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10:15, june 17, 2009

Kazakh president offers to introduce supranational currency for SCO

DUSHANBE, June 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Speaking at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Yekaterinburg, Kazakh President Nurusltan Nazarbayev suggested on June 16 that a

19:56, june 16, 2009

China to provide 10 billion dollars for mitigation of crisis effects within the SCO area

DUSHANBE, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- China will provide 10 billion Yuan for mitigation of crisis effects within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) area, Chinese President Hu Jintao

19:10, june 16, 2009

SCO leaders sign Yekaterinburg declaration

DUSHANBE, June 16, Asia-Plus – Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) concluded their annual summit on Tuesday with calls for constructive dialogues and enhanced cooperation to

18:45, june 16, 2009

Uzbekistan halves gas shipments to Tajikistan

Uzbekistan has halved gas shipments to Tajikistan because of outstanding payments owed by Tojiktransgaz (Tajik state natural-gas distributor).

16:47, june 16, 2009

SCO convention against terrorism provides entry to new level of cooperation in this field, says Tajik leader

DUSHANBE, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Speaking at a SCO summit in Yekaterinburg, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon mainly dwelled on the problems resulting from the global financial crisis and

15:36, june 16, 2009

Three servicemen killed in unknown circumstances in eastern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE/KHOROG, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three service of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) have been killed in unknown circumstances in eastern Tajikistan.

15:05, june 16, 2009

Counternarcotics agency reports large heroin haul in Sughd

KHUJAND, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Sughd counternarcotics directorate seized more than 100 kilograms of heroin today early in the morning.

14:51, june 16, 2009

Uzbekistan to take over leadership of SCO

In his statement, Russian President Medvedev, whose country holds the rotating SCO presidency, announced that Uzbekistan would assume the rotating SCO chairmanship.

14:08, june 16, 2009

Completion of the first phase of Dushanbe-Khujand-Chanak project postponed

DUSHANBE, June 165, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Completion of the first phase of the Dushanbe-Khujand-Chanak hiway rehabilitation project has been postponed till late August or early September this

13:18, june 16, 2009

Tajik law enforcement authorities destroy some 2,700 drug-containing plants on Monday

DUSHANBE, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The anti-drug operation, dubbed Poppy-2009, is going on in Tajikistan and the law enforcement authorities discovered and destroyed some 2,700

12:46, june 16, 2009

Gas supplies cut off to residential customers in Kulob

KULOB, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Residential customers in the city of Kulob have not had natural gas since June 15.

12:09, june 16, 2009

SCO summit going on in Yekaterinburg

The plenary session of the ongoing SCO summit in Yekaterinburg is expected to result in signing of a joint declaration and a number of other documents.

11:44, june 16, 2009

Tajik chief prosecutor’s office institutes criminal proceedings against ex-head of Tajik Air

DUSHANBE, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted criminal proceedings against Mr.

11:14, june 16, 2009

Kulob regions expected to have record wheat harvest over the last 15 years

KULOB, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Farmers in Khatlon’s Kulob region have produced 13,000 tons of wheat by June 15, Abdullo Rajabov, a leading specialist with the Kulob agriculture

10:59, june 16, 2009

Population’s deposits in banks in Kulob increasing

KULOB, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- As of June 1, 2009, population’s deposits in banks in Khatlon’s Kulob region have amounted to 26,062,603 somoni, which is 10,364,642 somoni more than of the

10:30, june 16, 2009

Tajik, Pakistani leaders meet in Yekaterinburg to discuss bilateral ties

DUSHANBE, June 16, Asia-Plus -- On the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Yekaterinburg, Russia, President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon met there

10:15, june 16, 2009

IMF managing director to discuss crisis related assistance issues with President Rahmon

DUSHANBE, June 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is arriving in Dushanbe today morning.

18:15, june 15, 2009

Concept of use of CA water-and-energy resources fuzzy, says Kyrgyz expert

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A rational use of water and energy resources in the Central Asia region is one of the key problems, directly or indirectly affecting all aspects of vital

17:28, june 15, 2009

DCA reports breaking up drug ring

Officers from the Drug Control Agency yesterday completed an operation to break up a drug ring comprising residents of Khatlonâ€™s Farkhor district.

15:55, june 15, 2009

SDC and UNDP jointly with the CES launch a project to support disaster risk management in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A project agreement was signed on June 8, 2009 by Rudolf Schoch, Country Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan, Tajikistan,,

15:46, june 15, 2009

Political parties inform OSCE PA head of problems related to upcoming parliamentary elections

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus - President of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Joao Soares, who was on a visit to Tajikistan

15:01, june 15, 2009

OSCE delegation arrives in Tajikistan on occasion of completion of SALW program

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A delegation of the OSCE Participating States that funded program to destroy surplus stockpiles of small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition

14:35, june 15, 2009

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan ought to jointly seek solution to the water-and-energy problem, says Uzbek diplomat

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- If construction of hydropower plants is a national idea of Tajikistan, the water consumption issue is such an idea for Uzbekistan, Yuri Nagay, an Aide to

14:00, june 15, 2009

Arms cache discovered at site for construction of apartment building in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An arms cache has been discovered at a site for construction of an apartment building in Dushanbe, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

13:46, june 15, 2009

Tajik, Chinese heads of state considers it necessary to set up Tajik-Chinese investment fund

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon met with his Chinese counterpart, President Hu Jintao, in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s Sverdlovsk region today morning, according to

13:13, june 15, 2009

Large amount of narcotics seized in Farkhor last Thursday

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A large amount of narcotics was seized in Khatlon’s Farkhor district last Thursday night, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

13:03, june 15, 2009

Iran braces for more election protests

DUSHANBE, June 15, Asia-Plus – Iran is bracing for more protests over its presidential election results after defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called for them to be annulled, BBC News reports.

12:51, june 15, 2009

Rahmon congratulates Ahmadinejad on landslide victory in Iran’s presidential election

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has sent a telegram of congratulations to Mahmoud Ahamdinejad on his reelection as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,

12:31, june 15, 2009

Tajik-Russian foreign minister discuss upcoming Russian president’s visit to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on Sunday on sidelines of the session of the CSTO

12:16, june 15, 2009

Tajik president, Russian governor discuss labor migration issues in Yekaterinburg

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Yesterday evening, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon left Moscow for Yekaterinburg, where a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opens