As part of participation in the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, met with the heads of a number of states and authoritative international organizations, including the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the President of the UN General Assembly Abdullah Shahid.