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The Government of Tajikistan has approved Iran's proposal for visa-free entry of Iranian citizens into Tajikistan based on the principle of parity, says a statement released by the Tajik Foreign Ministry on January 31. asiaplustj.info »
The U. S. Embassy in Dushanbe has notified grant-receiving partners about the suspension of the U. S. foreign assistance program for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia. The notification states that the suspension applies to all grants issued by the Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say US President Donald Trump on January 20 signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals. asiaplustj.info »
TOLOnews reports that Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Political Minister of Foreign Affairs, has criticized the ban on girls' education, emphasizing that this action is not in accordance with Sharia. asiaplustj.info »
As of April 1, 2025, foreign driver’s licenses held by individuals who have had Russian citizenship, a residence permit, or a temporary residence permit (TRP) for over a year will be considered invalid in Russia. asiaplustj.info »
A migration regime for the deportation of foreign citizens or stateless persons illegally residing in Russia will come into effect on March 5, 2025, when the corresponding law comes into force, TASS reported on January 2. asiaplustj.info »
IRNA says the 28th Meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers concluded in the Iranian city of Mashhad on December 3 with officials calling for expansion of cooperation between the member nations. asiaplustj.info »
The Fifth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting that took place in Chengdu, China on December 1 ended with adoption of a Joint Statement. All parties reportedly reiterated their determination to jointly build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin took part in the 5th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Central Asia-China format that took place in southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on December 1. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhridding met on December 1 in Chengdu, China, with the Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wang Yi. asiaplustj.info »
On November 21, Dushanbe hosted another round of political consultations between the foreign ministries of Tajikistan and Germany. The meeting was co-chaired by Ismatullo Nasreddin, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan, and Konrad Arz von Straussenburg, Director for Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe at Germany's Federal Foreign Office. asiaplustj.info »
Turkiye has forgiven Kyrgyzstan’s foreign debt amounting to $62. 3 million in exchange for projects in the “green” economy sector, Fergana News reports , citing Tazabek. kg . Meanwhile, according to 24. asiaplustj.info »
On Sunday November 3, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met in Al-Kuwait with Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Ali Abdullah Saleh Al-Yahya. The Tajik president’s official website says the parties discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the State of Kuwait. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday October 8, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Ismatullo Nasreddin, received the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) of the of the Bureau for Asia, Anjali Kaur. asiaplustj.info »
Presided over by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a regular meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign ministers took place in Moscow on October 7. The Russia Foreign Ministry says the ministers summed up the results of the CIS foreign ministries’ joint work in view of implementing the priorities of the Russian chairmanship in 2024. asiaplustj.info »
The Development Bank of Tajikistan has opened correspondent accounts in several foreign banks, including HDFC Bank (India), First Heartland Jusan Bank and Freedom Finance Bank (Kazakhstan), IBA-Moscow (the International Bank of Azerbaijan located in Moscow), Commercial Bank KYRGYZSTAN (Kyrgyzstan), and Interstate Bank. asiaplustj.info »
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed to provide foreign companies with access to pension assets of citizens of the republic. He made such an initiative on September 5 at a meeting of the board of Management of the “Astana” International Financial Center (AIFC), reports the press service of Akorda. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan reacted to the materials in the media and how they were commented on the topic of the adoption of a new draft law " On the regulation of traditions , celebrations and rituals . asiaplustj.info »
Several sources told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , that former Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrohkhon Zarifi was arrested on unspecified charges last week. asiaplustj.info »
Reuters says Georgia's parliament voted on Tuesday to override a presidential veto of a bill on “foreign agents” that has plunged Georgia into crisis, ignoring criticism from the West, which says the legislation is authoritarian and Russian-inspired. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Foreign and Justice Ministries have reported to President Vladimir Putin that the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) can be removed from the terror blacklist, Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov told TASS in an interview on May 27. asiaplustj.info »
On Sunday May 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on a state visit to hold talks with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev to discuss issues related to further expansion of cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Ali Bagheri Kani, a 57-year-old political insider with a history of serving in Iran’s diplomatic and security apparatuses, has been appointed interim foreign minister, replacing Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who died on May 19 in a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, alongside President Ebrahim Raisi and several other officials and staff. asiaplustj.info »
