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Turkiye will continue to support Kazakhstan's territorial integrity, stability and peace, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was cited by media outlets as saying at a joint news conference with Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. asiaplustj.info »
During the first half of 2022, growth in Tajikistan slowed to 7.4% from 8.7% a year earlier, says a report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on September 28. asiaplustj.info »
“Public opinion would not welcome the army's participation in the Indestructible Brotherhood-2022 exercise because of the recent conflict with Tajikistan. Therefore, we had to cancel the exercise,” Edil Baisalov, Deputy Chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet of Ministers, told RIA Novosti on October 10. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say the press secretary of the Russian president stated that Russia and its allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) do not have any major disagreements. Dmitry Peskov stated this yesterday during a press briefing when he was asked about such possible disagreements. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi highlighted Tajikistan-Iran friendly and brotherly ties, saying that both nations will witness new pages of collaborations. asiaplustj.info »
In reaction to a remark by the Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said on August 25 that Afghan soil is not a threat to any country, adding current leadership is paving the way for “political opponents” to return. asiaplustj.info »
Rajnath Singh, the Defense Minister of India, said in Tashkent on August 24 at the gathering of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)’s defense ministers that Afghanistan’s territory should not be used to “intimidate or attack” any other country. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Foreign Ministry has reportedly revealed that some of the former Afghan Special Forces servicemen are fighting alongside Ukrainian nationalists. In mid-March, a reliable source reportedly told RIA Novost i that the United States was preparing to send former Afghan army soldiers to Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Citing a source in Takhar province, Hasht-e Subh , an independent and nonprofit newspaper in Afghanistan, said on August 2 that one of Taliban’s commanders has warned Tajikistan that “if it does not stop interfering in internal affairs of Afghanistan, their troops can seize Tajikistan in a week. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement delivered at a n international conference eon Afghanistan in Tashkent, Uzbek Deputy Minister of Transport, Zhasurbek Choriyev stated on July 26 that the Trans-Afghan railway Termez – Mazar-e Sharif – Kabul – Peshawar is planned to be built in five years. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s High Economic Court head Rustam Mirzozoda revealed on July 25 that Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, is on the verge of bankruptcy and it has no money to repay its debts. asiaplustj.info »
The Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) has reportedly not conducted examination in the cases of the arrested journalists, charged with extremism and membership in the banned political parties and movements. asiaplustj.info »
The Rohat Chaikhana (teahouse) will not be demolished, Mahmadsaid Zubaidzoda, Chairman of the Committee for Architecture and Construction under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 21. asiaplustj.info »
Interior Ministry Organized Crime Control Directorate Chief Shod Hafizzoda says the detained blogger Abdullo Ghurbati is charged with membership in the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), which has been banned in Tajikistan since 2015, when it was designated a terrorist organization. asiaplustj.info »
A senior police official says journalist Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda is suspected of being involved in extremist activities. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Minister of Education and Science Rahim Saidzoda revealed on July 19 that schools in Tajikistan are continuing to experience an acute shortage of teachers. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, production of industrial goods in the country has amounted to 19.1 billion somonis, which was 17.3 percent or 2.8 billion somonis more than in the same period last year, the Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan, Sherali Kabir, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 18. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) has risen 7.4 percent in six months to June 30, 2022 reaching 46.3 billion somonis, the Minister of Finance Faiziddin Qahhorzoda told reporters in Dushanbe on July 18. asiaplustj.info »
Muborak, the wife of Abdullo Ghurbati, Tajik blogger arrested on June 15 on charge of beating a police officer, managed to meet with him at the pretrial detention facility in Dushanbe yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
BelTA reported on July 2 that Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting in the run-up to Independence Day in Minsk on July 2 that in the near future, there may be a fight for dominance of two centers of power in Central Asia: the United States and the European Union on the one hand, and China on the other. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations' refugee agency said Thursday that 100 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes in the past year. This is the highest number of displaced people recorded since World War II. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Kyrgyz border guards of firing at border outpost in Vorukh jamoat (an exclave surrounded by Kyrgyzstan that forms part of the city of Isfara in Tajikistan’s northern Sughd province). asiaplustj.info »
On Saturday June 4, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon took part and spoke at the Third Meeting of the Leaders of the Water and Climate Coalition that was held at the City Residence of the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A five-day visit of the U. S. Undersecretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Mr. Donald Lu to Central Asia has had slight results, Afghan state-run news agency Bakhtar ( BNA ) reported on May 29. asiaplustj.info »
Finland and Sweden are poised to end decades of neutrality by joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). asiaplustj.info »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs "a modern analogue of the Marshall Plan" as he launches a global crowdfunding platform to help win the war against Russia and rebuild Ukraine's shattered infrastructure. asiaplustj.info »
