êûðãûç - Ïîñëåäíèå íîâîñòè [ Ôîòî â íîâîñòÿõ ] | |
As electricity rationing tighten across Tajikistan, demand for coal has surged — especially in Sughd province, where Kyrgyz coal remains the most sought after. But with increased demand comes rising prices: coal now costs nearly 40% more than it did last season. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Edil Baisalov has instructed the Ministry of Education to conduct a large-scale evaluation of school teachers and dismiss up to 20% of those deemed professionally unqualified. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan will no longer deploy heavy weaponry along its borders with neighboring countries, Kamchybek Tashiyev, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) of Kyrgyzstan, announced during a visit to the Karalyk Border Post in the Chon-Alai district, according to AKIpress . asiaplustj.info »
The head of Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (GKNB), Kamchybek Tashiyev, has suggested that the permanent presence of border guards along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border may soon become unnecessary. asiaplustj.info »
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan (Jogorku Kenesh) has voted to disband itself, following a decision made by the members of the 7th convocation on September 25. The Jogorku Kenesh’s press center says the move was approved during a parliamentary session, according to a statement from the parliament's press service. asiaplustj.info »
Speaking at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov touched upon issues related to sanctions, international security, humanitarian crises, and climate change, Fergana reports. asiaplustj.info »
On September 16, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon met here with Nurlanbek Turgunbek Uulu, Chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh (Kyrgyzstan’s parliament). asiaplustj.info »
The Speaker of Kyrgyzstan’s Jogorku Kenesh, Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu, arrived in Dushanbe on September 15 for an official visit. asiaplustj.info »
The United States has significantly reduced the maximum validity period for non-immigrant visas issued to Kyrgyz citizens — from 10 years to just three months. The new rule also limits travelers to a single entry. asiaplustj.info »
President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, today morning warmly welcomed Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov upon his arrival in Dushanbe for an state visit, marking a significant step in bilateral relations between the neighboring nations, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov is set to make a state visit to Tajikistan later this year, the Kyrgyz president’s press service announced . Preparations for the high-level visit were a central topic during a bilateral meeting on June 30 in Bishkek between Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev and his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (GKNB) announced on Wednesday that it had thwarted a coup attempt by a group aiming to seize power violently and destabilize the socio-political situation through mass riots. Kaktus. asiaplustj.info »
During a trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, which took place in Tajik northern city of Khujand on March 31, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov proposed considering the possibility of introducing a unified visa for free movement of tourists across the Central Asian region. asiaplustj.info »
On March 31, a bilateral meeting of the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, and the President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, who arrived in Khujand, the capital of Tajikistan’s Sughd province, on a working visit. asiaplustj.info »
On March 19, the Jogorku Kenesh (Kyrgyz Parliament) approved the draft law on the ratification of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border demarcation agreement in three readings, AKIpress reports . Deputy Prime Minister Kamchybek Tashiyev served as the speaker on this issue, presenting maps to the lawmakers and discussing the exchanged sections of the border with Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov stated that the countries of Central Asia should begin the process of introducing a visa-free regime between themselves. He wrote this on his Facebook page. asiaplustj.info »
On March 4, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic, Adylbek Kasymaliyev, together with the Prime Minister of Tajikistan, Qohir Rasoulzoda, visited the construction site of the Roghun hydropower plant (HPP), Tajikistan’s state-run news agency Khovar reports . asiaplustj.info »
FL360aero reports that Kyrgyzstan is hopeful, so as the carriers of the country, as the Kyrgyz airlines are expected to be removed from the EU Air Safety List next year, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov said at a meeting with Airbus Europe President Johan Pelissier in Berlin, “In recent years, active work has been carried out to improve aviation safety, introduce asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry officers have reportedly detained suspects involved in planning mass unrest and a violent seizure of power, including foreign nationals. The Interior Ministry’s press center reported this on November 12. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan has rejected the petition of former President Askar Akayev, who requested to reinstate his ex-president status. The issue was discussed at a session of Jokorgu Kenesh (Kyrgyzstan’s unicameral parliament) that took place on September 25. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports cited Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (SCNS) as saying on September 13 that the former prosecutor-general of Kyrgyzstan, Azimbek Beknazarov, was detained a day earlier on suspicion of having been involved in money laundering. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan Security Council Secretary Marat Imankulov proposes a land to exchange territory with Tajikistan to help resolve a long-standing border dispute. asiaplustj.info »
Meeting of the working groups of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on the implementation of Protocol No. 42 of September 25, 2022 took place in Guliston, the Tajik northern province of Sughd, on April 15, Tajikistan’s state-run news agency Khovar reported on April 19. asiaplustj.info »
