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A high-level delegation from the government of Tajikistan visited Turkiye from November 27 to December 2 to strengthen cooperation and to exchange experience and best practices on health financing and primary health care, according to the European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
IRNA has cited Mehdi Safari, Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy, as saying that co-chaired Iran’s Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian and Tajik Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma, the Iran-Tajikistan joint commission for trade and economic cooperation will take place in Tehran from December 5-6. asiaplustj.info »
For the first time, Tajikistan showcases its clothing at the ISPO Munich, the world’s largest trade fair for sporting goods and sportswear. asiaplustj.info »
Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them - others have sold their daughters and organs to survive, the BBC reported yesterday, noting that in the second winter since the Taliban took over and foreign funds were frozen, millions are a step away from famine in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has put ban on the importation, manufacturing and sale of smokeless products, with the exception of nasvay. A resolution issued by Tajikistan’s chief sanitary inspector on October 21, 2022 introduces a ban on the importation, manufacturing and sale of smokeless products, non-tobacco [nicotine] products, snus, with the exception of nasvay. asiaplustj.info »
Liquefied natural gas and gasoline prices are continuing to go down in Tajikistan. The LNG prices came down a bit in some regions of Tajikistan on November 8 after the sudden spike in early November. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and China has agreed to conduct joint counter-terrorism military exercises at least once every two years, says a draft government-government agreement between Tajikistan and China posted on the Justice Ministry’s legal information website. asiaplustj.info »
The 20 November early presidential election in Kazakhstan took place in a political environment lacking competitiveness and, while efficiently prepared, the election underlined the need for further reforms to bring related legislation and its implementation in line with OSCE commitments to ensure genuine pluralism, observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights asiaplustj.info »
Participants of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 that concluded on November 20 have reached an agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. asiaplustj.info »
The Moscow Multifunctional Migration Center has launched a website for employers and foreign nationals wishing to be employed in Moscow and Moscow Oblast, the Minister of the Government of Moscow, the head of the department of economic policy and development of the city, Maria Bagreyeva, was cited as saying on November 18 by the Moscow Mayor’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan, the milling industry and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday held a national roundtable on the implementation of the national food fortification law and the next steps to further expand wheat flour fortification in the country, according to WFP Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Citing Iranian officials, IRNA reports that least at least seven people were killed and some others wounded in a terrorist attack in the city of Izeh in Iran’s southern province of Khuzestan Wednesday (November 16) night. asiaplustj.info »
A report released by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) on November 10 focuses on structural changes in the economies of Central Asia’s nations. The Economy of Central Asia: A Fresh Perspective provides a renewed perspective on Central Asia as a large, dynamic and promising economic region and analyses its current structural changes and major growth areas. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday took part in a solemn event and a festive gathering dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the 16th session of Tajikistan’s Shuroi Oli (Supreme Court -- 1937–1994 legislature of the Tajik SSR and Tajikistan) of the 12th convocation that took place at the Qasri Arbob in Bobojon-Ghafurov district of Sughd province. asiaplustj.info »
Over the past fifteen years, residents of Dushanbe have held 144,390 wedding and mourning events totaling worth 481,390,245 somonis (TJS). asiaplustj.info »
In statement made on the occasion of the “EU-Central Asia Connectivity Conference: Global Gateway For centuries” that will take place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on November 18, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. asiaplustj.info »
The Tourism Development Committee under the Government of Tajikistan says the regional tourism development forum took place in Dushanbe on November 12. Tajik craftspeople and tourist companies reportedly put on display their achievements in toruism and relvant industries at the event that reportedly brought together delegations from Tajikistan, Iran and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Co-chaired by Tajik Minister of economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda and Turkish Minister of Trade Mehmet Mu asiaplustj.info »
Murodjon Mahmadullo, the head of the agency for outdoor advertising and urban improvement in the city if Kulob, has been detained on suspicion of misappropriation, embezzlement and official forgery. The press center of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption says Mahmadullo has taken 184,000 somonis from the agency budget for his own needs. asiaplustj.info »
Under the Project “Improving Fiscal Transparency in Tajikistan – Phase II”, funded by United States Embassy in Dushanbe and implemented by Financial Services Volunteers Corps Proposals for Program to Prepare and Publish an EITI Report for the Republic of Tajikistan for 2019, 2020 and 2021 Fiscal Years Deadline for the Submission of Proposals: asiaplustj.info »
The Khaama Press News Agency reported on November 9 that the Taliban Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has announced that based on an agreement, it plans to send 65,000 people to work outside Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Iran's Deputy Culture Minister for Arts Affairs Mahmoud Salari termed Iran and Tajikistan as friends during hard times, adding that the two countries' foes want these two nations which share the same language, culture, history and civilization, not remain close friends of each other. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed two grants for a total of 93.2 million US dollars to help Tajikistan mitigate the adverse economic and social impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and rehabilitate a road from Oqmazor to Bokhtar in the Khatlon province. asiaplustj.info »
The Agency of Hydrometeorology of the Committee of Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan with the financial support of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) conducted a pre-Cop27 session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) last month in Dushanbe, where all the relevant government and non-government organization such as UNDP, FAO, GIZ, asiaplustj.info »
Recent torrential rain has caused a series of mudflows, landslides and rockfalls in the eastern Tajikistan (Rasht Valley), according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
