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The Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) yesterday summoned Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Semyon Grigoryev of police beating of Tajik students in the Siberian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday May 24, President Emomali Rahmon got acquainted the process of renovation of the Tajik aluminum plant based in the city of Tursunzoda. The Tajik president’s official website says the head of state got acquainted with the project of updating the 5th and 6th series of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO). asiaplustj.info »
On August 21, 2022, Tajik doctors traveled to the Republic of Korea to participate in the "Educational Program on Advanced Health Management and Burn Treatment System ('20-'22)". On May 12 this year, at a seminar at Rumi Hotel, they spoke about the experience they gained there and the results they achieved in the burn treatment. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has extradited Madina Bondarenko, the wife of the notorious Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terror group recruiter from Tajikistan, Parviz Saidrahmonov, to the Russian Federation, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on May 13. asiaplustj.info »
Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov is currently in Dushanbe on his state visit and Tajik and Turkmen leaders have a lot to talk and about and the most important thing is to agree. asiaplustj.info »
By president’s order veterans of the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 living in Tajikistan will receive 18,000 somonis (equivalent to little more than 1,650 US dollars) on the occasion of the Victory Day, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday, May 5, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin met in Goa, India with the Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday, May 5, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at the sea-side Taj Exotica resort in Goa's Benaulim, India on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik president’s official website says that after the highest-level meeting and negotiations between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, a signing ceremony of new documents of cooperation was held in the presence and with the participation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. 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 »
Citing the “Khorog” border unit’s press center, the state-run news agency Khovar reported on April 28 that the country’s security forces have prevented a breakthrough by a transnational armed group of drug smugglers in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Presidetn Emomali Rahmon is expected to pay an official visit to Kazakhstan in early May. An official source at the Tajik president’s press service says Emomali Rahmon will pay visit to Kazakhstan from May 3-4. asiaplustj.info »
Chairman of Tajikistan’s upper chamber (Majlisi Milli) of parliament Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor of Dushanbe, is the only candidate for the position of the president of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). asiaplustj.info »
Media outlets, citing Mexican news agencies, say the Government to Tajikistan has purchased the Mexican presidential jet, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. asiaplustj.info »
A Tajik national has been detained in Alamedin district of Kyrgyzstan’s Chuy region on suspicion of membership in an international terrorist organization, Kyrtag. kz news agency reported on April 17, citing the Chuy police directorate. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin attended the fourth ministerial meeting of Afghanistan’s neighboring states with the participation of Tajikistan and six other countries. Muhriddin held separate meetings with his participating counterparts on the sidelines of the event, which took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April 13. asiaplustj.info »
Jamshed Khomidov (or Joshua Beaux) is a young man who has become known for his posts and videos on social media platforms where he popularizes Tajik culture in the United States. He regularly posts interesting facts about Tajik history, traditions, cuisine, and music, as well as demonstrates his unique lifestyle that combines elements of Tajik and American cultures. asiaplustj.info »
An international universal exhibition-fair, dubbed Tajikistan-2023, will open at the Kokhi Borbad State Complex in Dushanbe on May 4, says the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan (CCI), which is an organizer of this exhibition. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin arrived in the Uzbek city of Samarkand today to take part in the fourth ministerial meeting of Afghanistan’s neighboring states with the participation of Tajikistan and six other countries. asiaplustj.info »
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)’s website notes that in 2021, only 39 percent of Tajiks had a bank account. Numbers are lower in rural areas, with less physical access to a bank, and amongst women, who often have lower financial literacy and more responsibilities preventing them from engaging with formal banking. asiaplustj.info »
The foreign ministers of the CIS member nations will meet in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April 14. An official source within Tajik Foreign Ministry says Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin will head the Tajik delegation at a meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin will head the Tajik delegation at the fourth foreign ministers’ meeting of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan that will take place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April 13, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan (MFA). asiaplustj.info »
Tajik freelance journalist Khurshed Fozilov, who was detained by officers of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in the Tajik northern city of Panjakent on March 6 and to the constitutional order in Tajikistan through the media and or the Internet (Article 307 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code), says he was forced to testify against himself. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik prosecutors have brought new charges against known human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov, who is serving a 28-year prison term. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon is concerned over the rise of terrorist and extremist crimes in Sughd province and increase in the number of young people joining extremist parties and movements. asiaplustj.info »
