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First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population, Ghafour Muhsinzoda, yesterday had a virtual meeting with representatives of the Russian Direct Investment Fund to discuss the possibility of supplying Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Kyrgyz Ambassador to Tajikistan Zhanysh Rustenbekov and handed him a note protesting the detention and beating of two Tajik teenagers by Kyrgyz border guards. asiaplustj.info »
Economic growth in Tajikistan is expected to recover in 2021 and 2022 as coronavirus disease pandemic restrictions ease in the country’s main trading partners leading to the recovery in remittances, foreign direct investment, and overseas demand, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. asiaplustj.info »
Water scarcity is particularly acute problem in Central Asia. The situation is exacerbated by severe over-exploitation of the available water resources and the effects of global climate change. In addition, water resources in the region are unevenly distributed and used for different purposes. asiaplustj.info »
Russia and Tajikistan will create a joint air defense system. Interfax says Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu remarked this today at a meeting with his Tajik counterpart Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
The design of fiscal policies can either improve or worsen poverty and inequality. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Agriculture has reviewed the results of work carried out over the first quarter of this year. Over the first three months of this year, gross agricultural product from all categories of farms has reportedly been more than 1. asiaplustj.info »
Nikolai Nikulin, Director of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)’s Representative Office in Tajikistan, and Masrur Nazriyev, authorized representative of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, yesterday held a working meeting with the Russian Trade Representative in Tajikistan Yevgeny Korenkov, according to the EDB press center. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik civil aviation authorities held an extraordinary meeting today to discuss prices for tickets on charter flights from Tajikistan to Russia. asiaplustj.info »
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by Congress to make recommendations about global religious freedom, notes in its annual report released on April 21 that Tajikistan’s legal environment for freedom of religion or belief sharply declined after the adoption of several highly restrictive laws in 2009. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan government delegation will visit Dushanbe to study Tajikistan’s experience in achieving peace and national accord, according to the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES). asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has fallen one position to 162 at the 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). RSF says that following the Russian model, other governments, including Tajikistan, used the need to compbat disinformation about COVID-19 as grounds for imposing additional curbs on press freedom. asiaplustj.info »
Negotiations to discuss issues related to Tajikistan-Russia migration collaboration took place in Dushanbe on April 19. Representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the two countries attended the event, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
The overall performance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) projects in Tajikistan in 2020 was satisfactory despite challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a performance review meeting concluded today. asiaplustj.info »
One more company has been granted a license to conduct audit at insurers, bringing a total number of insurance auditors in the country to 8. The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) on April 16 gave a license to PKF Tojikiston LLC to conduct audit at insurance (reinsurance) companies in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A meeting of Tajik Deputy Finance Minister, Yusuf Majidi, with Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy for International Affairs, Mohammad Ali Farahnakian, took place in Dushanbe on April 15. According to the Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the two reportedly discussed issues related to further expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran. asiaplustj.info »
The Agency or Statistics under the President of Tajikistan (Agency) says about 58,000 foreign nationals visited Tajikistan over the first three months of this year, last year, which is 909,000 people fewer than in 2019. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday April 14, Tajik Minister, Ms. Zulfiya Davlat, received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Tajikistan, Mr. Mohammad Zahir Agbar. During the meeting, Afghan diplomat proposed to establish the Cultural Association of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, according to the Ministry of Culture (MoC) press center. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first three months of this year, Tajikistan’s electricity deliveries supplies to the neighboring have increased by 43 percent compared to the same period last year. In January-March this year, Tajikistan has supplied US$9. asiaplustj.info »
Thirty countries of the world have provided about 12.8 million U.S. dollars’ worth of more than 4,100 tons of humanitarian aid to Tajikistan over the first three months of this year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and France have agreed on the date of holding an exhibition dedicated to Tajikistan at the Guimet Museum in Paris. Tajik Minister of Culture Zulfiya Davlat on April 14 met with the Ambassador of France to Tajikistan Michel Tarran. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first three months of this year, Tajikistan has imported more than US$58 million worth of about 118,400 tons of petroleum products, which was 2. 7 percent fewer by weight and 22. 6 percent fewer by cost, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Sughd Governor Rajabboy Ahmadzoda heading a delegation of regional administrators and businesspeople of Sughd province and a delegation of officials and businesspeople of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken oblast, led by its head Omurbek Suvanaliyev will arrive in Fergana, the capital of Fergana region in eastern Uzbekistan, on April 22 for participation in a trilateral business forum entitled asiaplustj.info »
A new TV channel “Ilm va Tabiat” (Science and Nature) was launched in Tajikistan today, a source within the Committee for TV and radio-broadcasting u der the Government of Tajikistan, told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Nine component parts of the “Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor” located in Tajikistan’s Sughd province have reportedly been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List Khovar news agency says Ancient Town of Panjakent, Sanjarshoh Town, Gardani-Hisor, Hisorak, Castle on Munt Mugh, Kum Settlement, Tali Khamtuda, Toksankorez irrigation system, and Hoji asiaplustj.info »
