DUSHANBE, October 19. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has arrived in Dushanbe on a two-day visit.

His plane landed at Dushanbe International Airport, a TASS correspondent reported. The Russian prime minister was welcomed by his Tajik counterpart, Kokhir Rasulzoda.

While in Dushanbe, the Russian prime minister will take part in a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. His working program also includes a series of bilateral meetings.

The visit will last until October 20.

The meeting of the SCO prime ministers will focus on issues of economic and cultural cooperation, the press service of the Russian government said. The prime ministers will discuss ways of implementing provisions endorsed by the SCO heads of state at their summit in Bishkek in September.

The meeting is expected to yield a communique, a concept of a unified platform for managing land cargo shipments, and an initiative on promoting high-quality and sustainable development of international railway service within the SCO.