China Media Group (CMG), China's flagship broadcaster, held a cultural exchange event at the Nauruz Palace in Tajikistan's capital city Dushanbe on Friday to further promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
The event coincides with Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the Central Asian country.
Shen Haixiong, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and president of CMG, Tajik Culture Minister Sattoriyon Matlubahon Amonzoda, Chairman of the National Radio and Television Commission of Tajikistan Nuriddin Said, former Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Rashid Alimov, along with other distinguished guests, attended the event and delivered speeches.
Guests emphasized the longstanding and continually growing friendship between China and Tajikistan, and highlighted the need to make full use of the opportunity afforded by this event to further promote cooperation between the two countries and advance common development.
The event featured a musical performance by students and teachers from the Tajik National Conservatory, who played traditional Chinese instruments and Tajik national instruments to perform classic Tajik pieces titled "Friendship" and "Silk Road Symphony," which symbolize the enduring bond between the two countries.
During the event, the "China Up Close" joint media interview activity was also launched. The initiative will see Tajik mainstream journalists travel across China and experience the unique charm of the country through interviews, observations and research.
China-Tajikistan cultural exchange event held in Dushanbe
China-Tajikistan cultural exchange event held in Dushanbe
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday that the group is willing to consider a ceasefire proposal if it includes guarantees for a truce in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
A member of Lebanese parliament from the Hezbollah coalition made the statement at a news conference in Beirut.
He criticized Israel's strike on a Beirut health care facility that killed at least five people, and warned the international community against Israel's continuous violations of international law.
"The world is facing a challenge. Can they find one humanitarian or international law that Israel hasn't violated? All U.N. charters, U.N. Security Council resolutions, Israel has violated them. Isn't it enough that it tore the U.N. Charter? Isn't it enough that it declared the [U.N.] secretary general an undesirable person, a Persona Non Grata" said Ibrahim Al Moussawi, an Hezbollah official and member of the Lebanese parliament.
The group also vowed to continue their fight until it sees a realistic proposal for a ceasefire.
"The decision for a ceasefire is left to those in the battlefield. We consult with those in the field, and we who deal with politics when we receive an offer that is realistic and would also achieve a ceasefire in Gaza as well. Only then we can consider making a deal," said Ibrahim.
The Israel Defense Forces have been carrying out an unprecedented, intensive air attack on Lebanon, dubbed "Arrows of the North", since Sept. 23, after nearly a year of low-intensity cross-border exchanges of fire with Hezbollah. And in another sign of escalation, the country has launched a ground incursion into Lebanon since early Tuesday.
The Israeli air and ground raids have since killed 1,974 people, including 127 children, wounded 9,350 others, and forced more than 1.2 million civilians to flee their homes, according to the Lebanese health minister.
Hezbollah willing to consider ceasefire proposal if it includes guarantees for truce in Gaza: official
