DUSHANBE, January 25, - Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov will receive visiting Iranian Education Minister Mahmoud Farshidi today.

Iranian delegation led by Farshidi arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on January 23 for a four-day visit. 

The Iranian minister already met with his Tajik counterpart Abdijabbor Rahmonov.  In the first round of talks the ministers of the two countries underlined the need to develop mutual cultural relations.  The two expressed their readiness to bolster mutual cultural and educational ties.

Expansion of scientific and cultural relations, exploring grounds for promotion of Persian language in Tajikistan, and establishment of an Iranian educational complex are among the goals of the visit of the Iranian delegation to Tajikistan.