DUSHANBE, March 17, Asia-Plus  -- By president’s decree Ramazon Rahimov, formerly chief of the migration service at the Ministry of Interior (MoI), has been appointed to head the defense and public order department at President’s Executive Office.

Speaking in an interview with Asia-Plus, Rahimov said that the decree on appointment of him as head of the defense and public order department was signed by the president on February 28.  The new chief of the migration service has not yet been appointed that the deputy chief of the migration service Khayrullo Murodov is still serving as acting chief of the service.