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  • His Exellency Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan welcomes Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Palace of Nations.
    TheIsmaili.org | 05 April 2012 | Ismaili Centre Dushanbe

    Mawlana Hazar Imam makes a historic visit to Tajikistan; meets with newly appointed Jamati leaders

    His Exellency Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan welcomes Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Palace of Nations. Maqsudjon Muhiddinov
  • Upon his arrival, Mawlana Hazar Imam is greeted by volunteers with flowers in the presence of His Excellency Hamrokhon Zarifi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dr Shafik Sachedina, Director of Diplomatic Affairs at the Aga Khan D
    TheIsmaili.org | 05 April 2012 | Ismaili Centre Dushanbe

    Mawlana Hazar Imam makes a historic visit to Tajikistan; meets with newly appointed Jamati leaders

    Upon his arrival, Mawlana Hazar Imam is greeted by volunteers with flowers in the presence of His Excellency Hamrokhon Zarifi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dr Shafik Sachedina, Director of Diplomatic Affairs at the Aga Khan D AKDN / Tohir Saidov
  • Volunteers and the newly-appointed Jamati leaders pose for a group picture after meeting with Mawlana Hazar Imam.
    TheIsmaili.org | 05 April 2012 | Ismaili Centre Dushanbe

    Mawlana Hazar Imam makes a historic visit to Tajikistan; meets with newly appointed Jamati leaders

    Volunteers and the newly-appointed Jamati leaders pose for a group picture after meeting with Mawlana Hazar Imam. Courtesy of the Ismaili Council for Tajikistan
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Gallery: Mawlana Hazar Imam meets with newly-appointed Jamati leaders in Tajikistan

Dushanbe, 4 April 2012 – Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled to Tajikistan for a brief, but historic one-day visit. In a meeting with the leaders of the newly-established Jamati institutions in Tajikistan, Hazar Imam emphasised the significance of the formal establishment of Jamati institutions to serve the needs and requirements of the Tajik Jamat.

In Dushanbe, Mawlana Hazar Imam called on His Excellency Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, at the Palace of Nations. Together, they reviewed collaboration between the Tajik government and the Ismaili Imamat in developing institutions and programmes that respond to the challenges and opportunities of contemporary social, economic and cultural development in Tajikistan. President Rahmon also hosted a lunch reception in Mawlana Hazar Imam's honour. This was followed by Hazar Imam's meeting, at the Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe, with the leadership of the newly-established Jamati institutions in Tajikistan.

The establishment of a Jamati institutional structure for the Tajikistan Jamat is a historic step forward in Mawlana Hazar Imam's endeavour to introduce in that country Ismaili Constitutional bodies and processes, in common with those that have been established in other parts of the world. Addressing the leadership, Mawlana Hazar Imam emphasised the significance of the formal establishment of Jamati institutions to serve the needs and requirements of the Tajik Jamat.

As Mawlana Hazar Imam prepared to depart Dushanbe, he was bid farewell by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the AKDN Resident Representative and the leaders of the newly-appointed Tajik Jamati institutions.