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The European Union (EU) and Tajikistan held the 14th round of their annual Human Rights Dialogue in Dushanbe on December 14. The EU Delegation to Tajikistan says Tajikistan’s delegation was led by Firouz Orzouzoda, Head of the Human Rights Guarantees Department at President’s Executive Office. asiaplustj.info »
A report by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) that was released on December 14 notes that next year, economic growth projections are expected to improve in all its member nations. The report presents a preliminary overview of economic developments in the Bank’s member states for 2023, along with key macroeconomic projections for 2024, as well as 2025 and 2026. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say the Iranian Cabinet has decided to unilaterally cancel visa requirements for visitors from 33 more countries, including Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Tajikistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen their cooperation on addressing food and nutrition security for 2023 to 2026, according to WFP Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Electricity rates will rise 16 percent for all categories of consumers in Tajikistan beginning on January 1, 2024, Jomi Umarov, Adviser to Director-General of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Power Distribution Network, told Asia-Plus in an interview Tuesday afternoon. asiaplustj.info »
Prices for gold bars produced by the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) are rising. An official source within Tajikistan’s financial regulator says the price hike has been caused by increasing international gold prices. asiaplustj.info »
Issues of demarcation of the disputed stretches of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan are planned to be resolved by spring next year. AKIpress reports that Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov stated this yesterday at a meeting with residents of Batken region, commenting on delimitation and demarcation of the border with Tajikistan. "Live in peace. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan’s Railway Company (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy) offers Tajikistan’s cargo carriers 30- and 50-percent discounts on rail freight that contributes to an increase in cargo transportation volumes. asiaplustj.info »
CABAR.asia notes that the decision of Tajikistan’s authorities to connect to Chinese telecommunications networks has raised concerns among experts who believe that Chinese restrictions on the Internet will be imported into Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A report released by the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) notes that more recently, Central Asia has reemerged as a strategic hub of international trade, providing a critical transit point between east and west, but also increasingly becoming a destination for investment and economic growth. asiaplustj.info »
The Energy Ministers of Tajikistan (Daler Juma), Kyrgyzstan (Taalaibek Ibrayev) and Pakistan (Muhammad Ali) met in Dubai, UAE on December 6 on the sidelines of the COP28 to discuss the process of implementation of the 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA 1000), the press center of the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan (MoEWR) asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$40 million grant to help the Government of Tajikistan strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects in secondary education, including developing climate change awareness and promoting girls’ participation in STEM studies, says press release issued by the ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM) today morning. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and China have signed an agreement on launching a new flight path between the two countries. asiaplustj.info »
A two-month autumn conscription campaign officially ended in Tajikistan on November 30, but its results have not yet been announced. For the last time, the Defense Ministry provided information about the process of the autumn conscription campaign on October 31. asiaplustj.info »
The Jamestown Foundation article says that as tensions rise in Central Asia, Tajikistan finds itself at the forefront of growing concerns regarding the stability of the region. The country, led by President Emomali Rahmon, is increasingly alarmed by the threats posed by militant groups operating from neighboring Afghanistan, now under Taliban control. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have reportedly defined another little more than 24.01 kilometers of the mutual border. The topographical working groups on delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan met in the Tajik northern city of Buston, Sughd province from November 29 to December 5. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported yesterday that the chiefs of the security services of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have dropped fresh hints that a border demarcation deal may be coming into focus, raising the prospect of an end to decades of violence-prone unease between the two nations. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement on financing the completion of the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP), according to the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan (MoF). asiaplustj.info »
Iranian new technology-based firms (NTBFs) expressed their readiness to enhance cooperation with Tajikistan in all areas, especially in the energy sector. A conference entitled, “Introducing Iran’s Investment Opportunities in Tajikistan,” was held at the Niroo Research Institute (NRI) in Tehran on November 28. asiaplustj.info »
The earliest-known camels dwelled in the territory of modern Tajikistan about 2. 5 million years ago. A camel scull discovered by a joint group of Russia and Tajik paleontologists in Tajikistan is 2. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) and Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast have signed a cooperation agreement. The document was inked Dushanbe by GBAO governor Alisher Mirzonabot and Sverdlovsk governor Yevgeny Kuivashev on November 28 during a visit of Sverdlovsk delegation to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The amendments made to Article 142 (indecent assaults) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code have entered into force after President Emomali Rahmon signed them on November 13. asiaplustj.info »
DUSHANBE, November 30, 2023, Asia-Plus – The 2024 budget provides for raising real estate rental rates in Tajikistan beginning on January 1 next year. Thus, the minimum monthly rent per square meter in real estate facility will rise 5.88 percent starting from January 1, 2024. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is considering the possibility of joining the Agroexpress project, a service for the delivery of food products using accelerated container trains. asiaplustj.info »