In a dramatic turn of events on March 26, corrupt and once-powerful former customs official Rayimbek Matraimov was loaded onto a plane in Azerbaijan and flown to Kyrgyzstan to be arrested. Images circulated in local media showed Matraimov being hauled off a plane in handcuffs by masked agents with the State Committee for National Security, or GKNB. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s news agency Turmush , citing the press center of the administration of the Kyrgyz district of Batken, reported on March 14 that the Kyrgyz and Tajik delegations have met in Orto Boz village in the Kyrgyz Batken district to discuss carrying out spring field work in the border areas. 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 »
Tajik MFA information department Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev arrived in Dushanbe on February 4. On the same day, Tajik Foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin and his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubayev discussed issues related to state and prospects of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. 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 »
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov o January 23 signed the Law on Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic (Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes), the Kyrgyz president’s official website reported on January 24. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports says eleven Kyrgyz journalists have been placed in a pretrial detention facility for two months in relation to criminal proceedings instituted for alleged “calls for mass riots”. asiaplustj.info »
The Kyrgyz president’s press service said on December 22 the Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed by President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov. asiaplustj.info »
The unilateral closure by the Kyrgyz authorities of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has led increase in coal prices in the Tajik northern province of Sughd. Currently, Kyrgyz coal is being imported into Sughd province via Uzbekistan’s territory, and these are additional costs and, accordingly, price increases. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say the Ministry of Digital Development of Kyrgyzstan has proposed a new concept – the temporary residence permit – for foreign citizens, including citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Saimumin Yatimov, the chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS), met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Kamchybek Tashiyev on October 16 in the Tajik northern city of Buston to discuss the border delineation issues. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold the active phase of its Indestructible Brotherhood 2023 peacekeepers’ drills in Kyrgyzstan from October 9-13. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reports that the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have held one-on-one talks for the second time in the space of a week in an apparent effort to soothe a surge in tensions over border issues. asiaplustj.info »
Provocative irredentist statements about Tajikistan by a top Kyrgyz official on the first anniversary of deadly border clashes between the two countries have caused alarm in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s Ambassador to Tajikistan Erlan Abdyldayev was summoned to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 16. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov did not participate in a regular meeting of the Council of Heads of Founding States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) that took place in Dushanbe on September 15. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon today met here with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov, who arrived in Dushanbe for participation in the Fifth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
A member of parliament, leader of the “Butun Kyrgyzstan” party Adakhan Madumarov has been arrested in Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can "gradually reopen" after delimitation and demarcation work between the two nations is fully accomplished. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday, June 2, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov in Kyrgyzstan’s resort town of Cholpon-Ata on the sidelines of the second European Union – Central Asia summit. asiaplustj.info »
Forces from both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan committed apparent war crimes in attacks on civilians during their brief but intense armed border conflict in September 2022, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report released on May 2. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has commented on the issue of delineation of the disputed stretches of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan. Thus, 24.kg reports that Japarov said in an interview with Kabar news agency that “there are developments, but the work is going too slowly. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov has published appeal to the partner countries and international financial institutions on his social media page. "We see the smog problem has become one of the relevant issues in Kyrgyzstan for the last several years. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiyev, who is also Head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, has reportedly told live on social networks how the negotiation process with Tajikistan on delineation of the disputed segments of the mutual border is progressing. Kyrgyzstan’s 24. asiaplustj.info »
Co-chaired by Head of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS) Saimumin Yatimov and his Kyrgyz counterpart Kamchybek Tashiyev, a regular meeting of the Tajik-Kyrgyz intergovernmental commission on delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border took place in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, on November 14. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz President Sadyr raised the issue of border disputes of Kyrgyzstan with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at a summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) that took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on November 11. asiaplustj.info »
The Kyrgyz government has suspended access to the website of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Kyrgyz Service , known locally as Radio Azattyk , after RFE/RL refused to take down a video of one of its news programs that reported on clashes at the border with Tajikistan, Radio Azattyk reported on October 26. asiaplustj.info »
