Tajik president set to leave for UN General Assembly in New York
11:33, 20 September 2009
ASTANA. September 20. KAZINFORM President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon is taking off on Sunday to New York to take part in the UN General Assembly session, a presidential spokesman said.
Abdufattokh Sharifzoda said that President Rakhmon is scheduled to take part in the summit on the climate change problems and will hold a number of bilateral meetings as well.
The Tajik president met in early September with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon within the frames of a UN summit on the climate change, who invited him to attend the UN General Assembly and the summit on the climate change on September 22 in New York; Kazinform has learnt from RIA Novosti.
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