Turkmenistan's Arkadag and Tajikistan's Khujand have become twin cities

An agreement on establishment of twinning relations between Arkadag city of Turkmenistan and Khujand city of Tajikistan has been signed. This is reported by the TurkmenPortal online publication.

The decision to sign the Agreement was made following bilateral talks in Dushanbe between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. In accordance with the Agreement, the young and modern "smart" Turkmen city of Arkadag and one of the most ancient cities of Tajikistan, Khujand, became sister cities.

It is noted that a number of documents on strengthening and expanding cooperation between Turkmenistan and Tajikistan in various areas of mutual interest were signed as a result of the talks.