The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon opened the "Ancient Culture Studies: the Past and the Present" International Symposium. The head of state made a welcoming speech at the symposium’s opening ceremony, which is taking place in the National Library of Tajikistan through October 23. The representatives of domestic and foreign scientific community and creative intelligentsia were invited to the event.

The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon received the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Viacheslav Volodin, who is in Tajikistan on an official visit. The meeting took place in the Palace of the Nation.

On October 18th 2019, at the Ministry of economic development and trade of the Republic of Tajikistan was held a meeting of the Board of the Ministry "On the results of socio-economic development of the Republic of Tajikistan and the activities of the Ministry of economic development and trade for the nine months of 2019 and the tasks until the end of this year".