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Border representatives of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan held talks yesterday evening after an exchange of gunfire between border guards of the two countries earlier in the day killed one person and wounded two others. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, who is on his official visit to Egypt, yesterday met in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, according to the Tajik president’s official website. The two presidents reportedly discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between their countries in various fields. asiaplustj.info »
Eighteen avalanches occurred in Tajikistan yesterday blocking roads in Varzob district and the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is expected to evacuate from Poland its nationals who have moved there from Ukraine. Tajikistan Ambassador to Germany Imomuddin Sattorov told Asia-Plus in an interview Wednesday afternoon that Tajikistan has planned two flights on March 10 and March 11 to evacuate from Poland its nationals who have moved there from Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
On March 4, Mr. Bahodour Sheralizoda, Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan, met in Nairobi with Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), according to the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) press center. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Juma has discussed the issue of importing petroleum products from Iran during his four-day working visit to Tehran that lasted from March 1 to March 4, Jamshed Sadulloyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan (MoEWR), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is expected to reopen all border crossing points (BCPs) along its common border with Uzbekistan on March 15. Tajikistan’s national news agency Khovar says all BCPs along Tajikistan’s common border with Uzbekistan will reopen on March 15. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities have lifted almost all coronavirus restrictions, including mandatory mask wearing in public places and a temporary ban of traditional ceremonies and celebrations, including weddings. asiaplustj.info »
Torrential rain on March 6 caused a series of mudflows in the area near the village of Chashma, which is subordinate to the city of Tursunzoda, according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
He, in particular, emphasized On Monday March 7, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon congratulated women of Tajikistan on Mother’s Day, which is celebrated in the country on March 8. that “honoring the majesty of mothers, showing respect and gratitude to them for their round-the-clock care is the sacred duty of every person, endowed with reason and a sense of pride. asiaplustj.info »
Asked whether the Russia-Ukraine conflict will affect economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Russia, Tajik expert Rustam Suhrob told CABAR. asia in an interview that Tajikistan in terms of economy is strongly connected and dependent on Russia. asiaplustj.info »
On March 3, Resident Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Tajikistan, Ambassador Qozidavlat Qoimdodov, met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Tajikistan (with residence in Nur-Sultan), His Excellency Alan Hamson, the AKDN Resident Office in Tajikistan says. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday March 2, the Interior Ministry of the Taliban Interim Ministry reported on the arrest of a national of Tajikistan in Kabul, who is suspected of arriving in Afghanistan to fight against the Taliban. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s national power utility company, Barqi Tojik, claims that the whole of Tajikistan is provided with electricity for 10%. Meanwhile, regions complain about power outages and reintroduction of power rationing. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz national Z. Dostmatov has been detained in Moscow at the request of Tajikistan authorities, Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry said on March 1, 2022. Dostmatov was reportedly detained on February 23. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian currency sinks to a record low against the dollar after Western countries impose new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The Russian ruble sank 30% after new Western sanctions. asiaplustj.info »
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will refurbish Tajikistan’s only COVID-19 specific genomic sequencing machine to test for COVID-19 variants. The U.S. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday February 28, Jamshed Jourazoda, the Frist Deputy Minister of education and Science of Tajikistan, met here with Ms. Hoda Jaberli (as pronounced), representative of the UNISECO Section of Migration, Displacement, Emergencies and Education, Ehson Khoushvakht, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan, told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan on February 26 suspended flights to some cities of the Russian Federation over the Ukraine crisis, an official source within the Civil Aviation Agency under the Government of Tajikistan told Asia-Plus Monday afternoon. asiaplustj.info »
An average market exchange rate of the Russian ruble (RR) in Tajikistan against the Tajik national currency, the somonis, has fallen more than 28 percent over the past four days - from 1:0128 on February 24 to 1:0. asiaplustj.info »
A roundtable was held in the Tajik northern city of Khujand in February to discuss development of cocoon breeding and production of silk and adras in Tajikistan, says the Consultative Council on Improvement of Investment Climate under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian ruble (RR) has lost more than 6.0 percent of its value against the Tajik national currency, the somoni (TJS), in a day. According to data from the National bank of Tajikistan (NBT), the exchange rate of RR against TJS fell from 1:0.141 set for February 24 to 1:0.133 set for January 25. asiaplustj.info »
No cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of Tajikistan (MoHSPP) for already fifth day. A MoHSPP says a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Tajikistan has amounted to 17,388 since April 30, 2020, when its index cases were confirmed in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Presided over Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda and Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Inam Kerimov, the 5th session of the Tajikistan-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation took place in Dushanbe on February 23. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) considers granting 193 million US dollars to Tajikistan in 2022, Ms. Shanny Campbell, the ADB Country Director for Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on February 22. asiaplustj.info »
