On August 26, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Tajikistan, Mr. Waleed bin Abdulrahman Alreshaidan.

The Tajik MFA information department says that during the meeting, the parties discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.

At the end of the meeting, Sirojiddin Muhriddin wished the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Tajikistan success in his activity.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a special position in Tajikistan’s foreign policy in the Arab World

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recognized the independence of the Republic of Tajikistan on January 11, 1992 and diplomatic relations between two countries were established on February 22, 1992.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the first Arab country that opened its diplomatic mission in Tajikistan on January 2010 as a follow up to the Tajik Embassy inauguration in Saudi Arabia in 2008.