Tajkistan, Power

11:35, january 23, 2006

Dushanbe resolves problems of reprocessing of disposals

DUSHANBE, January 23, Asia-Plus -- Some 1,200-1,600 cubic meters of solid disposals are daily removed from the Tajik capital to the city dump for solid disposals and in total, more than 860,000

11:33, january 23, 2006

Gross domestic product in Tajik capital for 2005 amounts to over 1.479 billion Somonis: mayor

DUSHANBE, January 23, Asia-Plus -- Based on current data, the gross domestic product in Dushanbe for 2005 was 1.4796 billion Somonis, which is 27.

11:29, january 23, 2006

Dushanbe mayor sacks his deputy for construction

DUSHANBE, January 23, Asia-Plus -- Deputy Dushanbe Mayor, Firuz Ulmasov, has been sacked for failing to properly organize activity of the construction sector in the city.

18:04, january 20, 2006

Dushanbe mayor’s office, EBRD sing cooperation memorandum

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - On Thursday January 19, Dushanbe Mayor, Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, and Mr.

14:31, january 20, 2006

President Rahmonov meets with Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer in Ankara

In the course of the talks President Rahmonov and his Turkish counterpart have discussed a broad range of issues of bilateral cooperation.

13:14, january 20, 2006

President Rahmonov to attend EAEC summit in St. Petersburg on January 25

President Emomali Rahmonov will attend an extraordinary summit meeting of heads of state from countries making up the Eurasian Economic Community.

20:48, january 19, 2006

‘Our relationships with Iran not aimed against other states,’ says deputy Tajik foreign minister

DUSHANBE, January 19, Asia-Plus -- “Our economic cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran have expanded over the last several years,” Deputy Foreign Minister, Abdunabi Sattorov, told

19:53, january 19, 2006

President Rahmonov intends to pay official visits to Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this year

DUSHANBE , January 19, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov intends to pay official visits to Ukraine , Kazakhstan and

13:44, january 19, 2006

Islamic Republic of Iran will promote development of Tajikistan: Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei

DUSHANBE , January 19, Asia-Plus - IRNA – During his stay in Iran , President Rahmonov called on the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah

13:01, january 19, 2006

Official visit of Tajik President Rahmonov to Turkey starts

A four-day official visit of Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov to Turkey started today.

12:34, january 19, 2006

Tajikistan, Iran sign eight MoUs

Two-day visit of President Rahmonov to Iran has resulted in signing of eight memorandums of understanding.

16:11, january 18, 2006

Tajik, Iran presidents begin official talks

DUSHANBE, January 18, Asia-Plus – IRNA – After official welcome Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hosted to him in Tehran on January 17, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov speaking to reporters

12:56, january 18, 2006

Dushanbe mayor, head of EBRD resident office in Tajikistan discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE , January 18, Asia-Plus - On January 17, Dushanbe Mayor, Mahmadsaid Ubaidylloyev, met with Mr.

19:46, january 17, 2006

Tajik president assesses bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran as ‘excellent’

On January 17, Tajik President Rahmonov and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a joint news conference in Tehran .

12:44, january 17, 2006

Tripartite summit of three Persian-speaking countries suspended

Tripartite summit of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan will not be held. Afghan leader cannot attend the summit.

12:07, january 17, 2006

State Finance Control Committee head names JV “Zarafshon” unprofitable

DUSHANBE , January 17, Asia-Plus - Of 300 joint ventures registered in the country, only 50-60 have to date functioned, Matlubkhon Davlatov, Chairman of the State Finance

19:15, january 16, 2006

Tajik State Finance Control Committee, U.K. audit company to sign cooperation agreement in Tajik capital soon

DUSHANBE , January 16, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan ’s State Finance Control Committee and British audit company are supposed to sign a cooperation agreement in

15:43, january 16, 2006

Rahmonov leaves for Tehran for two-day visit

Rahmonov intends to discuss with Iranian authorities issues of restructuring Tajikistan's debt to Iran.

15:25, january 16, 2006

Meeting on establishment of international consortium for completion of construction of Roghun and Sangtuda power plants opens in Tajik capital today

DUSHANBE , January 16, Asia-Plus - The second international meeting on establishment of an International Energy Consortium opened in the new building of Tajik central bank today

15:08, january 13, 2006

Tajik, Iranian presidents supposed to come to the end on of the issue of construction of Sangtuda-2 hydropower plant in Tajikistan

During Rahmonovâ€™s visit to Tehran a package of documents on the construction of Sangtuda-2 station is supposed to be signed.

15:09, january 12, 2006

Competitions to fill vacancies in Dushanbe mayor’s office extended till February

DUSHANBE , January 12, Asia-Plus - By mayor’s resolution a competitions to fill vacancies in the Dushanbe mayor’s office have been extended till February 10.

14:22, january 12, 2006

Tajik President, US officials consider regional security issues

DUSHANBE , January 12, Asia-Plus - On Wednesday January 11, President Rahmonov also met in Astana with Mr. Michael Johansson, Secretary of U.S.

14:06, january 12, 2006

Tajik president, Japanese MP discuss issues of investing in construction of roads in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE , January 12, Asia-Plus - Yesterday evening, President Emomali Rahmonov returned from Kazakh capital Astana, where he took part at a ceremony of inauguration of

17:56, january 11, 2006

Kazakh, Tajik president discuss cooperation issues in Astana

DUSHANBE , January 11, Asia-Plus - Today morning, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov met with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in the Kazakh capital of Astana

16:03, january 11, 2006

President Rahmonov names low-quality seeds as one of cause of non-fulfillment of cotton target

DUSHANBE , January 11, Asia-Plus - On January 9, President Rahmonov presided over a meeting with participation of senior representatives from the agriculture ministry, committee

12:44, january 11, 2006

Rahmonov arrives in Kazakhstan for Nazarbayev’s inauguration

DUSHANBE , January 11, Asia-Plus - Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov arrived Tuesday in the Kazakh capital Astana for Nursultan Nazarbayev’s presidential inauguration scheduled

12:09, january 11, 2006

Tajik delegation arrives in Tehran to make preparations for signing of documents

DUSHANBE , January 11, Asia-Plus - A Tajik government delegation is currently in Tehran to make preparations for signing of cooperation documents.

20:14, january 9, 2006

Update: President Rahmonov reprimands deputy prime minister, labor ministers

DUSHANBE, January 9, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik president has reprimanded a deputy prime minister and minister of labor and social security for failing to organize adequate control of structures

15:27, january 9, 2006

Round-the-clock duties to be organized at all enterprises in Tajik capital during winter period

DUSHANBE , January 9, Asia-Plus - Now twenty-four-hour duties will be organized at all enterprises in Tajik

13:56, january 9, 2006

President Rahmonov holds extraordinary meeting of government on the orphanage blaze today

DUHANBE, January 9, Asia -Plus - Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov has convened an extraordinary meeting of the Tajik government on the fire in the “Chorbogh” orphanage in