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Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at airports in Dushanbe and Khujand stranded at airports in Dushanbe and the country’s second largest city, Khujand, since May 11 after flights to Russia on the Russian air carrier Nordwind Airlines were put on hold. asiaplustj.info »
Despite COVID-19, remittance flows remained resilient in 2020, registering a smaller decline than previously projected, says the World Bank report on migration and remittances. Officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion in 2020, just 1. asiaplustj.info »
At least 12 people were killed and 15 more were wounded in an explosion inside a mosque in Shakar Dara district north of Kabul Friday afternoon, shattering cease-fire calm. asiaplustj.info »
Members of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament have unanimously voted for ratification of a loan agreement signed between Tajikistan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the Kulob Water Supply and Wastewater Project in early March. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday May 12, Tajikistan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Muzaffar Huseinzoda received Kazakhstan Ambassador to Tajikistan Askar Tazhibayev. According to the Tajik MFA information department, the two discussed a range of issues related to the bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. asiaplustj.info »
This week witnessed a significant step forward in cross-border cooperation between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to construct a new road connecting Tajik Khoja Alo village and Vorukh jamoat, Tajikistan’s exclave in Kyrgyz territory. A joint statement, released by the government delegations of the two countries on delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border Wednesday (May 5), says the status of this road will be determined by a separate agreement. asiaplustj.info »
Emomali Nasriddinzoda, formerly member of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) and head of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Committee on Legislation and Human Rights, has been appointed the Aide to the President for Social Development and Public Relations, replacing Abdujabbor Rahmonzoda, who was appointed Tajikistan Ambassador to Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
RFE/RL Central Asia specialist Bruce Pannier notes that the latest deadly clashes on the long-restive Kyrgyz-Tajik border drastically alter the situation there and change how the two countries see themselves and each other -- with consequences for the leaders in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday launched an Asia Pacific Tax Hub to create an open and inclusive platform to promote strategic policy dialogue, improve knowledge sharing, and strengthen coordination on tax policy and administration among ADB, its members, and development partners. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Agency for Forestry of the Republic of Tajikistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together to build Government capacity to adapt to climate change. asiaplustj.info »
NGO Sadoqat has successfully commissioned the two newly built and refurbished classrooms of Secondary School No 51, in Gazantarak Village, in Devashtich district of Sughd province, north of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of civil societies of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan released a joint statement, in which they call for an immediate end to all military and aggressive actions and ask presidents of both countries to take responsibility for the negotiation process. asiaplustj.info »
The EU regretted on April 30 a serious escalation of tensions at the border between the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, resulting in numerous casualties. asiaplustj.info »
More than 70 women and children were evacuated from border areas of Chorkuh jamoat in the evening of April 29. They were placed in a dormitory of the Branch of the Technological University of Tajikistan in Isfara. asiaplustj.info »
The commissions established in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to settle the armed incident on the border have held their first meeting and agreed to take measures to avoid escalation of tensions in the region, Tajik national news agency Khovar published the joint statement of the commissions. asiaplustj.info »
According to the latest data, more than 20 people were killed and more than 200 others wounded after security forces from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan exchanged fire across the border over a water reservoir. asiaplustj.info »
The Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan says a conflict between residents of two Tajik and Kyrgyz border villages occurred yesterday at 4:00 pm in the area of the water distribution point “Golovnoy”. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Kyrgyz Ambassador to Tajikistan Zhanysh Rustenbekov and handed him a note protesting the detention and beating of two Tajik teenagers by Kyrgyz border guards. asiaplustj.info »
Economic growth in Tajikistan is expected to recover in 2021 and 2022 as coronavirus disease pandemic restrictions ease in the country’s main trading partners leading to the recovery in remittances, foreign direct investment, and overseas demand, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. asiaplustj.info »
Authorities of Vorukh, Tajikistan’s exclave in Kyrgyzstan, say Kyrgyz border guards have abducted and beaten two Tajik teens. The incident reportedly took place in the afternoon of April 25. “8th grade students O. Ghafourov and I. asiaplustj.info »
Russia and Tajikistan will create a joint air defense system. Interfax says Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu remarked this today at a meeting with his Tajik counterpart Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
U. S. Department of State says Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosted a virtual C5+1 Ministerial for the Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan on April 23. asiaplustj.info »
“Currently, nationals of all countries can arrive in Tajikistan by air, passengers on flights from some countries must undergo a special control,” Navrouz Jaffarov, the head of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
A trilateral meeting of governors of border regions of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan took place in Fergana, the capital of Fergana region in eastern Uzbekistan, on April 22, according to press center of the Sughd governor’s office. asiaplustj.info »
The next Central Asia – USA (C5+1) high-level meeting is being held today through videoconferencing, a source within the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. . asiaplustj.info »
A five-day tactical exercise conducted for Tajik and Russian servicemen is concluding in the southern Khatlon province today. asiaplustj.info »
Sughd Governor Rajabboy Ahmadzoda heading a delegation of regional administrators and businesspeople of Sughd province today left for Fergana, the capital of Fergana region in eastern Uzbekistan, to meet with heads of Kyrgzstan’s Batken region (Omurbek Suvanaliyev) and Uzbekistan’s Fergana region (Khairulla Bozorov) and participate in a trilateral business forum entitled asiaplustj.info »
