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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 »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin has left for China to attend the second China + Central Asia (C+C5), the Tajik MFA information department reported on May 11. The meeting will take place on May 12 in Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has opened a special bank account to provide assistance to residents of Isfara (Vorukh, Chorkuh, Surkh, Somonioyon and Kahoka Aloe) who became victims of clashes that took place at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. asiaplustj.info »
The local authorities of the Tajik northern Sughd province have confirmed that 19 Tajik citizens were killed and 87others were wounded during the April 28-29 at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. The Sughd administration press center says 3 million somonis (equivalent to 265,000 U.S. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday signed a number of decrees on staff changes. According to the Tajik president’s official website, Abdujabbor Rahmonzoda has been relieved of his post of Aide to the President for Social Development and Public Relations in connection with transfer to other job. 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 »
The Uzbek edition of the book “Tojikon dar Oinai Tarikh” (The Tajiks in the Mirror of History) authored by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has been presented in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. asiaplustj.info »
The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyz military servicemen and a group of Kyrgyz civilians of attacking Chorkuh jamoat, which is subordinate to the Tajik northern city of Isfara. asiaplustj.info »
At the invitation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay an official visit to Tajikistan in the second half of May, according to the Tajik MFA information department. 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 »
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed a complete ceasefire after the worst violence in decades along the Tajik-Kyrgyz border that killed 49 people. The chiefs of the country’s security bodies announced the agreement in a joint briefing in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan raised to 13 the number of people killed in clashes along a disputed segment of its border with Tajikistan before a cease-fire was announced by both sides, Radio Liberty reported on April 30. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz military fired at the bridge near Chorqishkoq village on the Isfara-Chorkuh highway. The bridge was not damaged, but for the sake of safety, people are forced to use bypass road to drive from Isfara to Chorkuh. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz and Tajik authorities are blaming each other for the latest clashes and shootings along a disputed segment of the border between the two countries, according to Radio Liberty . asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday April 28, Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, governor of the Tajik northern Sughd province, and Omurbek Suvanaliyev, governor of Kyrgyzstan's Batken, held a meeting in a neutral zone of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border to discuss cooperation issues, according to the press center of the Sughd governor’s office. asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of Swiss Rieter Holding AG have arrived in Tajikistan to establish cooperation with domestic cotton-processing enterprises, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT). asiaplustj.info »
In a statement delivered at the online conference on Digital Economy in Tajikistan, Jan-Peter Olters, Country Manager, World Bank Office in Republic of Tajikistan, noted that digitalization can address the legacy of climate change, and landlocked geographical position of the country. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz foreign ministry yesterday summoned Tajikistan Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Nazirmad Alizoda to hand him a note containing the extreme concern of the Kyrgyz side about the illegal actions of the Tajik competent authorities who abducted two Kyrgyz citizens -- residents of Leilek district of Batken Oblast of Kyrgyzstan – on April 24, the Kyrgyz MFA press service says . asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe city court has sentenced nine Tajik nationals, including three customs officers and one police officer, to various terms of imprisonment. The sentence followed their conviction on charges of smuggling gold bars and foreign currency out of Afghanistan through Tajikistan into Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). asiaplustj.info »
On Saturday April 24, Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda met in the Tajik northern city of Khujand with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulla Aripov. asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of transport ministries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan met in Dushanbe on April 21 to discuss transportation issues, according to the press center of the Ministry of Transport (MoT). Senior officers of customs and border services of the two countries also attended the meeting. 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 »
On Thursday April 22, Tajik Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirojiddin Muhriddin received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Tajikistan John Mark Pomersheim, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
An imam at a Dushanbe mosque has been detained on extremism charges after he called a late Islamic cleric “one of great leaders of the country,” Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on April 22. asiaplustj.info »
A five-day tactical exercise conducted for Tajik and Russian servicemen is concluding in the southern Khatlon province today. 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 »
The wife of a suspected terrorist in Tajikistan, whose confession was shown on television nationwide, says her husband's admission of guilt was coerced by investigators, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi . asiaplustj.info »
The head of the representative office of the Tajik Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population (MoLMEP) in Moscow, Zohir Mirzoyev considers that the number of illegally employed nationals of Tajikistan in Russia provided by the Interior Ministry of Russian Federation is overstated. asiaplustj.info »
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO), Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, concluded her official visit to Tajikistan 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 »
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is committing funds to overhaul the district heating system in Dushanbe, according to EBRD Dushanbe Resident Office The country’s first project under the EBRD Green Cities program will reduce the environmental impact of the municipal utility. asiaplustj.info »
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan, Lieutenant-General Emomali Sobirzoda, who is also the Frist Deputy Minister of Defense of Tajikistan, yesterday met in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Army General Valery Gerasimov. asiaplustj.info »
Domullo Hikmatullo Tojikobodi, known Tajik theologian and one of Sufi leaders in Tajikistan, died yesterday, aged 80 after a short illness, a source within the Committee on Religious Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan (CRA) told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The 15th Media Forum of Young Journalists “Dialogue of Cultures” will take place in St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) from April 14-16. For the first time, the event will be held in a hybrid format — both offline and online. On April 14-15, on Forum’s website (mediacongress. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik migrant workers are desperate to return to Russia and the jobs they lost during the coronavirus pandemic, but skyrocketing prices for plane tickets are preventing them from going, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says. asiaplustj.info »
Today morning, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon arrived in Vorukh, a jamoat (the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities) in northern Tajikistan, which is an exclave surrounded by Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
This year, Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema – Tajikistan’s highest Islamic institution) has set the contribution for zakat for Muslims having annual income of no less than 25,000 somonis (TJS) at TJS625. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday April 7, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin received the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary P asiaplustj.info »
Following the Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Belarus business forum that took place in Dushanbe on April 6, Tajik, Belarusian, Afghan entrepreneurs have signed contracts for a total of US$11.3 million. More than 200 representatives of business communities and officials of Tajikistan, Belarus and Afghanistan participated in the forum. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda yesterday met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Ulan Niyazbekov in the Tajik northern Sughd province to discuss a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation between the interior ministries of the two countries, according to the Tajik interior Ministry’s website. asiaplustj.info »
The Defense Minister of Tajikistan, Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo, today departed for Tehran on an official visit, Colonel Faridoun Mahmadalizoda, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Dozens of participants of a spontaneous rally that took place outside the Tajik Embassy in Moscow have been detained for several hours. They were charged with participation in an authorized rally. asiaplustj.info »
Students from another six epidemiologically safe countries are permitted to enter the Russian Federation for study purposes. asiaplustj.info »
Jailed Tajik opposition veteran Hikmatullo Saifullozoda has reportedly been moved to a prison hospital after the 70-year-old is said to have shown signs of heart trouble, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , said on April 1. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik national air carrier Tajik AIR and Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) Sozidaniye LLC have been granted licenses to provide special services for foreign currency. The licenses have been granted to them for three years. 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 »
On Tuesday March 30, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who was in Dushanbe to participate in 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 »
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has been awarded a title of Honorary Doctor of Tajik National University. According to Tajik National University (TNU)’s press center, the ceremony took place on March 29, after Afghan President’s meeting with Tajik Minister of Education and Science Muhammadyusuf Imomzoda and TNU Rector Qobiljon Khoushvakhtzoda at Tajik National University. asiaplustj.info »
