Tajkistan, Politics

11:29, july 23, 2014

Communists begin working out their election program

DUSHANBE, July 23, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT) has set up a group to work out the party election program.

13:20, july 22, 2014

CFPD delegation to pay visit to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2014, Asia-Plus -- A delegation of China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD) is arriving in Dushanbe tomorrow evening for a four-day working visit. Led by Mr.

11:55, july 22, 2014

Head of ruling party’s organization in Kulob replaced

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

10:41, july 22, 2014

Uzbek foreign minister to visit Tajikistan in late July

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov will arrive in Tajikistan in late July to attend a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai

10:38, july 22, 2014

Tajik president receives federal minister for water and power of Pakistan

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met here with the Federal Minister of Water and Power of Pakistan, Khawaja Muhammad Asif.

16:10, july 21, 2014

Some 6,000 people reportedly joined ruling party’s organization in Sughd in H1 2014

DUSHANBE, July 21, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Some 6,000 people have reportedly joined the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s organization in Sughd over the first six months of this year.

10:36, july 21, 2014

Knowledge of state language made compulsory for parliamentary candidates

DUSHANBE, July 21, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) endorsed the regulations on the procedure of testing knowledge of parliamentary candidates of state

09:21, july 21, 2014

‘Mr. Sodiqov had contact with some negative people in Tajikistan,’ says Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, July 21, 2014, Asia-Plus – An article “Tajikistan: Foreign Minister’s UK Visit Overshadowed by Researcher’s Arrest” that was posted on Eurasianet’s website on July 14 notes that two weeks

10:11, july 18, 2014

Kyrgyz president, Tajik foreign minister discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, July 18, Asia-Plus – On Thursday July 17, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov met in Bishkek with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on the sidelines of the fifth meeting of the

12:38, july 17, 2014

UNDP to support strengthening of Tajikistan’s border infrastructure

DUSHANBE, July 17, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister Nizomiddin Zohidi received UNDP Country Director in Tajikistan Norimasa Shimomura on July 16.

12:08, july 17, 2014

Japan to provide assistance with providing security in the Central Asian region

DUSHANBE, July 17, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Foreign ministers from the five Central Asian countries and Japan gathered in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on July 16 for a conference known as the Central

15:29, july 15, 2014

Tajik FM to attend 8th meeting of foreign ministers of the Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue

DUSHANBE, July 15, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov today left for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to attend the 8th meeting of the Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue Foreign Ministers

11:26, july 15, 2014

IRP seeks candidates for parliament and local councils

DUSHANBE, July 15, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) has begun the process of selecting candidates for the lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament and district, city and

10:46, july 15, 2014

Chinese company reportedly intends to invest 200 million USD in Tajikistan’s economy

DUSHANBE, July 15, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday received Mr. Li Yan Je (phonetically spelled), a Senior Advisor to China’s company, Chuntai-New Silk Road.

10:05, july 15, 2014

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan should decide on their common border first, says Tajik official

DUSHANBE, July 15, 2014, Asia-Plus – Head of Tajikistan’s State Committee on Land Management and Geodesy, Mahmadtohir Zokirov considers that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan should decide on their common

15:26, july 13, 2014

AHRCA asks Spain not to extradite the Group 24 activist to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 13, 2014, Asia-Plus – Ina letter released on July12, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) asks the Spanish authorities not to extradite Sharofiddin Gadoyev, one

09:55, july 11, 2014

Tajik MFA’s statement regarding the latest shooting along the Tajik-Kyrgyz border

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan yesterday released a statement regarding the latest shooting along the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.

10:39, july 9, 2014

Tajikistan-Switzerland economic cooperation discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, July 9, 2014, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Switzerland in financial and banking sectors were a major topic of a

13:09, july 8, 2014

Tajik president receives Switzerland’s finance minister

DUSHANBE, July 8, 2014, Asia-Plus /Avaz Yuldoshev/ -- On Tuesday July 8, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met here with visiting head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Finance (the Swiss finance

14:03, july 7, 2014

CPT leader to attend world forum of labor movements that is expected to take place in Brussels

DUSHANBE, July 7, 214, Asia-Plus -- Leader of the Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT), Shodi Shabdolov, will attend a world forum of labor movements that will take place in Brussels, Belgium

11:14, july 7, 2014

Sozandagoni Vatan has not had leader for more than half a year

DUSHABE, July 7, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Sozandagoni Vatan (Homeland Builders), which is the youth organization of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has not had leader since February this

14:18, july 6, 2014

Chinese, Iranian and Kyrgyz presidents expected to pay officials visits to Tajikistan in September

DUSHANBE, July 6, 2014, Asia-Plus -- President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, President Hassan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran and President Almaz Atambayev of the Kyrgyz

13:16, july 6, 2014

IRP’s office in Panjakent shut down

DUSHANBE, July 6, 2014, Asia-Plus - The authorities of the northern city of Panjakent have reportedly shut down local office of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP).

15:57, july 4, 2014

CCER organizes training seminars for members of electoral commissions

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) will conduct training seminars in all cities and districts of the country stating from the next month.

13:43, july 4, 2014

Ruling party builds offices for its city and district organizations

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2014, Asia-Plus /Avaz Yuldoshev/ - The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is continuing to build offices for its city and district organizations.

11:30, july 4, 2014

Tajik FM holds talks with Lord Speaker in London

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – On Wednesday July 2, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov met in London with Baroness D''Souza, Lord Speaker (the speaker of the House of Lords in the

11:12, july 4, 2014

Tajik foreign minister holds talks with EBRD president to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov yesterday met in London with Mr.

10:56, july 4, 2014

Tajik government has made an honest mistake, says American researcher

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – Around 30 U.S. academic gathered at the George Washington University in Washington D.C. last week to discuss Alexander Sodiqov’s case.

09:11, july 4, 2014

British researcher alarmed by detention of Tajik colleague

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports that John Heathershaw, a Central Asia expert from the University of Exeter in Britain, said the detention of his research

13:25, july 3, 2014

IRP intends to file lawsuit against Sughd authorities

DUSHANBE, July 3, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) intends to file lawsuit against the Sughd authorities over demolition of its office in Khujand, the capital of Sughd province.