dear imam ali sharipovich, i am sincerely glad to see you again, welcome to the house of the governmentssian federation. i remember with warmth the conversation with you in march, during my visit to dushanbe, and i ask you to take this opportunity to convey your best wishes to my colleague, we commend the prime minister of tajikistan: the prompt implementation of all agreements that were reached at the highest level. we sincerely value the friendly partnership and allied relations that connect russia and tajikistan; they are based on the principles of friendship, good neighborliness and mutual respect. we pay priority attention to deepening practical cooperation: russia is one of the leading foreign economic partners of tajikistan. for january-september mutual samonium. mutual investment is actively developing. volume russian investment in the economy of tajikistan exceeded 148 billion rubles and a new impetus for joint work was given by the business forum, which took place in march in dushanbe. russian business is interested in promoting new joint projects in energy , industry, tourism

in this regard, let me remind you that on september 1 last year, imam ali sharipovich and i took partn the opening ceremony of five schools with instruction in russian in dushanbe and in other tajik schools there are already about 5,500 students. and our joint plans include creating a center for gifted children on the basis of one of these wb schools. in addition, we are trying to meet the needs of tajik partners for teaching aids in russian, as part of the russian abroad project this year in more than 70 teachers from russia were sent to tajikistan to teach. now only in the course of negotiations to train russian language teachers in tajikistan directly. correctly bearing in mind such a wide scope of studying the russian language. i would also note that at present , more than 35,000 tajik students are studying at russian universities, as well as at their branches in the russian republic, at the russian tajikistan, slavic university. in the current academic year, order has been allocated for the needs of the republic, we we focused on issues of interaction within the cis, odb, the sha

on september 1 last year , imam ali sharipovich and i took part in the opening ceremony... of schoolsn in russian in dushanbe and other tajik cities. according to russian educational programs and standards, about 5,500 students are already studying in these schools. and our joint plans include the creation of one of these schools in dushanbe center for gifted children. in addition, we are trying to meet the needs of tajikistan partners for teaching aids in russian; within the framework of the russian teacher abroad project, this year more than 70 teachers from russia have been sent to teach in tajikistan. now, only during negotiations in an expanded format, the president of tajikistan raised the question of training russian language teachers in tajikistan directly, of course, very correctly, bearing in mind such a wide scope of study russian language. for his contribution to strengthening partnership relations with russia, vladimir putin today awarded rakhmon a high state award, the order of merit for the fatherland. third degree, and today vladimir putin made a video message on the e

order of merit for the fatherland, third degree. and this award, as imam ali rahmon stated, is a great honor for him. dear imam ali sharipovich friend. today you are being presented with a high state award of the russian federation: the order of merit for the fatherland, third degree. it is recognition of your enormous personal contribution to strengthening the alliance between the russian federation and tajikistan. by decree of the president of the russian federation for his great personal contribution to strengthening the relations of strategic partnership and alliance between the russian federation and the republic. tajikistan, as well as to ensure regional stability and security, the order of merit for the fatherland of the third degree was awarded to emmali rahmon, president of the republic of tajikistan, strategic partnership and alliance are of course not empty words, the two states are developing their relations in a number of ways directions, based on the results of today's negotiations, and they took place, i will remind you: in a narrow format, with the participation of delegations, a number of documents were signe

dear imam ali sharipovich, dear friend, today you are being awarded a high state award of the russiane fatherland of the third degree. it is recognition of your enormous personal contribution to strengthening friendship and strategic partnership. and alliance between and strategic partnership and alliance between the russian federation and the republic of tajikistan, as well as ensuring regional stability and security with the order of merit for the fatherland of the third degree awarded to mma rahmon, president of the republic of tajikistan. negotiations, and they took place, let me remind you, in a narrow format, with the participation of the delegation, a number of documents were signed, according to which our states continue to develop their work, their cooperation in a variety of sectors. of course, during the negotiations today we talked a lot about the economy; according to the results of last year, trade turnover between moscow and dushanbe increased by almost 20%. the dynamics of this year also moscow and dushanb for mutual settlements in national currencies, which makes them