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On November 12, Tajikistan’s Minister of Defense, Colonel-General Emomali Sobirzoda, arrived in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for an official visit, according to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) . asiaplustj.info »
From October 29 to 31, the capital of Tajikistan hosted a regional conference and the first meeting of the Regional Coordination Council on "One Health. asiaplustj.info »
In a significant step toward strengthening regional water governance and enhancing investment prospects, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have officially launched a bilateral commission for the joint management of water resources. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday October 21, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon met with the heads of delegations from the prosecutor-generals' offices of CIS member states, who gathered in Dushanbe for the 35th session of the CIS Coordinating Council of Prosecutor-Generals, according to the Tajik president’s official website. . asiaplustj.info »
After weeks of public complaints, Tajikistan’s authorities have officially confirmed that power outages are taking place in some regions of the country from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. However, they continue to reject the notion that an official power rationing regime—commonly known as the "limit"—has been introduced. asiaplustj.info »
Russian military base in Tajikistan remains a cornerstone of security in Central Asia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on October 9. Russian media reports say Putin emphasized Russia’s active role in ensuring peace and stability in the region. asiaplustj.info »
Housing rental prices in Dushanbe have surged by nearly 30% over the past year, marking a significant shift in the Tajik capital’s real estate market. Rental rates have risen sharply compared to 2022, placing Dushanbe among the more expensive cities in the region. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth reached 8.4 percent in 2024 and 8.2 percent in the first quarter of 2025 with services and industry driving the expansion, according to the World Bank’s Tajikistan Economic Update: Focusing on Digital Transformation of Trade in Tajikistan released on July 30. asiaplustj.info »
The foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states issued a joint statement on June 30, expressing strong support for the recent establishment of a United Nations Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals in Almaty, Kazakhstan. asiaplustj.info »
In a major show of regional cooperation, Central Asia’s five countries recently agreed to a new water-sharing framework for the Syr Darya and Amu Darya—glacier-fed rivers essential to agriculture, energy, and drinking water across the region, says an article written by ADB Director for Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Yasmin Siddiqi and the Chairman of the Committee asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin has called on regional countries to work toward creating a collective security mechanism to promote peace and stability in the region. IRNA reports that the top Tajik diplomat made the remarks as he addressed the Tehran Dialogue Forum (TDF) on April 18, where he highlighted different problems facing the region. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan, Daler Juma has described Iran as one of the country’s most important strategic partners in the region, IRNA reported on April 19. Juma reportedly made the remarks while meeting with Ali Najafi Khoshrudi, Iran’s Vice President’s Deputy for International and Regional Cooperation, in Dushanbe on Saturday, April 19. asiaplustj.info »
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has proposed a regional tree-planting campaign called "Green Belt of Central Asia" as part of a large-scale greening program. The Uzbek president’s press service says that according to this initiative, such events could be held annually on the eve of the Navrouz holiday. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations will establish a regional center dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Central Asia’s nations and Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
A criminal case was initiated against eight employees of the Regional Customs Directorate in Sughd Province for negligence, abuse of official authority, and complicity in a crime. After the court imposed fines, all of them were completely dismissed from their positions. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, has introduced a number of staff changes. asiaplustj.info »
A ceremony to present an international accreditation certificate confirming the high compliance of the Regional Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Safety Center with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards took place at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria on January 23. asiaplustj.info »
Syria's new rulers have reportedly given high-ranking military positions to several foreign Islamist fighters, a move that has alarmed their home governments, which fear the potential export of unrest to their own soil. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday January 7, Emomali Rahmon conducted a series of personnel reshuffles and held a meeting with newly appointed officials to key leadership positions in cities and districts of GBAO (Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region), Khatlon province, districts subordinate to the center, and several central government bodies, the Tajik president’s official website says. asiaplustj.info »
The Roghun hydropower plant (HPP) promises significant benefits for Tajikistan and Central Asia. According to analysts from the World Bank, it will contribute to decarbonization, strengthening regional energy systems, and transformation of Tajikistan's economy. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon yesterday participated and spoke at a high-level event that was organized and hosted by Tajikistan in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on the implementation of the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly declaring 2025 as the "International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation". asiaplustj.info »
On Monday October 14, President Emomali Rahmon met in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), with GBAO regional administrators and public activists. asiaplustj.info »
According to the latest edition of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Regional Economic Prospects (REP) report, the short-term regional economic outlook for Central Asia remains positive. asiaplustj.info »
As external demand has improved, the economy of Tajikistan grew by 8.3 percent in 2023 and 8.2 percent during the first quarter of 2024, says a report released by the World Bank. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan, Mr. Daler Juma, on July 5 met here with Ms. Aiten Rustamova, Regional Head of the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). asiaplustj.info »
