Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov will arrive in Tajikistan to attend an official opening ceremony of an Uzbek-language school in the Spitamen district of the northern Sughd province.

The construction this school that will accommodate 640 pupils has been financed by the Uzbek government, a source within the Sughd regional administration told Asia-Plus today morning.  

An agreement on construction of this school was reached during Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to Tajikistan in March 2018.  

Besides, the Uzbek government has financed the construction of a hospital with a total of 200 beds in the Qubodiyon district of the Khatlon province.  

Tajikistan, for its art, has committed to build a school to accommodate 640 pupils in the Uzbek city of Samraqand and a preschool institution in the Rishtan district of Uzbekistan’s Ferghana region.