Tajkistan

Tajik, Russian Security Council Secretaries discuss cooperation

On Wednesday April 28, Tajik Security Council Secretary Nasrullo Mahmoudzoda yesterday met here with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

10:26, april 29, 2021

Kyrgyzstan occupies a water distribution point and provokes a conflict, says Tajik border service

The Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan says a conflict between residents of two Tajik and Kyrgyz border villages occurred yesterday at 4:00 pm

09:39, april 29, 2021

TAJKISTAN

Tajik, Kyrgyz governors meet in neutral zone of Tajik-Kyrgyz border

On Wednesday April 28, Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, governor of the Tajik northern Sughd province, and Omurbek Suvanaliyev, governor of Kyrgyzstan's Batken, held a meeting in a neutral zone of the

15:08, april 28, 2021

Tajikistan protests detention and beating of two Tajik teens by Kyrgyz border guards

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

13:49, april 28, 2021

Tajikistan economy to rebound in 2021 and 2022, says ADB report

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

13:42, april 28, 2021

Large Swiss company becomes interested in Tajik cotton

Representatives of Swiss Rieter Holding AG have arrived in Tajikistan to establish cooperation with domestic cotton-processing enterprises, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies

11:22, april 28, 2021

Situation in Central Asia depends a lot on the situation in Afghanistan, says CSTO secretary-general

In a statement mad after a session of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member nations in Dushanbe, the CSTO Secretary-General Stanislav Zas, in

10:52, april 28, 2021

POWER

President proposes parliament to replace the Ombudsman for Child’s Rights

President Emomali Rahmon has sent the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) a proposal to relieve Rajabmoh Habibullozoda of her post of the Ombudsman for Child’s

10:18, april 28, 2021

POWER

President shakes up foreign ministry officials

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of staff changes, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

10:00, april 28, 2021

Kyrgyz border guards reportedly abduct and beat two Tajik teens

Authorities of Vorukh, Tajikistan’s exclave in Kyrgyzstan, say Kyrgyz border guards have abducted and beaten two Tajik teens.

16:47, april 27, 2021

SOCIETY

Tajikistan requires Kyrgyzstan to coordinate the construction of reservoir on transboundary river with it

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.

14:45, april 27, 2021

ADB’s 2020 operations hit record high to aid covid-19 response, recovery

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed a record $31.

14:35, april 27, 2021

Russia and Tajikistan to create joint air defense system

Russia and Tajikistan will create a joint air defense system.

14:02, april 27, 2021

Tajik president receives participants of CSTO defense ministers’ session

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon today received defense ministers of member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) who arrived in Dushanbe for participation the CSTO defense

11:49, april 27, 2021

Barqi Tojik reportedly owes 1.73 billion somonis to OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1

Barqi Tojik’s debt to Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, which operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP), has reached 1.

11:21, april 27, 2021

Tajik authorities advised to ban the communications service agency to engage in business

In a statement delivered at the online conference on Digital Economy in Tajikistan, Jan-Peter Olters, Country Manager, World Bank Office in Republic of Tajikistan, noted that digitalization can

10:26, april 27, 2021

Kyrgyz foreign ministry hands Tajik ambassador note over abduction of two Kyrgyz nationals at border

Kyrgyz foreign ministry yesterday summoned Tajikistan Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Nazirmad Alizoda to hand him a note containing the extreme concern of the Kyrgyz side about the illegal actions of the

09:41, april 27, 2021

CSTO high-ranking military officials arrive in Dushanbe to participate in CSTO defense ministers’ session

High-ranking military officials from member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have arrived in Dushanbe to participate in the CSTO defense ministers’ session that is

17:04, april 26, 2021

Fiscal policy in Tajikistan contributes to an increase in the poverty rate, says survey by Tulane University

The design of fiscal policies can either improve or worsen poverty and inequality.

16:38, april 26, 2021

Meat production rises more than 8.0 percent in Tajikistan, says Agriculture Ministry

The Ministry of Agriculture has reviewed the results of work carried out over the first quarter of this year.

15:24, april 26, 2021

LAW-ORDER

Nine Tajik nationals involved in attempt to smuggle 90 kg of gold bars and $1.5 mln to UAE convicted

The Dushanbe city court has sentenced nine Tajik nationals, including three customs officers and one police officer, to various terms of imprisonment.

14:16, april 26, 2021

CSTO defense ministers, security council secretaries to meet in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation

Offline sessions of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (SCTO) Council of Defense Ministers Council and the Committee of Security Council Secretaries will take place in Dushanbe on April 27

11:43, april 26, 2021

Online C5+1 meeting of the Secretary of State and the Foreign Ministers of the C5 states held last Friday

U.S. Department of State says Secretary of State Antony J.

11:30, april 26, 2021

CSTO secretary-general visits Tajikistan-Afghanistan border

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Stanislav Zas has visited the Shouroobod stretch (Khatlon province) and the Qalai Khumb stretch (Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous

10:50, april 26, 2021

Khujand Kokand sign memorandum on cooperation

Khujand, the capital of the Tajik northern province of Sughd, and the Uzbek city of Kokand have signed a memorandum on cooperation.

10:30, april 26, 2021

Tajik, Uzbek premiers meet in Khujand to discuss cooperation

On Saturday April 24, Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda met in the Tajik northern city of Khujand with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulla Aripov.

10:04, april 26, 2021

LAW-ORDER

80-year-old man jailed on extremism charges released

A 80-year-old Doniyor Nabiyev (Boboi Dona) jailed on extremism charges was released on April 23, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi, reported on April 24.

17:12, april 23, 2021

Rahmon has phone conversation with Vladimir Putin to discuss cooperation

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

16:46, april 23, 2021

Dushanbe, Tashkent discuss construction of rail link connecting Tajik Panjakent and Uzbek Bulungur

Representatives of transport ministries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan met in Dushanbe on April 21 to discuss transportation issues, according to the press center of the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

16:14, april 23, 2021