DUSHANBE, June 20, Asia-Plus -- Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin will head the OSCE Center in Dushanbe, Tajik MFA said.

Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin had previously been the Head of the OSCE Center in Yerevan, Armenia. 

The source at Tajik MFA said that Ambassador Pryakhin will set to work in Dushanbe on June 21.    Klaus Rasmussen currently serves as Acting Head of the OSCE Center in Dushanbe.

The Mission to Tajikistan was established by the Rome Ministerial Council Decision no. 4.1 on December 1 1993, and started work in Dushanbe on February 19 1994.  In October 2002, it was renamed the Center in Dushanbe and its tasks were broadened.  The Center has steadily grown to include 15 international and 87 local staff members as of June 2007.

The Center, which is based in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, has five field offices in Gharm, Khujand, Kulob, Qurghon Teppa and Shahritus. OSCE activities in the country fall into one or more of the following areas: politico-military dimension of security; human dimension of security; economic and environmental dimension of security