Azerbaijani ambassador meets head of Tajikistan`s state body on religion
Azerbaijani ambassador to Tajikistan Abbasali Hasanov has met chairman of the country`s State Committee on Religious Affairs Abdurahim Kholiqov.
They discussed deepening religious relations between Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.
Hasanov briefed Kholiqov on the care of national leader Heydar Aliyev and President Ilham Aliyev for Islam. He said the Bibiheybat, Tazapir mosques in Baku and Imamzade Complex in Ganja had been fully repaired by the Azerbaijani government. He added Pravoslav churches were freely operating in Azerbaijan without any intervention.
Kholiqov, in turn, said the number of mosques increases in Tajikistan. He also spoke of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon`s care for religious issues in the country.
Ambassador Hasanov presented a letter to the committee chairman inviting him to a conference on Muslims of CIS countries to be held on April 16-17 in Baku.
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