As part of his working visit to Khatlon province, President Emomali Rahmon today inaugurated a number of social and economic facilities in Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The arrival of Russians in the post-Soviet countries has a positive effect on the economies of the host countries, although it carries some risks. RBC says this opinion was expressed by Tatyana Orlova, a leading emerging markets economist at the British consulting company Oxford Economics. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports said on October 31 that the Central Bank of Russia has registered the non-bank lending organization Inkakhran, which is a subsidiary of the Credit bank of Moscow (CBoM), as the operator of the new payment system, Astrasend. asiaplustj.info »
On the sidelines of launching a freight train from Tajikistan to Turkiye on a new route through Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran's territories, transport officials of Iran and Tajikistan met to advance transport cooperation and exchange transport technologies, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported on October 24. asiaplustj.info »
Child poverty across Europe and Central Asia (ECA) has soared by 19 percent, as Ukraine war and rising inflation drive four million children into poverty. A report released by UNICEF on October 17 says data from 22 countries across the region featured in the study shows children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional grant financing of US$43.2 million to scale up the safety and reliability of the road network in southern Tajikistan and enhance women’s access to social and economic activities, according to ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM). asiaplustj.info »
Specialists of the Department of Seed Production and Breeding Achievements of the Ministry of Agriculture have determined the stock of seed fund of and leguminous crops for sowing in 2023. According to their data, the stock of seeds of these crops is 86,823 tons, including 77,662 tons of wheat seeds, 8,506 tons of barley seeds, 44 tons of oats seeds, and 610 tons of legumes seeds. asiaplustj.info »
Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can afford. Eurasianet says the predicament is the product of border tensions. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first three quarters of this year, Tajikistan has exported more than 421 million U.S. dollars’ worth of precious a metals and stones, which is 59.4 percent fewer than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Foreign ministers from five Central Asian countries and Korean foreign minister participated in the 25th Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum that was held at the Paradise Hotel in Haeundae District, Busan, the Republic of Korea, on October 25. asiaplustj.info »
In Tajikistan, where most houses in rural areas are heated by coal and wood, with the onset of cold weather the demand of the population for this type of fuel has increased. This year, the price for one kilogram of industrial coal (a coal generally used as a heat source in the production of lime, cement and for other industrial uses and is not considered thermal) has risen from 0. asiaplustj.info »
The 5th edition of the Festival of Traditional Textile “Atlas Bayrami” (“Celebrating Atlas”) was held in Margilan, Ferghana valley, Uzbekistan from October 20 to October 22, 2022. asiaplustj.info »
The Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) Passport-Visa Service at the Russian Interior Ministry intends to open its representative office in Tajikistan. The Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population of Tajikistan and the FSUE Passport-Visa Service signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation on October 19 in Dushanbe. The document was inked by Ms. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says at least a dozen activists and politicians in Kyrgyzstan have been detained in what their supporters say is a reprisal for their opposition to a government plan to hand over the territory of Kempir-Abad water reservoir to Uzbekistan as part of a border demarcation agreement. asiaplustj.info »
On October 23, President Emomali Rahmon paid a working visit to the Shamsiddin-Shohin district and the city of Kulob, where he inaugurated a number of economic and social facilities, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday October 21, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$50 million grant to help the Government of Tajikistan mitigate the adverse economic and social impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The international conference entitled “Logistics and Its Advantages in Development of Transport Links between Tajikistan and the Countries of the Region” took place in Dushanbe on October 18-19. A new route for transportation of goods from China to Turkiye through Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran was presented at the conference. asiaplustj.info »
In his video message for the High-Level Conference on International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorists, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on October 18 commended Tajikistan and UN partners for promoting international cooperation to prevent and counter terrorism, including through the “Dushanbe process”. asiaplustj.info »
There will be no peace between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Defense Minister Bakytbek Bekbolotov has told reporters in Bishkek, AKIpress reported on October 19. “Unfortunately, the war does not end there. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday October 18, the Government of Tajikistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a US$38 million grant to rehabilitate and expand climate-resilient water supply and sanitation infrastructure in Dushanbe, strengthen the institutional capacity of Dushanbe Vodokanal (DVK or Dushanbe's municipal waterworks) and promote women’s empowerment in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Inaugurating the International High-Level Conference on “International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists” in Dushanbe, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted on August 18 that it is obvious that over the years, the range of threats and challenges arising from terrorism and extremism has been steadily asiaplustj.info »
On Monday October 17, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met here with the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Ms. Terhi Hakala. According to the Tajik MFA information department, the parties discussed state and prospects for further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and the European Union. Mr. Muhriddin and Ms. asiaplustj.info »
The International High-Level Conference on “International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists” is kicking off in Dushanbe today. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first nine months of this year, Tajikistan has produced about one and a half million tons of vegetables and melons and gourds, and the grain harvest also approached the mark of one million tons, says the press center of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). asiaplustj.info »
On the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met in Astana Kazakhstan with the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Suhail Al Mazrouei. asiaplustj.info »
