Several Iran and Tajik officials attended the event which is displaying all kinds of handicrafts, paintings, calligraphy, carpets, and rugs, as well as cultural and historical books.
In the meantime, Iran’s cultural week kicked off in Tajikistan’s capital at a ceremony on October 31 which was attended by ministers of culture of Iran and Tajikistan.
Iran’s Ambassador to Dushanbe Mohammad Taqi Saberi as well as a number of other Dushanbe-based ambassadors and a large number of Iranian nationals residing in Tajikistan were also present at the ceremony.
Some 51 Iranian artists in different fields have put their works on display at the event.
Iranian Minister of Culture Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili arrived in Dushanbe on October 30.
Esmaili, who was speaking for elite literary figures of Iran and Tajikistan in Dushanbe, the capital of that country, on November 2 said, "I am quite delighted to have this opportunity at this exalted gathering and thank God for it."
Esmaili said that the Islamic Republic should not permit borders to create obstacles between the two Iranian and Tajik nations, as they share culture, literature, and language are undisputable identities, and are the best proof.
He said that the good poets and writers of the brother country, Tajikistan, the artists, and all those who have in a way been related to literature or are even interested in it, try to create new valuable works in the prestigious Persian language in Tajikistan, which is praised all over the world.
Esmaili said that the contemporary Tajik poets refer to Iran as their roots, the origin, their ancestors, their motherland, the palace of the world, the light of the glass in which the whole world is viewed, the house of piety, the meeting place, the cradle for phoenix, the home for the brave, the throne of God, the land of eternal glory, the realm of love and piety, etc.
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