The author of the article makes an endeavor to analyze in detail the recent history of the development and strengthening of reliable partnership relations between Tajikistan and France in the period 2018-2020. The author considers the whole process and dynamics of deepening and bringing cooperation between the two countries to a qualitatively new stage, primarily through the prism of the content and results of the working and official visit of Tajikistan Republic President to France in 2019, exchange of visits of political and parliamentary delegations and the expansion of cooperation in various spheres on the basis of signed bilateral documents. Upon writing the paper, the author relies on information gathered from books and primary sources, the current archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the country in Paris, official domestic and foreign electronic publications, and other scientific and statistical materials.
Tajikistan, France, international relations, foreign policy, history, “Belle Époque” security, inter-parliamentary cooperation, economico-cultural diplomacy, agreements
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