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In the course of the talks with Tajik Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo in Tehran, Iran’s Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on April 6 that international sanctions on Iran’s defense sales were lifted last year and now there is no obstacle in this regard. asiaplustj.info »
The World Bank on April 2 hosted an online regional briefing entitled “Connectivity in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities.” Experts noted during the briefing that the combination of infrastructure and logistics improvements, reduction in border delays and tariffs, and harmonized standards across countries could have a significant positive impact on Central Asian economies. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan and the United Nations met on April 2 to review achievements against national development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals and to discuss upcoming development cooperation plans, according to UNDP Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A deputy health minister in Tajikistan has been dismissed after confusing North and South Korea and forgetting the names of UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) representatives alongside him at a press conference in Dushanbe, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . asiaplustj.info »
A power transmission line of the of the 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA 1000) Project that provides for supplying electricity from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan can be introduced into operation only by 2025, the head of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Kyrgyzstan National Power Grid Ulan Abdyrasulov told Kabar asiaplustj.info »
The participant of CABAR.asia School of Analytics Navrouz Karimov conducted a research on the issue of containment and recycling of waste in Tajikistan. An article by him entitled Bury and Forget: How People “Struggle” with Growth of Landfills in Tajikistan notes that both the government and citizens are relentlessly ignoring the waste problem in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Spitamen Bank and Tajrupt. ai will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications (apps) to issue microloans beginning on April 1. Spitamen Bank will implement an artificial intelligence algorithm developed by Tajrupt. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has enhanced the bill on amendments proposed to the country’s laws on the national budget for 2021. The amendments provide for exempting the Agency on State Material Reserves from paying value added tax (VAT), excise tax and customs duties on food and fuel deliveries. asiaplustj.info »
Roads in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) that were affected by recent snow-slides, rockfalls and mudflows have been cleared of snow and slurry, according to Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday March 30, foreign ministers of Tajikistan (Sirojiddin Muhriddin), Iran (Mohammad Javad Zarif) and Afghanistan (Mohammad Hanif Atmar) held a trilateral meeting in Dushanbe on sidelines of the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday reviewed the latest situation of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries on Afghanistan issues and expressed interest of their countries in further expansion of political, economic and cultural cooperation, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
As a friendly neighbor of Afghanistan, Tajikistan seeks to further enhance trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, including in the border areas, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted yesterday while delivering an opening speech at the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a new pilot project to support the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan in potato seed replenishment. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has adopted the housing and utilities sector development program designed for 2021-2024. 2.623 billion somonis (equivalent to US$232 million), with 77 percent of this amount being grants, are planned to be spent for implementation of this program. asiaplustj.info »
Almaty authorities have extended quarantine restrictions that have been in effect in the city since March 21 until April 12, says a resolution released by the Almaty chief sanitary inspector Zhandarbek Bekshin, according to Radio Liberty’s Kazakh Service , known locally as Radio Azattyk . asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Somon Air and Russia’s Utair will operate regular flights between Dushanbe and Moscow, which are expected to be resumed on April 1, 2021. A source within the Civil Aviation Agency of Tajikistan says the details of resumption of regular air traffic between Tajikistan and Russia has been discussed by the country’s civil aviation authorities. asiaplustj.info »
The draft medium-term development program of Tajikistan designed for 2021-2025 was discussed at a roundtable in Dushanbe on March 18. According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT), representatives of relevant ministries and agencies, development partners and experts as well as representatives of civil society participated in the discussion. asiaplustj.info »
Being in line with the strategic goal of the Republic of Tajikistan in ensuring energy security and development of internal and external energy infrastructure (electrical networks and substations) as one of its top priorities in the National Development Strategy 2030, JICA supported the construction and rehabilitation of two substations in Dushanbe, which are directly contributing to achieving asiaplustj.info »
The EastFruit team sums up the results of 2020 for Tajikistan regarding the prospects for developing the fruit and vegetable business. The year was reportedly very unusual: unprecedented price fluctuations, unpredictable logistics, closed borders even for goods, and unusual weather conditions created many problems for farmers and other market participants. asiaplustj.info »
Sughd Governor Rajabboy Ahmadzoda is receiving Omurbek Suvannaliyev, an Authorized Representative of Kyrgyz President in Batken Region, on March 15, source within the Sughd administration told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan high-ranking politician Mohammad Mirza Katawazai, who found himself at the center of a scandal in Tajikistan involving US$15 million in cash and some 90 kilograms of gold bars seized from smugglers at the Dushanbe airport in November last year, was relieved of his post of Vice-Speaker of the Wolosi Jirga (Afghanistan’s lower house of parliament). asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) notes that the current state of most of the regional and rural highways in the country, which have low traffic capacity, does not meet the requirements of the norms being in force in the country. asiaplustj.info »
A spike in fuel prices has led to increase in taxi and marshrutka fares in the northern Sughd province. Thus, the fuel price hike has led to increase in fare for marshrutka (a form of public transportation such as share taxi, which originated in the Soviet Union and is still present in the CIS nations) in Khujand, the capital of the Sughd province, from 1.30 somonis to 1. asiaplustj.info »