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Tajikistan from June 10-12 at the invitation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, a source within the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
A four-week training course on sustained field operation capacity for border officers of Tajikistan’s Border Troops was completed in Tursunzoda district on April 8. According to the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, the course, which was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in cooperation with Tajikistan’s Border Troops, was funded by the European Union. asiaplustj.info »
Sweden’s Foreign Minister and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ms. Ann Linde, is expected to visit Tajikistan this month. According to the OSCE’s website, Ann Linde will visit the OSCE participating States of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan from April 11-15. 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, will attend the next session of the Military Committee of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that will take place in Moscow on April 14, according to the Ministry of Defense e of Tajikistan (MoD). asiaplustj.info »
Q&A with Ms. Shanny Campbell, ADB Director for Tajikistan Ms. Campbell, congratulations on your appointment as the Asian Development Bank’s Country Director in Tajikistan! We wish you fruitful and successful cooperation with the government and other partners! Q. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran, Major-General Mohammad Baqeri noted yesterday that Iran and Tajikistan have agreed to establish a joint defensive and military committee. asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of the Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park have shared their experience in drafting legislation and creating technoparks with Tajik parliamentarians, the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan (MoINT) says. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has reached 56 percent of its spring conscription target by April 7, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) press center. Meanwhile, the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) and three districts of Khatlon province have already fulfilled their spring conscription targets. asiaplustj.info »
Citing the Tourism Development Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, Kovar news agency said on April 6 that Tojiddin Jourazoda, Chairman of the Tourism Development Committee has had a virtual meeting with Douglas A Grimes, President of MIR Corporation and Annie Lucas, Vice-President of MIR Corporation. asiaplustj.info »
Nikolai Nikulin has been appointed to head the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) representative office in Tajikistan, replacing Rashid Kadyrov, who had served as head of the EBD office in Tajikistan for almost eight years. asiaplustj.info »
Iran and Tajikistan exchanged two prisoners and another Iranian convict was forgiven by Tajik president, Iranian Ministry of Justice said on April 1, according to IRNA . asiaplustj.info »
Private hospitals in Tajikistan are not eligible to vaccinate against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since they do not have a license, Navrouz Jaffarov, an official with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan and the United Nations met on April 2 to review achievements against national development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals and to discuss upcoming development cooperation plans, according to UNDP Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
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Pamir Energy (PE) is part of AKDN and operates through a Public-Private Partnership with the Government of Tajikistan (GoT), in effect at least until 2027. Since its inception in 2002, PE has been providing energy services in Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon (VMKB), Tajikistan and started in 2008 to extend services to districts of the Badakhshan province in Northern Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Members of American Chamber of Commerce Tajikistan elected its new board of directors and a chairman of the board on March 18, 2021. AmCham Tajikistan Board of Directors consists of nine companies that are current category “A” and “B” members. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday received the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Park Byeong-seug, who is on an official visit to Tajikistan, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Industry and New Technologies Sherali Kabir yesterday congratulated the staff of the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Company. asiaplustj.info »
The participant of CABAR.asia School of Analytics Navrouz Karimov conducted a research on the issue of containment and recycling of waste in Tajikistan. An article by him entitled Bury and Forget: How People “Struggle” with Growth of Landfills in Tajikistan notes that both the government and citizens are relentlessly ignoring the waste problem in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
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The spring conscription campaign have begun in Tajikistan today. The republican conscription commission is led by Deputy Prime Minister, Ms. Matloubakhon Sattoriyon, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD). asiaplustj.info »
Private insurance company, Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) Paymon Insurance, has got the right to engage in both compulsory and voluntary insurance in Tajikistan, according to the press center of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT). asiaplustj.info »
As a friendly neighbor of Afghanistan, Tajikistan seeks to further enhance trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, including in the border areas, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted yesterday while delivering an opening speech at the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
In an opening speech delivered at the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process in Dushanbe, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted on March 30 the energy sector is the key for all sectors of the economy and the societal development. asiaplustj.info »
According to Times of India , Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Dushanbe yesterday on a two-day official visit (March 30-31) to attend a key conference on Afghanistan, where representatives from around 50 countries and international organizations will discuss building regional consensus around the peace process in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