State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) member Mikhail Matveyev (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) has proposed actually equating so-called Diasporas with foreign agents. He told RTVI in an interview on May 20 that this follows from his new version of the law on national cultural autonomies. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports said on May 18 that Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has vetoed the “foreign agents” bill that has sparked unprecedented protests in the country and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi’s European Union aspirations. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say at least 29 people turned to ambulance teams for medical help on the night of May 17-18 in Bishkek. Of them, 15 people were reportedly taken to the City Emergency Hospital and the National Hospital, the rest were provided with medical aid at the spot, the press service of the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan was cited as reporting. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Mr. Wang Yi, will pay an official visit to Tajikistan from May 18-19, an official source with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday May 2, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, received the U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, Manuel Micaller. The Tajik MFA information department says the parties reviewed current issues of bilateral relations and highly appreciated the level and content of multifaceted cooperation in the spirit of friendship and long-term partnership. asiaplustj.info »
Georgia's parliament yesterday approved the second reading of a bill on "foreign agents" that has been criticized as Kremlin-inspired, as police fired tear gas and stun grenades to clear a large crowd of protesters opposed to the draft law. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Semyon Grigoryev was summoned to the Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan yesterday to hand him a note of protect. asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has accused three neighboring countries of supporting ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) attacks in Afghanistan and the surrounding region. asiaplustj.info »
The United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Lord David Cameron, arrived in Dushanbe on April 22 On the eve of the visit, Mr. Cameron spoke about what has already been done in the region and what the United Kingdom’s collaboration with Central Asia’s nations will it be aimed at. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy Head of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, proposes to amend the law on control over the activities of persons under foreign influence, taking as a basis certain provisions of the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), RBC reported on April 17. asiaplustj.info »
Foreign citizens arriving in the Russian Federation no can purchase SIM cards of Russian mobile operators only after being registered with the portal of Public Services with use of biometric data and visiting communication salons in person, Vedomosti reported on April 10. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan authorities have decreased a foreign manpower quote for this year By president’s decree, which is posted on the Justice Ministry’s website for legal information, this year’s foreign manpower quota is set at 6,500 people, which is 1000 people fewer than in 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Reuters reported on March 28 that the corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has cost foreign companies more than 107 billion US dollars in writedowns and lost revenue. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday March 25, Tajikistan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uzbekistan, Abdujabbor Rahmonzoda, met in Tashkent with Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov. asiaplustj.info »
A group of people stormed the Gujarat University hostel in Ahmedabad late on Saturday and attacked international students who were offering namaz inside the premises, injuring five people during the melee, prompting the state police to begin a high-level probe on Sunday and arrest two men, Hindustan Times reported on March 18. asiaplustj.info »
On March 5, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on the sidelines of the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say retired US Army officer has been charged with sharing classified information on a foreign dating website after prosecutors say he sent sensitive information about Russia’s war in Ukraine to a person who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Top Tajik diplomat Sirojiddin Muhriddin on March 2 met in Antalya, Turkiye with his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubayev on the sidelines of the of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) that took place there on March 1-3. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday February 22, the Resident Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Tajikistan (AKDN), Qozidavlat Qoimdodov, was received by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ismatullo Nasredin. asiaplustj.info »
The head of the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest), Sulton Rahimzoda, has named government’s partners for development, which are interested in financing the completion of the construction of the Roghun hydropower plant. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the Tourism Development Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, Kamoliddin Muminzoda, stated on February 12 that 1. 256 million foreign tourists (with 92. asiaplustj.info »
The first congress of “foreign agents,” was held in Berlin on February 2-3. Eurasianet reports that the event brought together 130 individuals each branded by the current Russian government as being tools of foreign influence. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday February 5, President Emomali Rahmon received Kyrgyz Foreign minister Jeenbek Kulubayev, who arrived in Tajikistan on an official visit. The Tajik president’s official website says the parties discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Culture has explained the decision to regulate the tours of foreign artistes to the country. In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Obid Nazariyon, the First Deputy Minister of Culture, revealed on January 29 that the main objective of regulating the tours of foreign artistes to Tajikistan is in preventing porn and extremists contents from entering the country. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday January 10, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin met here with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, who is on an official visit to Dushanbe. The Tajik MFA information department says the two exchanged views on cooperation in political, economic and social areas. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik MFA information department says the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye, Hakan Fidan, arrived in Dushanbe Tuesday evening on an official visit. At Dushanbe International Airport, the distinguished guest was reportedly met by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Farrukh Sharifzoda. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is Head of the Government of Tajikistan, has introduced a number of staff changes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