On Saturday May 25, President Emomali Rahmon held a meeting with regional administrators of Khatlon province in his hometown Danghara. The Tajik president’s official website says governors of other provinces and heads of districts subordinate to the center also participated in in the meeting. asiaplustj.info »
Closer cross-border collaboration and reforming trade policies in Central Asia and its neighbors can cut the carbon footprint of trade and value chains—a growing source of emissions in one of the world’s most energy-intensive regions for manufacturing—officials from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said at the Bank’s 57th Annual Meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 2. asiaplustj.info »
Central Asian nations are easing barriers, addressing a prerequisite for the formation of a unified regional market. The creation of a unified Central Asian market enabling the seamless movement of goods and services is a central aim of the B5+1 process, a regional economic blueprint supported by the United States. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, introduced a number of staff changes yesterday, according to the Tajik president’s official website. By president’s decree Jabbor Nosirzoda, who had previously served as First Deputy Minister of Agriculture, was appointed acting mayor of Hisor City, replacing Qosim Rahbar. asiaplustj.info »
An employee of the Office of the Service of Execution under the Government of Tajikistan in the northern city of Panjakent has been detained for organizing treat meal for 100 people after returning from the Umrah, says the press center of the Agency for State Finance Control and Combating Corruption under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday February 28, Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali received BYD Regional Director for Central Asia Ivan Tsao. The Dushanbe Administration press center says the parties discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Dushanbe Administration and BYD Company. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon has shaken up a number of regional prosecutors, replacing them with experienced and young professional staff, the Tajik president’s official website said on February 14. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon is continuing to introduce staff changes. An official source within the Levakant Administration says Ms. Bunafsha Faiziddinzida has been relieved of her post of Levakant in connection with transfer to another job.. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of staff changes in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO. By president’s decrees issued on January 27 the heads of GBAO’s Shugnan, Rushan, Roshtqala and Ishkashim districts were dismissed in connection with transfer to other jobs. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday January 19, President Emomali Rahmon held a meeting of the Security Council of Tajikistan, according to the Tajik president’s official website. The heads of the country’s various law-enforcement and security agencies attended the meeting. asiaplustj.info »
The Jamestown Foundation article says that as tensions rise in Central Asia, Tajikistan finds itself at the forefront of growing concerns regarding the stability of the region. The country, led by President Emomali Rahmon, is increasingly alarmed by the threats posed by militant groups operating from neighboring Afghanistan, now under Taliban control. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is losing glaciers due to global climate change, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon stated at a parallel event entitled “World Glaciers’ Preservation Action” that took place on the margins of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai on December 2, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s TOLOnews reports that the participants of the 11th session of the Herat Security Dialogue (HSD-XI) on their second day of meeting (November 28) stressed the importance of a regional agreement and the role of the regional countries to solve the issue of Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
A regular regional forum - meeting of the heads of emergency authorities of Central Asian nations took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on November 10. asiaplustj.info »
The C5+1 Regional Connectivity Ministerial took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on October 24. Tajikistan was represented at the event by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ahliddin Nouriddinov. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held phone talks with deputy prime minister in charge of agriculture, agriculture minister, governors of Khatlon and Sughd provinces and heads of Kuhistoni Mastchoh, Devashtich, Lakhsh, Tojikobod, Rasht, Panj, Jaihoun, Sharitous and Qubodiyon districts. asiaplustj.info »
The Fifth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia kicked off in Dushanbe yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
A three-week Regional Explosive Ordnance Disposal Course (EOD level 1) kicked off started at the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Center (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Chimteppa, outskirts of Dushanbe on July 10. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Minister of Industry and New Technologies Sherali Kabir has held meetings with a number of Russian regional administrators in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on the sidelines of the four-day international industrial exhibition, dubbed INNOPROM-203, which kicked off on July 10 and is running through tomorrow. asiaplustj.info »
On the last day (July 8) of his four-day working visit to the northern province of Sughd, President Emomali Rahmon addressed a meeting of regional administrators in Sughd’s capital, Khujand, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law on the ratification of the protocol to the agreement with Russia on the regional grouping of troops, or regional group of forces (RGF). asiaplustj.info »
Ibrahim Mammadov (Azerbaijan), Research Fellow at the Caucasian Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies (QAFSAM), notes in an article for CABAR.asia that the establishment of a regional platform for cooperation on energy related matters would ensure a more efficient allocation of the resources and increase the value of the internal regional trade in the Central Asian region. asiaplustj.info »
An official with the Directorate for Social and Protection and Pensions in Panjakent City of Sughd Province, Asadjon Bahromoov, was found hanged in his apartment on January 11. Asadjon’s relatives say he committed suicide “after slander and repeated summons to the local anticorruption directorate for questioning. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of regional staff changes. As source within the Khatlon regional administration says that by president’s decree Bozorali Odinazoda was relieved of his post of Chairperson of Hamadoni District (Khatlon Province). asiaplustj.info »
A four-day annual regional technical workshop on locusts in in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) that was held by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of Tajikistan under financial support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) concluded in Dushanbe on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
