Meeting the Russian President at the airport were Emomali Rakhmonov, the President of Tajikistan; Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo; Valentin Orlov, commander of the Russian 201st Division, stationed in Tajikistan; Alexander Markin, commander of the Russian Federal Border Service border guard group; and commander of the peacekeeping unit Anatoly Pimenov.
Vladimir Putin is to take part in a summit of the Shanghai Five heads of state and hold several bilateral meetings in Dushanbe.