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Dust storm will cover many regions of Tajikistan on September 10-11. In addition, in some areas of the republic, winds are expected to increase up to 15-20 m/s, reports the Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Republic. asiaplustj.info »
Leaders discussed Afghanistan and the full range of Tajik-Chinese relations. Today, Emomali Rahmon had a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan Youth Team (U-23) played the first of two planned friendlies against peers from Bahrain. The meeting took place on September 3 at the “Khalifa Sport City” stadium in Manama and ended in a goalless draw, the press service of the Football Federation of Tajikistan reports. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon held phone talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations jointly with Tajik authorities intends to develop a special program of preparations for admission of potential refugees from Afghanistan. Ms. Sezin Sinanoglu, the UN Resident Coordinator in Tajikistan, remarked this yesterday at a meeting with Mr. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan has received new weapons amid aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
A ten-day trilateral military exercise involving military personnel of Tajikistan, Russia and Uzbekistan completed in Tajikistan’s Khatlon province yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
As part of his working trip to the European Union countries the Prosecutor-General of Tajikistan Yusuf Rahmon on August 2 met in Vienna with Ambassador Tuula Yrj asiaplustj.info »
The bilateral trade with Kyrgyzstan has decreased by 4 million U. S. dollars, Khurshed Karimzoda, the head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 30. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday July 28, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met in Tianjin, northern China with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban. asiaplustj.info »
The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin has instructed the Ministry of Labor jointly with the Foreign Ministry to carry out negotiations with Tajikistan and assign an agreement on the pension provision cooperation, says a document posted on the official internet-portal of legal information on July 27. asiaplustj.info »
Between July 22 – 26, 2021 European Union’s Border Management Programme in Central Asia and Afghanistan-Phase 10 (BOMCA-10), held inception meetings with the international stakeholders, active in the areas of border management, trade facilitation and migration management. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin noted on July 27 that Dushanbe has always considered “official Kabul as a legitimate government in Afghanistan ad has never conducted meetings or negotiations with representatives of the Taliban Movement. asiaplustj.info »
On Saturday July 24, Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Mirzo and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu held phone talks to discuss cooperation. 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 »
On Tuesday July 13, the First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population of Tajikistan, Ghafour Muhsinzoda, met with managers of the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech via video link to discuss issues related to procurement and the next delivery of an inactivated virus COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Unstable political situation in Afghanistan has not become an obstacle in the way of Tajikistan’s international road cargo transportation, the Minister of Transport Azim Ibrohim told reporters in Dushanbe on July 14. asiaplustj.info »
An article by the senior correspondent with RFE/RL Golnaz Esfandiari and the correspondent for RFE/RL’s Tajik Service Mumin Ahmadi notes that some Afghan soldiers feel that fleeing to neighboring Tajikistan was their only chance to survive. 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 »
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 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 »
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 »
Media reports said an Indian man from the northeastern state of Mizoram, who is believed to have headed the “world’s largest family”, died on June 13. Ziona Chana, 76, who headed a Christian sect that allowed polygamy for men, has left behind 38 wives and 89 children. asiaplustj.info »
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will provide Tajikistan with all necessary assistance that will be requested by it in connection with the situation on its common border with Afghanistan, RIA Novosti said on June 28, citing CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov. asiaplustj.info »
A delegation of Tajik textile and clothing (T&C) companies is on an intensive business trip to Uzbekistan, whose industry can serve as an example and encourage exchange between both sectors, according to International trade Center (ITC) Office in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday had telephone conversation with his Kazakh and Uzbek counterparts to discuss the latest developments in northern provinces of Afghanistan, which border Central Asia’s nations, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbekistan has temporarily suspended the movement of citizens across the Uzbek-Afghan border amid the aggravating epidemic situation in Afghanistan, the Uzbek Health Ministry said on June 22, according to Podrobno.uz . asiaplustj.info »
Presidential elections were held in Iran on June 18, 2021. Ebrahim Raisi won with 62 percent of the votes (17. 8 million out of 28. 6 million votes). With all 28. 9 million ballots counted, Raisi was elected with a tally of 17. asiaplustj.info »
