DUSHANBE, September 6, Asia-Plus - A Russian delegation to attend the Fourth World Forum of Tajiks and Persian-speaking Peoples is arriving in Dushanbe today, according to information from the Tajik Embassy in Moscow.  

The delegation includes known Russian researchers and Tajik writers, entrepreneurs and journalists currently living in the Russian Federation.  Among members of the delegation are Magomet Isayev, known Russian specialist in the Tajik language, Natalia Prigarina, editor-in-chief of “Irano-Slavica” magazine, Shavkat Niyozi, deputy head of International Writers’ Association, Ziyoratsho Qodirov, Doctor of Sciences in Medicine, Shamsiddin Khushvakhtov, director of Tajik Business Center in Moscow, Bakhtiyor Abdulloyev, journalist, etc.  

Muhammad Egamzod, press secretary of the Tajik Embassy in Moscow, who accompanies the delegation, says, “We are bringing with us a special edition of “Tajikistan” magazine published on occasion of the 15th anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence, a book by Tajik Ambassador to Russia Safar Safarov, entitled “Hand in Hand with Russia” and a new holiday edition of “Tojikoni Rossiya” (Tajiks of Russia) newspaper.”