Members of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament have unanimously voted for endorsement of a bill on motor roads and road activities, which was drafted by the government. A regular sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon, presided over by its head, Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda, was held on April 21. asiaplustj.info »
In report released at a press conference in Dushanbe, Valentian Kazakova, the Chairwoman of the Directorate for Migration Issues at the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, noted on April 21 that nationals of Tajikistan have an opportunity to regulate their legal status in the territory of Russia from April 1 to June 30, inclusive. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday April 20, President Emomali Rahmon signed the laws on the National Academy of Sciences and judicial bodies as well as the laws on amendments made to the country’s laws on courts, gardening, narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors and the country’s Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is teaming up with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to support small private-sector companies in Tajikistan, which invest in green technology solutions, and to create new opportunities for women-led small businesses, according to the EBR Dushanbe Resident Office. asiaplustj.info »
Administrators of Khujand, the capital of the northern Sughd province, and private Chinese investors had signed an agreement to build a massive residential and leisure complex called Chinatown in Khujand’s neighborhood on the banks of the Syr Darya River, replacing its one-story houses with modern apartment blocks and recreational facilities, says an article by Farangis Najibullah asiaplustj.info »
President’s Administration Office has received a complaint from civil society regarding military recruitment raids (forcible conscription of young people into the army – Asia-Plus) and sent it for consideration to the Ministry of Defense, the Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor-General’s Office, known Tajik journalist Rajab Mirzo, who is one of initiators of this appeal, asiaplustj.info »
An article by Turar Bekbolotov entitled Round-the-clock Water Supply Changes Lives in Tursunzoda notes that access to clean water has long been a major challenge for most residents of Tajikistan. Tursunzoda, a city 60 kilometers west of the capital Dushanbe, has long been one of those population centers struggling to serve its residents with clean water. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday April 14, Tajik Minister, Ms. Zulfiya Davlat, received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Tajikistan, Mr. Mohammad Zahir Agbar. During the meeting, Afghan diplomat proposed to establish the Cultural Association of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, according to the Ministry of Culture (MoC) press center. asiaplustj.info »
Political consultations between Central Asia’s nations and the Visegrad Group (also known as the "Visegrad Four" or simply "V4" – Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Chez Republic) at the level of deputy foreign ministers were held though video-conferencing on April 15. asiaplustj.info »
A tactical exercise involving a total of more than 3,500 servicemen will be conducted for Tajik and Russian servicemen in Tajikistan next week. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says the last few weeks have seen an unusually intense flurry of diplomacy intended to address long-standing frontier disagreements. Few developments will prove to have been as consequential as the one kickstarted by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov’s visit to Uzbekistan on March 11-12. asiaplustj.info »
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have called on countries to suspend sales of live wild mammals in traditional food markets, also known as “wet markets”, in efforts to prevent the emergence of new deadly diseases, such as COVID-19, according to the UN News Center . asiaplustj.info »
Sughd Governor Rajabboy Ahmadzoda heading a delegation of regional administrators and businesspeople of Sughd province and a delegation of officials and businesspeople of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken oblast, led by its head Omurbek Suvanaliyev will arrive in Fergana, the capital of Fergana region in eastern Uzbekistan, on April 22 for participation in a trilateral business forum entitled asiaplustj.info »
Nine component parts of the “Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor” located in Tajikistan’s Sughd province have reportedly been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List Khovar news agency says Ancient Town of Panjakent, Sanjarshoh Town, Gardani-Hisor, Hisorak, Castle on Munt Mugh, Kum Settlement, Tali Khamtuda, Toksankorez irrigation system, and Hoji asiaplustj.info »
The CAREC Institute and UNICEF held a webinar on March 31, 2021 to share key takeaways from the research on development of sustainable water and sanitation systems in rural areas of China, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Samples of dress and everyday uniforms invented for female police officers by Sughd designers have been presented to President Emomali Rahmon during his working visit to the northern Sughd province. asiaplustj.info »
A young woman from Panjakent (northern Sughd province) has killed her three children and then herself in a murder-suicide. The Interior Ministry’s website says a 33-year-old Shahlo Sharipova, a resident of Neknot village subordinate to the northern city of Panjakent, hanged her three children and then herself following family quarrel. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has told farmers and persons working in difficult conditions as well as those employed in heavy industry and whose profession is related to providing food security to avoid the Ramadan fast, citing COVID-19 infection and need to work. asiaplustj.info »
Q&A with Ms. Shanny Campbell, ADB Director for Tajikistan Ms. Campbell, congratulations on your appointment as the Asian Development Bank’s Country Director in Tajikistan! We wish you fruitful and successful cooperation with the government and other partners! Q. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is currently on his working visit to the northern Sughd province, yesterday visited the Bobojon-Ghafourov district, were he inaugurated a number of social facilities, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Hungary have agreed to extradite to each other persons, who have been charged with or found guilty of an extraditable offense. On Wednesday April 7, Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade P asiaplustj.info »
A COVID-19 vaccination for teachers and school staff of 16 secondary schools began in Dushanbe on April 7, according to the Dushanbe City Hall. A source within the Dushanbe City Hall says the COVID-19 vaccination campaign will cover all 151 secondary schools and 137 kindergartens in the Tajik capital. asiaplustj.info »