In his address to the nation made in memory of people killed in clashes that erupted along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in April 2021, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov noted on April 28 that there is progress in negotiations on delineation of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned that any countries attempting to interfere in Ukraine would be faced with a swift response from Russia, invoking the specter of a nuclear reprisal but not directly mentioning a nuclear weapon. asiaplustj.info »
Maroufjon Abdurahmonov, First Secretary of the Tajik Embassy in Tehran, Maroufjon Abdurahmonov said at a meeting with the members of Alborz Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture on April 12 that ground has been paved for cooperation of Tajikistan with Iran, adding that the development of bilateral relations and the expansion of trade interactions are targeted, alborzccim. asiaplustj.info »
For the first time in three years, Saudi Arabia has permitted foreign nationals, including Muslims from Tajikistan, to perform the Hajj this year. asiaplustj.info »
U.S. President Biden said yesterday his weekend statement that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" did not reflect new U.S. policy, but rather an expression of his "personal feelings" and "moral outrage" about Russia's atrocities in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday that any potential deal agreed in peace negotiations to end the war with Russia will be submitted to the Ukrainian people in a referendum. asiaplustj.info »
Al Jazeera reported today that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said peace talks with Russia were beginning to sound “more realistic” but that more time was needed to ensure the outcome of the negotiations were in Kiev’s interests. asiaplustj.info »
Some media reports say Russia’s advance on Ukrainian cities intensifies as war enters second week, displacing one million people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan says that due to the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, the number of Tajik nationals wishing to leave Ukraine has increased. asiaplustj.info »
About 4,000 Tajik nationals live in Ukraine, excluding former Tajik nationals who accepted Ukrainian citizenship, Tajikistan Ambassador to Ukraine Davlat Nazrizoda told Asia-Plus in an interview. According to him, most Tajiks living in Ukraine are labor migrants working in the agrarian and construction sectors as well as in commerce. asiaplustj.info »
Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky said Friday his country had been left on its own to fight Russia after the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "We ended up defending our country alone. asiaplustj.info »
Evidence suggests Russia is planning "the biggest war in Europe since 1945", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. “All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun,” he told the BBC in an interview on February 20. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population Jamoliddin Abdullozoda revealed on February 10 that Tajikistan now lacks 674 physicians. asiaplustj.info »
Asked whether he received request from Group 44 for allocating them 30 minutes on the regional TV station, Head of the Committee for TV and Radio-broadcasting under the Government of Tajikistan, Nouriddin Said, said yesterday at a news conference in Dushanbe that he did not receive the request from them for airtime. asiaplustj.info »
Lutfullo Navrouzov, the head of the Education Directorate of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), speaking on the regional TV station TV Badakhshon , said on January 31 that one of the so-called informal leaders of the region, Muhammadboqir Muhammadboqirov, being in a state of drunkenness came to his home on the evening of January 29 and beat him. “He asked where I am from. asiaplustj.info »
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said his government is seeking to create a balance in the country's international relations. IRNA says he made the remarks Tuesday night when he was taking part in live interview with the Iranian broadcasters. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say U.S. President Joe Biden said he would consider personally sanctioning Vladimir Putin if he orders an invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia has reportedly accused the United States of “escalating tensions” over the issue and denies planning to enter Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Stanislav Zas has stated the need to help Tajikistan contain potential threats. The CSTO Secretariat notes that he said this yesterday at a meeting of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik political scientist Parviz Mullojonov has shared his thoughts on ways to resolve the situation in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). According to him, the protest movement in GBAO is purely internal phenomenon being of socioeconomic nature. asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban interim government says traffic through the Sherkhan Bandar (Afghanistan) -- Panji Pyon (Tajikistan) border crossing point (BCP) has increased unprecedentedly to either side over the past three years. asiaplustj.info »
A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Tajikistan’s human rights record continued to deteriorate amid an ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and the political opposition, as well as targeting of independent lawyers, journalists, and family members of opposition activists abroad. asiaplustj.info »
“I had no purpose to call for forcible seizure of power. I did not commit this crime and I did not know that my appeal may be considered a crime,” Tajik MMA fighter Chorshanbe Chorshanbiev has stated repeatedly both in writing and orally. asiaplustj.info »
Saeed Khatibzadeh, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said that Iran attaches importance to the security and stability of Kazakhstan, and grounds should not be prepared for misuse of foreign elements there, IRNA reported on January 6. asiaplustj.info »
The Emergencies Committee under the Government reported on January 4 that heavy snowfalls and an increase in the temperature background in the mountain areas have increased the risk of further avalanches and rockfalls. asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani reacted to the recent concerns of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and added that there is no threat from Afghanistan’s borders to the countries of the region. asiaplustj.info »
