fill a void in the region created by Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, as former Soviet states worry about an increasingly bellicose Russia.

The summit last May saw China pledge to expand transport links with the region and forge ahead with a Central Asia-China gas pipeline.

The Republic of Tajikistan and the People's Republic of China have friendly relations characterized by bilateral and multilateral collaboration.

The two countries established formal relations on January 4, 1992, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.  As the leader of Tajikistan, now-President Emomali Rahmon first visited Beijing in March 1993.

Tajikistan and China are active members of regional and international organizations and as a result, they closely cooperate within the frameworks of these organizations, particularly within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Because it has a border with China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XUAR), Tajikistan's political stability is very important to China.  China firmly supports Tajikistan's efforts to preserve its national security and stability, and it also helps Tajikistan develop its economy.

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Dushanbe has been functioning since March 13, 1992 and the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Beijing was established on April 7, 1997.

The legal foundation of the relationship between the two countries includes more than 200 interstate and intergovernmental agreements.