DUSHANBE, June 25, Asia-Plus — Celebrations to mark Tajikistan’s Day of National Unity have already been launched.

The general peace agreement that effectively ended the country’s five-year civil war was singed between the Tajik government and the United Tajik Opposition (UTO) in Moscow on June 27, 1997.

An international two-day conference dedicated to this event opened at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe today. 

The conference has brought together representatives from the UN agencies active in Tajikistan, guarantor countries, as well as former political and military opponents.  

President Emomali Rahmon inaugurated the conference.