A group of seven international rights organizations have called on the Tajik authorities Dushanbe to immediately and unconditionally release Tajik human rights lawyer Manouchehr Kholiqnazarov, who is serving 16 years in prison. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan Public Expenditure Review (PER), released by the World Bank in November last year, notes that Tajikistan’s economy has grown rapidly since the late 1990s, at an average of about 7 percent between 1998 and 2019. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday April 3, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Mr. Sirojiddin Muhriddin received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Tajikistan Mr. Manuel P. Micaller. asiaplustj.info »
A Tajikistan-Azerbaijan Investment forum will take place in Dushanbe on April 4, on the sidelines of a state visit of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to Tajikistan, according to the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management of Tajikistan (GosKomInvest). asiaplustj.info »
A two-day investment forum of Tajikistan and The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) took place in London on March 28-29. Representatives of relevant government bodies of Tajikistan and as well as entrepreneurs of the two countries working in the fields of energy, production, service delivery, logistics and pharmaceutics reportedly participated in the event. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has instructed relevant ministries to speed up the process of the establishment of production of electric vehicles inside the country. It is also instructed to take necessary measures to promote electrification of the country’s public transportation and launch an infrastructure for electric transport. asiaplustj.info »
Water is fundamental to human development and easy access to clean drinking water, along with toilets and information on hygiene, reduces diseases, enables girls in particular to attend latrine-equipped schools, and saves women and children from queuing for and carrying water for on average 90 minutes per day, says a press release issued by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) on March 24. asiaplustj.info »
Presided over by Prime Minister Qohir Rasouzloda, a government session took place on October 28, according to Khovar news agency . The Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda reported on measures taken to ensure the regular work of the country's economy during winter period. asiaplustj.info »
A joint operation carried out by law enforcement officers of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan has led to the arrest of a 37-yer-old national of Tajikistan, K. O. A. , on suspicion of a large-scale drug trafficking. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Mrs. Catherine Russell in New York on March 24 on the sidelines of the United Nations Water Conference – 2023, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
In statement delivered at the closing ceremony of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted on March 24 that it is necessary to radically change the way they understand, value and manage water. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement released on March 17, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Tajik authorities should release journalist Khurshed Fozilov and stop prosecuting journalists in retaliation for their work. asiaplustj.info »
A killer of a 5-year-old Tajik girl Huvaido Tillozoda in Moscow oblast has got a lengthy jail term. The Moscow Regional Court sentenced Alexander Syomin to 24 years in prison on March 15, Huvaido’s father Abdusalom Saidov told Asia-Plus by phone. asiaplustj.info »
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH)and the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan (CoEP) on March 11 organized a tree planting event in Dushanbe’s Victory Park. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday March 13, outgoing Pakistani Ambassador to Tajikistan Imran Haidar met here with Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister Farhod Sailim at the end of his tenure to Tajikistan. The Tajik MFA information department says that during the meeting, the parties expressed satisfaction with the achieved level of mutually beneficial relations between the two countries. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday March 13, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-general Imangali Tasmagambetov, who arrived in Dushanbe on a working visit. According to the Tajik president’s official website, Rahmon congratulated Tasmagambetov on his appointment as the CSTO Secretary-General and wished him success in his work. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says a group of Tajik migrants working for a Russian company in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol claim their employers failed to pay them the full amount of wages they were promised in their contracts. asiaplustj.info »
REN TV says law enforcement officers in the Russian oblast of Samara are searching for a Tajik national who escaped from the settlement colony in the city of Tolyatti. The incident reportedly took place on March 9 and escape of the prisoner was discovered after midnight. asiaplustj.info »
On Saturday March 11, Tajikistan marked the Tajik Press Day. By president’s decree the Tajik Press Day has been marked on March 11 since 1993. The Tajik Press Day is marked on March 11 in honor of the first Tajik-language newspaper, Bukhoroi Sharif ( The Glorious Bukhara ), the first edition of which was issued on March 11, 1912. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday, March 7, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received visiting World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, Ms. Anna Bjerde, according to the Tajik president’s official website. During the meeting, the parties reportedly discussed current state and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and the World Bank. asiaplustj.info »
Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, who is also Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heading a Turkmen government delegation, arrived in Dushanbe yesterday afternoon on a two-day official visit, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday March 3, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was on a two-day working visit in Tajikistan, held talks in Dushanbe with Rustam Emomali, Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament), according to the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday March 3, Tajik Prime Minister Qiohir Rasoulzoda held talks with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the parties discussed issues related to trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan, interaction in energy, industrial production, transport and culture. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon today morning received Rustam Minnikhanov, Head of Russia’s Tatarstan Republic, who arrived in Dushanbe as member of Russian delegation led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that arrived in Tajikistan on a two-day working visit Thursday morning. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon received Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who arrived in Dushanbe yesterday on a two-day working visit. asiaplustj.info »
