Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Dushanbe yesterday evening on a state visit.

The state visit of President Xi to Tajikistan will last until July 6 and he will hold talks with high-ranking Tajik state officials to discuss cooperation.

While in Dushanbe, Chinese leader will attend official opening ceremonies of the new building of Tajikistan’s Parliament and Government.  

Recall, President Emomali Rahmon and the then Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang took part in ceremonies to lay the foundation stone to the new buildings of Parliament and Government of Tajikistan in Dushanbe on October 13, 2018.  

The Chinese Premier was on a visit to Tajikistan to take part in the 17th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states.

The main building of the parliamentary complex is 49.7 meters in height and its total area is 42,874 square meters.

The Governmental complex consists of one 15-storey building and two 13-storey buildings and its total area is 10.27 hectares.

It was built in accordance with modern requirements and national architectural style.

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Dushanbe yesterday evening on official visit.  

UN head’s visit to Tajikistan is a part of his tour of Central Asia’s nations.  He has already visited Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.  

Mr. Guterres is scheduled to meet with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and other high-ranking Tajik state officials as well as get acquainted with projects aimed at addressing climate change challenges and meet with local activists.