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Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda and his Kazakh counterpart Askar Mamin had phone talks on July 24 to discuss cooperation. According to the Tajik MFA information department, the telephone conversation took place at the initiative of the Kazakh side. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, Tajikistan has exported US$37. 3 million worth of electricity, which is US$5. 9 million or 5. 0 percent more than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
To-date, Osiyo Chemical Company, which is the new owner of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Azot (formerly TojikAzot), has paid the fertilizer plant’s wage debts in the amount of more than one million somonis, Levakant Mayor, Ms. Zarrina Davlatzoda, told reporters in Levakant on July 26. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, more than 219 foreign tourists, including 195,000 citizens of the CIS member nations, have visited Tajikistan, which is 59 percent fewer than in the same period last year, Tojiddin Jurazoda, the head of the Tourism Development Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 26. asiaplustj.info »
1.5 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine will be delivered to Tajikistan on July 28 at 8:30 am, Navrouz Jaffarov, the head of the Directorate of Epidemiological Safety, Emergency Situation and Emergency health Relief of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Situation, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 26. asiaplustj.info »
The United States has donated doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Tajikistan. The U. S. government provided Tajikistan with 1. 5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to the US Embassy in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan today is able to accept about 100,000 Afghan seeking refuge and place them in training grounds of the Tajik Ministry of Defense, which are located near the border with Afghanistan, the deputy chief of the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, Colonel Emomali Ibrohimzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 23. asiaplustj.info »
The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) expects to receive a concessional loan from the International Monetary Fund before the end of this year as part of the Extended Credit Facility program, NBT First Deputy Head, Jamoliddin Nouraliyev, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 22. asiaplustj.info »
As of July 1, 2021, Tajikistanl reserves and gold has accounted for 5.0 percent. asiaplustj.info »
An article by RFE/RL Central Asia specialist Bruce Pannier says relations between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reached an all-time low at the end of April when the armed forces of the two countries battled over border issues. asiaplustj.info »
By order of President Emomali Rahmon, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan, all military garrisons of the country were alerted today morning at 4:00 am for a one-day military exercise, dubbed Marz-2021 (Frontier-2021). asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Tajikistan (MoHSPP) says no cases of the coronavirus Delta variant have been registered in Tajikistan. The health authorities assure that in case of detection of the Delta variant in the country, this will be officially announced. asiaplustj.info »
As part of the upcoming joint tactical exercise, tanks of the Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan have completed a 200-kilometer march from the Lohour training ground, located some 20 kilometers of Dushanbe, to the Harbmaidon military field at the Tajik-Afghan border in the southern province of Khatlon. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of a sustainable National School Feeding Program. asiaplustj.info »
A big military parade will be held in Dousti Square in Dushanbe on the occasion of the 30th year of Tajikistan’s Independence, Colonel Faridoun Mahmadalizoda, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The head of the Khatlon Labor and Migration Management Directorate, Hamza Bobozoda, says new owners of Open Joint-Stock Company Azot (formerly TojikAzot), which is located in the southern city of Levakant, have promised to pay the enterprise’s wage debts before the end of this year. asiaplustj.info »
At least twelve people have been killed in massive mudflows in the northwestern district of Panjakent, Sughd province, according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. Umeda Yusufi, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Committee, says the bodies of ten people were found and the operation for searching two other bodies is under way. asiaplustj.info »
The press center of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) says total assets of Tajikistan’s insurance companies rose 90 percent in a year to June 30, 2021, reaching 232. 6 million somonis (equivalent to more than 20. asiaplustj.info »
By president’s decree a working has been set up in Tajikistan to draft a law on amnesty on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence, a source within the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Households in Tajikistan are particularly vulnerable to shocks. In May 2015, the World Bank launched a “ Listening to Tajikistan ” ( L2T ) survey to understand the severity of the shocks on households and monitor their wellbeing over time. asiaplustj.info »
An official coronavirus-linked death toll is continuing to rise in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, officers of the Drug Control Agency have seized 200. 593 kilograms of narcotic drugs, which was 68. 936 kilograms more than in the same period last year, DCA director, Major-General Habibullo Vohidzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 15. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Transport Minister Azim Ibrohim says a point working group of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is discussing the possibility of constructing a rail link connecting the Tajik northern city of Panjakent and the Uzbek city of Samarkand. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday July 14, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a new project worth US$2.7 million jointly with the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan to boost the country’s resilience to climate change, according to UNDP's Country Office in Tajikistan,. asiaplustj.info »