An article by Bruce Pannier posted on Radio Liberty’s website says lawyers for Uyghur groups have given new evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) that allegedly shows the Tajik government is cooperating with Beijing to send Uyghurs to China, where they face detention and often much worse. asiaplustj.info »
The Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan says a resident of the city of Tursunzoda, Hasan Yodgorov, who is disabled since childhood (he has a left leg prosthesis), served six months in a pretrial detention facility several years ago on murder charges and he was released only after the real killer was caught. asiaplustj.info »
Sadoi Mardum newspaper, a mouthpiece of Tajik parliament, says that according to the preliminary data, more than 500,000 residents of the Tajik capital will be provided with heat supply in winter due to upgrading the city’s heating network The member of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament, Abduhalim Ghafforov, says a grant asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan will provide Tajikistan with technical support and fuels in exchange for water to irrigate rice, Kazakh Deputy Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources, Serik Kozhaniyazov, told reporters in Astana on June 9. asiaplustj.info »
The coronavirus is not going to go away so we must learn to live with it, the World Health Organization (WHO)'s special envoy for COVID-19, David Nabarro has said, according to the BBC . He reportedly told Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur that it was not known how long it would take to develop a treatment or a vaccine. asiaplustj.info »
Recall, Tajikistan this week agreed to divert 315 million cubic meters of water from its Bahri Tojik reservoir, which powers the Qairoqqum hydropower plant in the northern Sughd province, to Kazakhstan, and thereby, supplying its neighbor to the north with crucial irrigation water in the hot months of summer. asiaplustj.info »
IRNA reported yesterday that Tajikistan’s Minister of Internal Affairs Ramazon Rahimzoda who is paying a visit to Iran said Dushanbe seeks expansion of ties with Tehran. asiaplustj.info »
This week, Tajikistan agreed to divert 315 million cubic meters of water from its Bahri Tojik reservoir, which powers the Qairoqqum hydropower plant in the northern Sughd province, to Kazakhstan, thereby supplying its neighbor to the north with crucial irrigation water in the hot months of summer. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday June 1, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin had a telephone conversation with the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
As 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, more than half of whom live in rapidly growing secondary cities and towns, managing urban growth in a way that improves quality of life for all residents is critical to sustainable development. asiaplustj.info »
A 36-year-old resident of Danghara district, Amriddin Naqshov, who is the nephew of president’s wife Azizmo Asadulloyeva, is charged with hooliganism (Article 237 of Tajikistan’s Penal Code). He voluntarily surrendered to Danghara police department on May 27, according to the Interior Ministry press center. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday May 27, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan Tajikistan Takayuki Miyashita together with Ms. Firouza Nurullozoda, Deputy Mayor of Khujand City, attended the handover ceremony of successful completion of the Project for Construction of Rehabilitation Center for Children with Disabilities in Khujand City. asiaplustj.info »
A further meeting of working groups of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan within the framework of the joint Tajik-Uzbek commission for delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border took place in Khujand, the capital of Tajik northern province of Tajikistan, on May 17-22, a source within Sughd governor’s office told Asia-Plus today morning. asiaplustj.info »
On May 20-21, experts from Tajikistan stepped up action on disaster resilience through the training on the “DesInventar-Sendai” – a disaster information management software. asiaplustj.info »
A foreigner has been hospitalized with COVID-19 ad 15 Tajik nationals have been hospitalized with what doctors diagnosed as pneumonia in Khujand. A national of Yemen who arrived in Dushanbe from Tashkent on May 7 has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). asiaplustj.info »
Citing the Russian official internet-portal of legal information, Kommersant says President Vladimir Putin has instructed to sign an agreement with Tajikistan on creation of joint air defense system. asiaplustj.info »
A bill on the access to information about activities of the judicial bodies that was drafted by the government has reportedly been sent for consideration to the country’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon had talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on May 8. Russia media report say that during the meeting, Emomali Rahmon underscored Tajikistan’s willingness to forge security ties with Russia, including amidst the risks emerging in the wake of the US troops’ pullout from Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Foreign Ministry has released a statement on the situation on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. Moscow has watched with concern the sharp exacerbation of the situation at the disputed site of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border, M. asiaplustj.info »
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 »
Russian President Emomali Rahmon on April 23 had a phone conversation with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to discuss further development of the Russian-Tajik relations of strategic partnership and alliance, according to the Kremlin partnership. asiaplustj.info »
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO), Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, concluded her official visit to Tajikistan on April 15. asiaplustj.info »
