Erdoğan meets Tajik leader prior to summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday met with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe.

The meeting lasted around half an hour at the presidential palace ahead of the 5th Summit of Heads of State of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

Following the meeting, Erdogan and the participating heads of state and government posed for CICA family photo.

Erdogan will address the conference, where political, economic, humanitarian and environmental issues, new challenges, and threats will be discussed.