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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$50 million grant to help the Government of Tajikistan enhance banking sector stability, boost the nonbanking finance sector, and strengthen fiscal management, says press release issued by the ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM). asiaplustj.info »
Fifty-nine countries of the world have provided about 120 million US million dollars’ worth of about 12 tons of humanitarian aid to Tajikistan in January-October September this year, according to the Customs Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) plan to increase military cooperation. A meeting of dense ministers from the SCO and CIS member nations took place in Moscow on December 9. asiaplustj.info »
During his working visit to France, Tajik Foreign Minister on December 8 met in Paris with Prince Rahim Aga Khan. The Tajik MFA information department says the parties discussed state and ways to improve the mechanisms of bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). asiaplustj.info »
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan says the EU Council adopted guidelines for the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to negotiate, on behalf of the EU and its member states, a new Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA) with Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) will provide 2. 6 million US dollars to support development of the private production business through financing the micro lending institution, Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) IMON International (IMON). asiaplustj.info »
The Russian ruble to the Tajik national currency, the somoni, exchange rate (RR/TJS) has dropped. Over the past week, RR has lost almost 3.0 percent of its value against TJS. An official exchange rate of the Russian rube against the somoni set by the National bank of Tajikistan fell from 1:0.163 on December 1 to 1:0.1585 on December 8. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the Taliban on December 7 put an alleged murderer to death in the first public execution held in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power. According to CNN , Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the man was shot three times by the father of his alleged victim in an execution attended by senior Taliban officials in southwestern Farah province. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first ten months of this year, Tajikistan has earned 101 million U. S. dollars (USD) exporting electricity to neighboring countries, which is 10. 7 percent more than in the same period last year (in January-October last year, Tajikistan exported 91. asiaplustj.info »
A company from Kazakhstan has won the contract to manage the Hairatan-Mazar-e-Sharif railway line of Afghanistan. The contract to manage the Hairatan-Mazar-e-Sharif railway was signed with a Kazakhstani company called Mansour Fatih, TOLO News reported on December 6. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has reportedly asked Saudi Arabia to speed up the process of signing of a government-to-government counter-narcotics agreement. The Drug Control Agency of Tajikistan (DCA) says this issue was discussed at a meeting of DCA director Habibullo Vohidzoda with Saudi Ambassador to Tajikistan Walid Abdulrahman Al-Reshaidan that took place here on December 6. asiaplustj.info »
A regular meeting of the topographic working groups of the Tajik and Kyrgyz governmental delegations on the delimitation and demarcation of the disputed segments of the mutual border took place in Batken, Kyrgyzstan from December 1 to December 6. asiaplustj.info »
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission plans to focus on Tajikistan’s macroeconomic perspectives for 2023, the press center of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) says. The Tajik financial regulator notes that this was discussed on December 5 in Dushanbe at a meeting of NBT head Hokim Kholiqzoda with visiting IMF mission led by Matthew Gertner. “Mr. asiaplustj.info »
The two-day 15th meeting of the Tajikistan-Iran joint commission for trade and economic cooperation concluded in Tehran yesterday. Co-chaired by Tajik Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma and Iranian Minister of Energy Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, the meeting was reportedly focused on cooperation between the two countries in sectors like trade, hydropower and culture. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (PA CSTO) has adopted a statement a statement on the inadmissibility of the development of biological and toxin weapons as well as on strict compliance with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). asiaplustj.info »
The two-day 15th meeting of the Tajikistan-Iran joint commission for trade and economic cooperation is concluding in Tehran today. Co-chaired by Tajik Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma and Iranian Minister of Energy Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, the meeting has been focused on cooperation between the two countries in sectors like trade, hydropower and culture. asiaplustj.info »
Speaking at a joint meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (PA CSTO) and the 15th Plenary Session of the PA CSTO in Moscow, Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament) Rustam Emomali yesterday drew attention of the meeting participants to conflicts arising in various regions of the world and creating asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Kuwait have reportedly agreed to launch direct air route that will connect the Tajik and Kuwait capitals – Dushanbe and Al-Kuwait. According to information from the Civil Aviation Agency under the Government of Tajikistan, the first flight on this route will be operated on December 29. asiaplustj.info »
A high-level delegation from the government of Tajikistan visited Turkiye from November 27 to December 2 to strengthen cooperation and to exchange experience and best practices on health financing and primary health care, according to the European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Colonel Andrey Marushkin has been appointed new commander of the Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan, the press center of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation reported on November 28, 2022. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan proposes to impose a ban on the export of mineral fertilizers from the country outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Economist. asiaplustj.info »
Presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, a government session took place on November 29 to review the results of work carried out over the first ten months of this year. asiaplustj.info »
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) published its Macroeconomic Outlook for 2023 on November 29. The analysis reportedly summarizes economic developments in the Bank’s member nations in 2022 and provides key macroeconomic projections for the region’s countries for 2023 and 2024. asiaplustj.info »