Three men from Tajikistan and one woman from Russia have been detained in Abkhazia on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking. asiaplustj.info »
Over the past three and half years (2020-2022 and the first half-year of 2023), prosecutors have reportedly issued 8,435 injunctions and 4,066 prosecutorial protests against local officials for violations of the procedure for allocating land plots, the Prosecutor-General’s Office says on its official website. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon participated in a summit of the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
EastFruit analysts draw attention to a clear warming in relations between Iran and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan Zavqi Zavqizoda has met with Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, with the Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Mikayil Chingiz-oghlu Jabbarov to discuss cooperation issues, according to the press center of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan (MoEDT). asiaplustj.info »
Despite a considerable amount of debts accumulated, the Tajik government is not going to discontinue the practice of foreign borrowing, and is planning to borrow 1.4 billion U.S. dollars (USD) within the next three years. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) have signed an investment loan agreement on allocation of 32 million US dollars from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) for rehabilitation of the irrigation system in Zafarobod district, Tajikistan’s Sughd province. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first ten months of this year, Tajikistan has earned about 106 million US dollars from exporting electricity to neighboring countries, which is 4. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the communications service agency, revenues of mobile phone companies operating in Tajikistan over the first nine months of this year have amounted to 2.9149 billion somonis (equivalent to more than 267 million US dollars), which is 10.2 percent more than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
A mobile clinic launched in Hisor by the Normeca International AS branch in Tajikistan has been providing medical services free of charge for already more than a month. According to the Normeca International AS branch in Tajikistan, placed at the Javoni Stadium in Hisor Township, the mobile clinic is performing minor surgical operations and diagnosing various diseases. asiaplustj.info »
CABAR.asia says this year’s cotton harvest in southern Tajikistan has reportedly far exceeded last year’s result. Although, in general, world cotton prices have increased slightly, farmers complain of significant losses. CABAR. asiaplustj.info »
The state-run news agency Khovar reported on November 17 that Tajik authorities have announced plans to link with China's telecommunications network in order to improve Internet access in the country. asiaplustj.info »
In Tajikistan with the support of UNICEF, the Government of Tajikistan and partners, children and young people headline a series of activities to express their views on the issues that concern them, says press release issued by UNCIEF Tajikistan on November 20. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s national budget for 2024 will be 43 billion somonis, Finance Minister Faiziddin Qahhorzoda remarked at a regular sitting of the fifth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) of the sixth convocation news conference on November 15, according to the Majlisi Namoyandagon’s official website . asiaplustj.info »
Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Chairman Rustam Emomali will represent Tajikistan at the autumn session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States (IPA CIS) that will take place in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, from November 16-17. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik farmers have produced more than 790,000 tons of potatoes over the first ten months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). An official source at a MoA says that over the reporting period average potato yields were 2.4 tons/ha. asiaplustj.info »
During Iranian President Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi’s official visit to Dushanbe, the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Planning of the Islamic Republic of Iran Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on international transportation and transit through Chabahar Port on November 8. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian President Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi has said that Iran and Tajikistan are determined to expand relations in all fields, with parliaments of the two countries playing a key part in implementing joint agreements. asiaplustj.info »
Speaking at a joint meeting of high-ranking delegations of Iran and Tajikistan in Dushanbe, Iranian President Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi said yesterday that good steps have been taken over the past two years to help enhance cooperation in political, economic and cultural areas. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is scheduled to leave capital Tehran for official visits to Tajikistan and then Uzbekistan. According to a Tuesday report by the IRNA , President Raisi plans to depart for Dushanbe at an official invitation by his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon on Wednesday morning. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon and Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali yesterday attended an official opening of one more cement plant, Closed Joint-Stock-Company (CJSC) Tojikcement, in Tajikistan. The Tajik president’s office says the plant with annual capacity of 1. asiaplustj.info »
Gallup's Law and Order Index 2023 - a report by global analytics firm Gallup -- has positioned Tajikistan as world’s most secure country. The 2023 report noted that world's five most secure countries on Gallup's Index include: 1) Tajikistan – 96; Finland -- 92; Iceland – 92; Kuwait – 92; and 5) Luxembourg – 92. asiaplustj.info »
On November 6, Tajikistan celebrated the 29th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan. On this occasion, a message of congratulations of the President Emomali Rahmon to the people of Tajikistan was posted on the Tajik president’s official website on the same day. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian President Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi’s official visit to Tajikistan has been rescheduled to a later date. Recall, Iranian president was scheduled to pay an official visit to Tajikistan from November 7 to November 8. asiaplustj.info »
Iran’s Tasnim news agency says Iran and Tajikistan have stressed strengthening bilateral cooperation in the fields of water, soil and agriculture as well as modern irrigational systems. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Russian have signed a 250 million rubles’ worth agreement on jointly combating drug trafficking. asiaplustj.info »
