Tajkistan, Politics

10:36, january 13, 2012

Estonia to support Tajikistan’s admission to WTO

DUSHANBE, January 13, 2012, Asia-Plus – President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon received visiting Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet.

10:18, january 13, 2012

China will support Tajikistan in the future as well

DUSHANBE, January 13, 2012, Asia-Plus – On Thursday January 12, President Emomali Rahmon received visiting special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Ms.

14:13, january 12, 2012

Tajik, Afghan central electoral commission heads discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, January 12, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday January 11, Shermuhammad Shohiyon, the head of Tajikistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER), met here with Fazl

13:57, january 12, 2012

Tajikistan, Estonia to expand spheres of cooperation

DUSHANBE, January 12, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday January 11, Estonian Ambassador to Tajikistan with residence in Almaty (Kazakhstan), Mr.

10:50, january 12, 2012

Chinese president’s special envoy visits Tajik parliament

DUSHANBE, January 12, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday January 11, visiting special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Ms.

12:56, january 11, 2012

Electoral commissions set up for by-elections to Majlisi Milli

DUSHANBE, January 11, 2012 Asia-Plus -- By decision of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) district electoral commissions have been set up for by-elections to the

10:41, january 11, 2012

Rahmon congratulates Ahmadinejad

DUSHANBE, January 11, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday January 10, President Emomali Rahmon congratulated his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of

13:04, january 9, 2012

Tajik diplomat holds a number of meetings in Islamabad

DUSHANBE, January 9, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Ambassador to Pakistan Zubaydullo Zubaydov held a number of meetings in Islamabad at the end of last week, the Tajik MFA information department

09:03, january 9, 2012

Chinese president’s special envoy to pay visit to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 9, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Ms.

10:49, january 6, 2012

Tajik FM, Chinese ambassador discuss achievement of peace in Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, January 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi yesterday met here with Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Fan Xianrong.

09:36, january 6, 2012

Tajik FM holds talks with U.S., German, EU, French, British ambassadors

DUSHANBE, January 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday January 5, Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi held talks with German Ambassador Doris Hertrampf, French Ambassador Henry Zipper de

08:58, january 6, 2012

Medvedev submits Russian-Tajik agreement on border cooperation to State Duma

DUSHANBE, January 6, 2012, Asia-Plus – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted the Russian-Tajik agreement on border cooperation for ratification to the State Duma (Russia’s lower house of

15:26, january 5, 2012

Tajik parliament speaker invites his Pakistani counterpart to visit Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Pakistan were discussed at a meeting of Tajik Ambassador to Pakistan

14:46, january 5, 2012

The latest staff changes do not give any hope, says IRP deputy leader

DUSHANBE, January 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) deputy leader Mahmadali Hoit considers that the latest staff changes do not give any hope.

14:01, january 5, 2012

Matloubkhon Davlatov equal to the post of First Deputy Prime Minister, says expert

DUSHANBE, January 5, 20112, Asia-Plus -- We may expect anything good from staff changes only when new specialists having modern come to government, Suhrob Sharipov, deputy of the Majlisi

10:23, january 4, 2012

PDP’s youth organization condemns murder of Parviz Davlatbekov

DUSHANBE, January 4, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An extraordinary meeting of the board of Sozandagoni Vatan (Creators of Homeland) that was held in Dushanbe yesterday condemned the deadly New Year’s

15:18, december 25, 2011

Pakistani flag officer invites his Tajik counterparts to visit Islamabad

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to military and technical cooperation between Tajikistan and Pakistan were the focus of meeting of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon with

14:46, december 25, 2011

Russian envoy says relations with Tajikistan ‘friendly’

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Russia''s ambassador to Tajikistan says Russian-Tajik relations are friendly and unaffected by a dispute over the prosecution of two pilots working for a

14:16, december 22, 2011

Outgoing British Ambassador bids farewell to Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, December 22, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday December 21, outgoing British Ambassador to Tajikistan Trevor Charles Moore met here with Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi at the end

11:40, december 21, 2011

CSTO tightens rules on foreign bases in the territory of member nations

DUSHANBE, December 21, 2011, Asia-Plus – On Tuesday December 20, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) announced that no-one will be able to deploy military bases on the territory of a

16:46, december 20, 2011

Tajik, Kyrgyz presidents discuss regional security issues

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev Tuesday morning in Moscow on the sidelines of the CIS and the

12:10, december 20, 2011

Tajikistan’s Permanent Representative to UN appointed Tajik Ambassador to Cuba

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations Sirojiddin Aslov, who was also appointed Tajikistan’s Ambassador to Cuba, presented

11:17, december 20, 2011

CCER registers Suhrob Sharipov as deputy of Majlisi Namoyandagon

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) met yesterday to review the results of Sunday’s by-election for a seat in the lower chamber

17:45, december 19, 2011

Sharipov: My position in Parliament will be clear in the near future

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2011, Asia-Plus - After receiving the mandate of the deputy of the Lower Chamber of parliament of the republic, I will try to join the process of lawmaking in the Majlisi

17:44, december 19, 2011

The Parliamentary Council considered the issues of amending several laws

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2011, Asia-Plus - Under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the Lower Chamber of parliament Shukurjon Zuhurov the next session of the Board Majlisi Namoyandagon of RT took

11:43, december 19, 2011

Majority of voters voted for Sukhrob Sharipov

Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Sukhrob Sharipov received 78.82% of voters who came to vote.

10:13, december 16, 2011

Outgoing British ambassador bids farewell to Majlisi Milli speaker

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Outgoing British Ambassador to Tajikistan Trevor Charles Moore conferred here Thursday with Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s lower chamber

09:51, december 16, 2011

Tajikistan, Ukraine sign seven new documents

Rahmon and Yanukovych have awarded each other high-rank honorary decorations of their countries.

10:44, december 15, 2011

Germany to support Tajikistan’s admission to WTO

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2011, Asia-plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with the President of Germany Christian Wilhelm Wulff in Berlin Wednesday afternoon, the Tajik presidential press

10:25, december 15, 2011

New building of Tajik Embassy inaugurated in Berlin

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday December 14, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attended a ceremony of inauguration of a new building of Tajik Embassy in Berlin.