What area of rightful l land in Tajikistan is currently in the possession of Kyrgyzstan? 145,000 ha, 211,000 ha or 420,000 ha? What legally substantiated documents does Tajikistan rely on in the border dispute with Kyrgyzstan? What do the “documents of 1924-1932” mean and why are they the only basis? asiaplustj.info »
The 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage kicked off in Rabat, the Kingdom of Morocco on November 28. asiaplustj.info »
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The so-called “special military operation” launched by Russia in Ukraine in February heightened the risks of the use of nuclear weapons in the war, says an article entitled “Does Central Asia Support Nuclear Disarmament?” that was posted on CABAR.asia’s website on November 28. asiaplustj.info »
UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor will assess the situation of human rights defenders in Tajikistan during an official visit to the country from November 28 to December 9, 2022. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the Tax Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, the country’s tax arrears have risen 254 million somonis (equivalent to about US$26 million) over the first nine months of this year, reaching 1. asiaplustj.info »
A bill on reorganization of the process of registration of labor migrants has been submitted for consideration to the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament). asiaplustj.info »
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), , is not fully ready to respond to hybrid attacks, the organization’s secretary general, the Russia-led military bloc secretary-general Stanislav Zas said on Sunday. asiaplustj.info »
A high-ranking Tajik delegation visited led by the Frist Deputy Prime Minister Davlatali Said paid a working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany last week (November 21-15). The Tajik MFA information department says the delegation visited the cities of Berlin, Hamburg and L asiaplustj.info »
On Sunday, November 27, the Iranian parliament approved a bill for Iran's membership to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iranian semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The bill was reportedly approved by the overwhelming majority of the lawmakers. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has extended condolences over death of Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei. “With a feeling of deep sadness, we received the news of the untimely death of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. asiaplustj.info »
Chaired and hosted virtually by China under the theme “Revitalizing Regional Cooperation for a Green, Sustainable, and Inclusive Recovery”, the 21st CAREC Ministerial Conference took place on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
Convicted independent journalist Zavqibek Saidamini has asked the Dushanbe city court to review the verdict passed upon him by the court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district. He wrote a statement at the Dushanbe-based pretrial detention facility on November 16, and a copy of that statement got to Asia-Plus on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), through the joint Thrive Tajikistan program, opened three new drinking water supply systems and two school latrines in Nosir- Khusrav district of Khatlon province. asiaplustj.info »
Basic necessities have been delivered to Tajikistan from the United States for residents of Isfara, according to the US Embassy in Dushanbe. The shipment was reportedly delivered yesterday by a plane of the US Department of Defense It was noted that assistance is provided as part of an extensive effort of the United States to support affected residents of this region. asiaplustj.info »
Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them - others have sold their daughters and organs to survive, the BBC reported yesterday, noting that in the second winter since the Taliban took over and foreign funds were frozen, millions are a step away from famine in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say the interior ministry proposes to take fingerprints from foreigners at the entrance to the country. The Interior Ministry of Russia says fingerprinting should be carried out at checkpoints and not in the territorial divisions of the Migration Service how it is done now. “We believe that this is a very important procedure. asiaplustj.info »
Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member nations gathered in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on November 23 to discuss security issues. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has instructed the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to replenish the authorized capital of the Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Roghun NBO with money from the Stabilization Fund for Economic Development (SFED). asiaplustj.info »
A four-day annual regional technical workshop on locusts in in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) that was held by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of Tajikistan under financial support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) concluded in Dushanbe on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is ready to provide assistance in normalizing the situation along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, CSTO Secretary-General Stanislav Zas stated Wednesday at the joint meeting of the CSTO foreign ministers, defense ministers and security council secretaries in Yerevan, Armenia. asiaplustj.info »
A training Internet portal entitled Tajikistan Export School has bene launched in Tajikistan. The portal offered by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan (CCI) is reportedly dedicated to training small businesses in the country on the export procedures and requirements. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has put ban on the importation, manufacturing and sale of smokeless products, with the exception of nasvay. A resolution issued by Tajikistan’s chief sanitary inspector on October 21, 2022 introduces a ban on the importation, manufacturing and sale of smokeless products, non-tobacco [nicotine] products, snus, with the exception of nasvay. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday, November 22, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, who arrived in Tajikistan on a working visit, according to the Tajik president’s official website. 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 »
Liquefied natural gas and gasoline prices are continuing to go down in Tajikistan. The LNG prices came down a bit in some regions of Tajikistan on November 8 after the sudden spike in early November. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has extended condolences to Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the deadly earthquake, which claimed the lives of more than 160 people. In a message of condolences sent on November 22, Emomali Rahmon said that Tajikistan has learned with deep sorrow that numerous people lost their lives in the earthquake in the in the West Java province. asiaplustj.info »