Since 2008, the Pamir Eco-Cultural Tourism Association (PECTA) has, with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)’s support, fostered a modern and competitive tourist industry in the high Pamir Mountains, according to the Aga Khan Development Network. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Ambassador to Ukraine Davlatali Nazrizoda on March 4 met in Kyiv with Ukrainian Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko, according to the Tajik Embassy in Kyiv. The two sides reportedly discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
On the occasion of the Day of the Mother, Asia-Plus Media Group and water bottling plant Obi-Zulol have held a festive action “Modaroni Dushanbe” (Mothers of Dushanbe). A festively decorated bus carried women along the Roudaki Street free of charge. Besides, various gifts and surprises were waiting for them. asiaplustj.info »
Issues related to state and prospects of further expansion n of cooperation between Tajikistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) were discussed at a virtual meeting between the Minister of economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda and newly appointed ADB New Country Director for Tajikistan, Ms. Shanny Campbell. asiaplustj.info »
Over 100,000 inhabitants of Tajikistan’s fourth-largest city, Kulob, will receive access to an improved water supply and water treatment services following major upgrades financially supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU), according to the EBRD Dushanbe Resident Office. An EBRD sovereign loan of up to ˆ7. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) provide US$178 million in grants to Tajikistan to support enhancement of financial sustainability of energy sector and sustainability of road network in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has established diplomatic relations with Trinidad and Tobago, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
732,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will be delivered to Tajikistan in March, Navrouz Jaffarov, the head of Directorate for Sanitary and Epidemiological Security, Emergency and Urgent Medical Care at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population, told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has reportedly resumed regular air traffic with Kazakhstan and Afghanistan following the improvement of the coronavirus situation. asiaplustj.info »
Second meeting of the Steering Committee for the Improving Health and Habitat Integration in the Rasht Region Project, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies, was held at Dushanbe Serena Hotel on February 25 with participation of Chairman of the Local Development Committee under the President asiaplustj.info »
Afghan parliament vice-speaker Mohammad Mirza Katawazai has stated that he was not involved in the smuggling of 90 kilograms of gold and 15 million U.S. dollars out of Afghanistan into Tajikistan and the attempt to smuggle them into a third country. asiaplustj.info »
Dushanbe is expected to host a senior officials meeting and the 9th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on March 29 and 30. Initiated by the Afghan Foreign Ministry and Tajik Embassy in Kabul, an ambassadorial meeting of the HoA-IP took place in the Afghan capital on February 25. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan ranks 143rd among 158 nations in a “Readiness Index” developed by the Technology and Innovation Report 2021 released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on February 25. asiaplustj.info »
Highways connecting Dushanbe with the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region and Sughd Province have been cleared of snow and movement along them has been restored but not for all vehicles. “The Dushanbe-Khujand highway has been cleared of snow and reopened to the movement of cars. asiaplustj.info »
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has been working with its partners, the SAROB cooperative, ACTED, Camp Kuhiston and the Mountain Societies Development Support Programme, to implement a European Union-funded program designed to help farmers improve their yields – thereby providing their families with greater food security and more nutritious diets – and protect their livelihoods, asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of local authorities, law enforcement agencies and border services of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have discussed the issue of exchanging detained citizens. A meeting on this subject took place in Leilek district of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region on February 22. asiaplustj.info »
A solemn meeting dedicated to the 28th anniversary of the formation of Tajikistan’s National Army took place at the Kokhi Borbad State Complex in Dushanbe on February 23. President Emomali Rahmon, who is also the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the country’s Armed Forces, addressed the meeting and congratulated officers and soldiers on their professional holiday. asiaplustj.info »
The International Trade Center (ITC) provides intensive training courses on improving sewing performance for 34 professionals from Tajik clothing companies and universities. In Dushanbe, this five-day course was launched on February 22 and similar training course will be launched in Khujand, the capital of Sughd province, on March 1. asiaplustj.info »
With the financial support of the Russian Federation, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has started delivering food items comprising fortified wheat flour and vegetable oil to the families of the most vulnerable schoolchildren in Khatlon province. asiaplustj.info »
Since 2018, the Eurasia Foundation Central Asia - Tajikistan (EFCA-Tajikistan) has been implementing the European Union (EU) funded project, Activating the Potential of CSOs as Actors and Partners in the Governance, Accountability and Implementation of Rural Development Projects. asiaplustj.info »
The Cooperation Council between the European Union (EU) and Tajikistan held its ninth meeting on Friday, 19 February via video conference between Brussels, Lisbon and Dushanbe, because of the travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. asiaplustj.info »
Prosecutors have detained a group of smugglers who attempted to smuggle a large consignment of gold and foreign currency out of Tajikistan. Seven persons, including three customs officers, have been detained for an attempt to smuggle 90 kilograms of gold and 15 million U.S. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy prime ministers of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have held a virtual meeting to discuss prospects of further expansion of multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. asiaplustj.info »
A tender for sale of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Azot (formerly TojikAzot – fertilizer plant) took place on February 15, Saadi Qodirzoda, the head of the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest), told reporters in Dushanbe yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
The Tax Committee under the Government of Tajikistan has initiated criminal proceedings against promoters and top managers of two private companies, which are charged with tax evasion. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan is ready to take efficient measures to attract the direct investment from the United States and create favorable conditions for this. Tajik First Deputy Prime Minister, Davlatali Said, remarked this at a virtual meeting with representatives of the U.S. asiaplustj.info »
Last year's gross agricultural product from all categories of farms was 33607. 1 million somonis (in current prices) and increased by 8. 8 percent compared to 2019, the Minister of Agriculture Sulaimon Ziyozoda told reporters in Dushanbe on February 9. asiaplustj.info »
