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Sir, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh just arrived here for the SCO Heads of Government meeting. After that, you also joined the diaspora meeting and welcomed him. What do you have to say about the relations between India and Rajasthan?

First of all, I want to say that Tajikistan is a place that belongs to India.

Earlier, whenever a guest came from India, our people were so happy. Today you see, a very great guest has come to Tajikistan. Shri Rajnath Singh.

There is a country where if there is no defense minister, then that country doesn't even exist. Your defense minister is such a strong man. He just said how India is right now. He said how India is right now. India wasn't this strong 80 years ago when the British ruled there. When the British people...

Mahatma Gandhi's insistence and effort brought a lot of India...

Chaur

went abroad, and now this is our pride, our pride that in India, not just such a great culture exists with Kalidas, Tulsidas...

Surdas, Premchand, Rabindranath Tagore. And the greatest of all is Mahatma Gandhi. The Hindi language is so good that the Tajik people are so interested in it, our people are so interested. That is why today's meeting, today's meeting with Mr. Rajnath Singh, this meeting will remain in our memory for a long time. And I, being his first student there, will keep telling him over and over again how much today...

It was a very good meeting.

You have been like a cultural ambassador for both countries. India-Tajikistan relations. How do you see these bilateral relations moving forward in the coming...

Tajikistan is the fourth republic. India is a very big country, a very big country with all sorts of people. Our relations have such a long history. We try to be friends with India, and India wants to welcome our people here, and

We have this kind of interest in our country, and I feel that other people don't have this with them.