An official coronavirus-linked death toll is continuing to rise in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A group of ethnic Kyrgyz from Afghan Pamirs have reportedly fled into Tajikistan due the threat emanating from the Taliban. They have also brought livestock with them. asiaplustj.info »
The Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema – Tajikistan’s highest Islamic institution) has determined the exact date of celebration of Idi Qurbon, or Eid al-Adha in Arabic. A source within the Islamic Center of Tajikistan told Asia-Plus today that this year, celebration of Idi Qurbon, or Eid al-Adha in Arabic, falls on July 20. Last year, Tajikistan celebrates Eid al-Adha on July 31. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday July 13, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tajikistan on a two-day official visit at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin. asiaplustj.info »
The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Khusrav Noziri, met here on July 12 with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mirwais Nab, who is on a working visit to Tajikistan, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
Despite the difficult political situation in Afghanistan, Tajikistan is continuing to supply electricity to this country, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma told reporters in Dushanbe on July 12. asiaplustj.info »
An official coronavirus death toll is continuing to rise in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the deputy head of the communications service agency, Ilhomjon Atoyev, said on July 12 that Internet speed is improving in Tajikistan from year to year. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s border with Tajikistan is practically now in Taliban hands. On June 22, they captured the Sher Khan Bandar crossing into Tajikistan, a location around 60 kilometers north of the Afghan city of Kunduz. asiaplustj.info »
Six coronavirus-linked deaths have been officially confirmed in Tajikistan over the past three days, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-related deaths that have been officially registered in the country since June 21, 2021 to thirteen. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Representative Office in Tajikistan says experts from Tajikistan participated in the second part of the National training on the “DesInventar-Sendai” – a disaster information management software, which took place on July 7-8. asiaplustj.info »
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Tajikistan next week. asiaplustj.info »
A video shot by a resident of Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan, shows the Taliban militant movement member hoisting a flag on the border-crossing bridge over the Pan River connecting Qala-ye Bar Panja, the administrative center of the Shighnan district in Afghanistan Badakhshan province, and Khorog’s Tem neighborhood unit. asiaplustj.info »
A new World Bank report entitled Tajikistan: The Economic Impacts of Disasters along Key Transport Corridors assesses the economic costs of natural disasters that affect the country’s major road network. asiaplustj.info »
A session of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) took place yesterday in a video conferencing. CSTO Secretary General Satnislav Zas also participated in the session. asiaplustj.info »
About 600 Afghan servicemen who crossed the border into Tajikistan while retreating from Taliban militants have been flown home on four flights since late on July 6. A source in Tajikistan’s law enforcement told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service that the last flight carrying 130 Afghan servicemen left the Kulob airport on the morning of July 7. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has appealed to member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help in dealing with security challenges emerging from neighboring Afghanistan, according to Radio Liberty . asiaplustj.info »
Two coronavirus-linked deaths have been officially confirmed in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-related deaths that have been officially registered in the country since June 21, 2021 to seven. asiaplustj.info »
Chief of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, heading the Organization task force has arrived in Tajikistan to monitor the situation along Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan, Izvestiya’s website reported on July 6, citing the CSTO press center. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s Taliban movement has reportedly sought to reassure Tajikistan that it poses no danger. Russia’s state-owned Sputnik news agency reported on July 5 that Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, pledged that the group would respect the security and inviolability of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says Tajikistan will reinforce its border with an additional 20,000 troops in response to a Taliban offensive capturing large swaths of territory in northern Afghanistan as U. S. troops exit the country. asiaplustj.info »
The mother-in-law of President Emomali Rahmon died in Dushanbe yesterday evening, aged 88 after a short illness. asiaplustj.info »
Co-chaired by the Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda, and the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Trade Policy and Negotiations Matt Murray, the economic and energy part of the regular political consultations between Tajikistan and the United States took place in Washington on July 1. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Standing Committee on COVID-19 Response has ordered all citizens over the age of 18 to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Khovar news agency reported on July3. “Coronavirus vaccination is mandatory for citizens over 18 years," the Standing Committee on COVID-19 Response said in its statement released on July 3. asiaplustj.info »
The Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema – Tajikistan’s highest Islamic institution) has not yet determined the exact date of celebration of Idi Qurbon, or Eid al-Adha in Arabic. asiaplustj.info »
The Biden administration has asked three Central Asian nations to temporarily house some 9,000 Afghan citizens who worked with the U.S. as they look to flee the Taliban before NATO forces withdraw by September 11, according to two people familiar with the discussions, Bloomberg reported on July 2. The U.S. asiaplustj.info »
