Tajkistan, Politics

10:38, march 20, 2014

President holds traditional meeting with representatives of intelligentsia today

President Emomali Rahmon is holding a traditional meeting with representatives of intelligentsia at the Opera and Ballet Theater in Dushanbe today and Asia-Plus has asked a number of local experts to

13:50, march 18, 2014

SCO council of national coordinators discusses preparations for SCO summit

DUSHANBE, March 18, 2014, Asia-Plus – A meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of National Coordinators, presided over by the Tajik side, took place in Beijing, China from

10:38, march 18, 2014

Iranian president calls for expansion of cooperation with Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 18, 2014, Asia-Plus -- On Monday March 17, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov.

12:53, march 17, 2014

Communists propose to abolish electoral deposit required from candidates for Majlisi Namoyandagon

DUSHANBE, March 17, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Shodi Shabdolov and Ismoil Talbakov, who represent the Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT) in Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament,

10:53, march 17, 2014

Solving trivial problems to contribute to Tajikistan’s development, says Iran’s parliamentary speake

DUSHANBE, March 17, 2014, Asia-Plus – Iran’s news agency IRNA reports that Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said in Tehran on Sunday during a meeting with visiting Tajik Foreign Minister

10:43, march 17, 2014

Tajik, Iranian foreign ministers meet in Tehran to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, March 17, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on March 15, according to the Tajik MFA information

10:15, march 14, 2014

Tajik president Afghan minister of economy discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, March 14, 2014, Asia-Plus – On Thursday March 13, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Afghan Minister of Economy Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, who is also co-chairman of the Tajik-Afghan

15:56, march 13, 2014

Russian parliamentary speaker appreciates Rahmon’s support for Russian language in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 13, 2014, Asia-Plus /Avaz Yuldoshev/ -- On Thursday March 13, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Russia’s Federation Council (Russia’s upper house of parliament) speaker

15:24, march 13, 2014

Tajik FM meets Deputy Secretary of State Burns and Assistant Secretary Biswal in Washington

DUSHANBE, March 13, 2014, Asia-Plus – On Wednesday March 12, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov met with Mr. William Josef Burns, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, in Washington.

09:57, march 13, 2014

Tajik, Russian parliamentary speakers refrain from assessing the situation in Ukraine

DUSHANBE, March 13, 2014, Asia-Plus – Visiting Russia''s Federation Council (Russia’s upper house of parliament) speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, speaker of Tajikistan’s

15:18, march 12, 2014

CIS deputy foreign ministers to meet in Minsk over Ukraine

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2014, Asia-Plus – Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the CIS Member Nations to the CIS Charter and Other Bodies have supported the proposal to hold a meeting of the

11:15, march 12, 2014

Tajik foreign minister holds talks with UN SG in New York

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2014, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday March 11, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York.

09:55, march 12, 2014

Russia’s Federation Council speaker expected to arrive in Dushanbe today afternoon

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

17:00, march 11, 2014

Tajik foreign minister meets UN USGs in New York

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2014, Asia-Plus - On the sidelines of the event dedicated to the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation (IYWC), Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov has held

17:32, march 10, 2014

Tajik foreign minister visits New York to attend the event dedicated to IYWC

DUSHANBE, March 10, 2014, Asia-Plus – On Monday March 10, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov left for New York to attend the event dedicated to the United Nations International Year of Water

17:21, march 10, 2014

Tajik, Russian MFA’s sign cooperation program for 2014

DUSHANBE, March 10, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik and Russian foreign ministries have signed a 2014 cooperation program.

13:00, march 7, 2014

Tajik parliamentary speaker receive head of OSCE Office in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 7, 2014, Asia-Plus -- On Friday March 7, Shukurjon Zuhurov, Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), received Ambassador Markus Mueller, Head

15:59, march 6, 2014

Some forces try to legitimate participation of incumbent president in the next presidential election

Tajik lawyer Shokirjon Hakimov, who is also the deputy head of the Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDP), says that the proposal of MP Suhrob Sharipov to change the administrative-territorial

12:59, march 6, 2014

Russia’s Federation Council speaker expected to give exclusive interview to Asia-Plus

DUSHANBE, March 6, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

11:28, march 6, 2014

Unknown persons reportedly attempt to disrupt IRP leader’s meeting with party activists in Rumi

DUSHANBE, March 6, 2014 Asia-Plus -- Two unknown persons – a man and a woman – have reportedly attempted to disrupt a meeting of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri with the IRP

11:24, march 5, 2014

A court in Dushanbe refuses to receive IRP’s lawsuit for consideration

DUSHANBE, March 5, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The deputy head of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP), Mahmadali Hayit, says a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district has refused to receive for

12:45, march 4, 2014

Russia interested in stable and strong Ukraine, says Russian ambassador to Tajikistan

Russian ambassador to Tajikistan says he hopes that people in Tajikistan understand clearly what threat confrontation that has occurred in Ukraine though Ukrainian authorities’ fault poses to Ukraine.

11:00, march 4, 2014

CCER expected to start preparations for 2015 parliamentary elections in H2 2014

DUSHANBE, March 4, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) will start preparations for the next parliamentary elections, which are expected to take place in

10:27, march 4, 2014

What is happening in Ukraine may happen in Tajikistan, says IRP leader

DUSHANBE, March 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri, who is also deputy of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament, believes that

12:03, march 3, 2014

Rahmon extends condolences to Chinese president over Saturday’s mass stabbing in Kunming

DUSHANBE, March 3, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon sent a cable of condolences to Chinese President Xi Jinping over a deadly knife attack in the southwestern Chinese city of

09:55, march 3, 2014

SDP’s office in Dushanbe attacked again, this time by men

DUSHANBE, March 3, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Social-Democratic Party (SDP)’s head office in Dushanbe has reportedly been attacked again, this time by men.

17:54, march 1, 2014

Tajik, Turkish MFAs conduct political consultations

DUSHANBE, March 1, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik and Turkish foreign ministries held political consultations in Ankara on February 28, according to the Tajik MFA information department.

16:34, february 28, 2014

Local EU statement on the recent court's decision against Asia-Plus newspaper

DUSHANBE, February 28, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan has issued the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Tajikistan.

10:48, february 28, 2014

Women raise noise outside IRP’s office in Kulob in order to disrupt activists’ meeting

DUSHANBE, February 28, 2014, Asia-Plus – Two women reportedly attempted to disrupt a meeting of activists of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) in the Kulob region that took place in IRP’s office in

13:04, february 27, 2014

OSCE representative on the freedom of media about judgment filed against Asia-Plus

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic says that “a democratic society must allow for public debate without triggering financial penalties.