Tajik Foreign Ministry: Dushanbe and Moscow agreed to intensify cooperation in the field of migration

The strengthening of cooperation between Moscow and Dushanbe in the field of migration in order to prevent various conflict situations with citizens of the republic on Russian territory was announced at a briefing following negotiations with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Mukhriddin.

“The Tajik side emphasized that scheduled and unscheduled inspections should be carried out in compliance with the rights and freedoms of our citizens in Russia,” the minister said.

According to him, an agreement was reached to intensify the activities of the interdepartmental working groups created in recent years in the field of migration cooperation.

Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan expressed concern over information about mass detentions of Tajik citizens in Russia. In particular, they talked about the incident that took place on May 19 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where, according to the Tajik side, more than 100 students from Tajikistan were detained and interrogated.

At the same time, the State University of Komsomolsk-on-Amur indicated that the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out an inspection, all activities were carried out correctly and within the framework of the law. However, on the part of four students from Tajikistan, there was an attempt to prevent the employees from fulfilling their duties, which was suppressed.

Source: avesta.tj