On September 25, 2018 Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Tajikistan Viktor Nikitiuk held a meeting with the Rector of the Tajik State Pedagogical University named after Sadriddin Ayni, Academician Nosir Salimi.
This educational institution, which was named after Taras Shevchenko during 1939-1991, consistently demonstrates interest to the Ukrainian culture and literature. This issue was the main topic of the conversation.
During the meeting N.Salimi signed and presented to Ambassador of Ukraine a copy of the collection of poems of Taras Shevchenko published by his University in translation into Tajik for further transmission as a gift to the Taras Shevchenko Museum of Baryshivka in Kyiv region of Ukraine.
The Ambassador of Ukraine, on his part, congratulated the Rector of the Tajik State Pedagogical University with the Award, which in 2018 the collection of poetry of the Great Kobzar in translation into Tajik was marked in the framework of the International competition-project “Taras Shevchenko is Uniting the Peoples”.