On Friday, May 5, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at the sea-side Taj Exotica resort in Goa's Benaulim, India on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers.

According to the Tajik MFA information department, the parties discussed issues related to the bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Pakistan.

They reportedly also exchanged views on a number of important regional and international issues being of mutual interest. 

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan were established on June 6, 1992. Cooperation between Tajikistan and Pakistan dates back to 1991.

In 1993, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan opened its Embassy in the Republic of Tajikistan, and its activities began in early 1994.