To prevent possible extremism, Tajikistan forced thousands of young people to return home from their Islamic studies abroad. Many of those people were then forced to become labor migrants.
The meeting was being closely watched for clues to the future of Armenia-Russia relations, which have been thrown into question as a result of Pashinyan's rise.
The two sides announced their intention to “deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields including anti-terrorism operations, and push forward the state and military relations between the two countries.”