A traditional meeting of President Emomali Rahmon with representatives of Tajik intelligentsia will take place at the Kokhi Navrouz Complex in Dushanbe on March 19, 2017.

This year’s meeting is expected to be held in a narrow format, a source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview.  

According to him, not more than 200 representatives of creative unions and researchers have been invited to this year’s meeting with the president.   

In the previous years, about 400 representatives of Tajik intelligentsia having been invited to a traditional meeting with the president. 

Traditional meetings of President Rahmon with representatives of Tajik intelligentsia are usually held in Dushanbe on the threshold of the Navrouz holiday

Addressing the meeting, the president usually calls on the country’s intelligentsia to use all their opportunities to raise educational level of the population and promote improving living conditions in the country.