Dushanbe, 5 April 2012 — His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, paid a brief visit to Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on 4 April 2012 to discuss a range of national and regional development issues with the country’s top officials.
The Aga Khan met with Tajikistan’s president, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon, who recently hosted an international development conference on Afghanistan. They discussed AKDN’s current and future projects in Tajikistan as well as regional opportunities and challenges for development, including collaboration on cross-border development projects with neighbouring Afghanistan. The Aga Khan reaffirmed AKDN’s commitment to cross border development initiatives.
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