More than 4 million people in Tajikistan have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) so far. According to data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), at least 89 percent (4,282,162) of adult population of Tajikistan has received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of February 22. At least 75. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan (MoT) has denied reports by Kyrgyz media outlets about resumption of rail link between Kyrgyzstan and Russia as baseless. Asia-Plus has applied to Tajik Railways (Tajikistan’s state-run railway company) to know when rail passenger traffic between Tajikistan and Russia will be resumed. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan and Tajikistan have reportedly reached an agreement on additional drawdown of the water from Tajikistan’s Bahri Tojik reservoir, which powers the Qairoqqum hydropower plant in the northern Sughd province, to Kazakhstan during the growing season. asiaplustj.info »
As of January 1, 2022, total wage arrears in Tajikistan, taking into account the previous years, have amounted to more than 36. 6 million somonis (equivalent to 3. 2 million U. S. dollars), according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday February 21, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Tajikistan, Mr. Toshihiro Aiki, attended the ceremony for arrival of 501,200 dozes of Astra Zeneca vaccine provided by the Government of Japan to Tajikistan through the COVAX mechanism. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday February 18, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Tajikistan received 20 tons of humanitarian cargo provided by the European Union (EU) and the Government of Japan that arrived in Tajikistan through the Termez Cargo Center in Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Drug enforcement authorities in Tajikistan say the volume of illegal narcotics they interdicted in 2021 increased by almost 69 percent year-on-year, but instability in Afghanistan could provoke a worsening in the problem of drug-smuggling. asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe City Hall and the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) Smart City plan to build the first IT Park in Tajikistan. The SUE Smart City’s official website says the Dushanbe Technology Park will be the first example of synthesis of science, education and high technologies in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
230 households in Tajikistan have bene advised to move to safer places to live, representatives of the Main Geology Directorate under the Government of Tajikistan told reporters in Dushanbe on February 17. asiaplustj.info »
Drugs are smuggled into Tajikistan out of neighboring Afghanistan, Habibullo Vohidzoda, Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on February 17. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday February 16, Resident Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Tajikistan, Mr. Qozidavlat Qoimdodov, met here with the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Tajikistan, Mr. asiaplustj.info »
The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of Economic Freedom ranks Tajikistan 147th among 177 nations in terms of economic freedom. The report, in particular, notes that Tajikistan’s economic freedom score is 49.7, making its economy the 147th freest in the 2022 Index. asiaplustj.info »
The Deputy Head of the Land Management Committee in Devashtich District of Sughd Province, Temour Mustafoqulov, has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a large-scale fraud, says the press center of the Agency for State Finance Control and Combating Corruption. asiaplustj.info »
Three new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan on February 15, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) says. A number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Tajikistan since January 21, 2022 has reached 287. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Shavkat Bobozoda, Director of the Export Development Agency under the Government of Tajikistan, revealed on February 15 that Tajikistan last year exported a total of US$2. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s electricity debt to Tajikistan has been down from 33 million US dollars on January 1, 2022 to 27 million dollars, Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company) CEO Madumar Asozoda told reporters in Dushanbe on February 14. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan power utility companies have signed an agreement on the delivery of Tajik electricity to Uzbekistan during the spring-summer period this year, Mahmadumar Asozoda, the head of Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company), told reporters in Dushanbe on February 14. According to him, Tajikistan will supply 1. asiaplustj.info »
The Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Valentia Matviyenko, will pay an official visit to Tajikistan from February 24-25, Russian’s news agency TASS reported on February 10, citing Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov. asiaplustj.info »
IRNA reported on February 11 that Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has felicitated Iran on 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution victory, calling for development of all-out cooperation between Dushanbe and Tehran. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Iran have discussed issues related to prospects of further expansion of bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation. Prospects of economic cooperation between the two countries were discussed at a meeting of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda and Iran’s Ambassador to Tajikistan Mohammad Taghi Saberi that took place on February 9. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday February 10, Mr. Qozidavlat Qoimdodov, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)'s Resident Representative, met with Ms. Sezin Sinanoglu, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Tajikistan, according to the AKDN Resident Office in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Six new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan on February 10, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) says. A number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Tajikistan since January 21, 2022 has reached 269. 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 »
On Wednesday February 9, Resident Representative of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), Mr. Qozidavlat Qoimdodov, met here with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Tajikistan, His Excellency Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are considering the possibility of launching joint ventures in the field of silkworm breeding The Tajik state-run news agency Khovar says Tajikistan is studying Uzbekistan’s experience in the field of sericulture, cocoon processing, production of silk fabrics and design. asiaplustj.info »
