Day: April 7, 2022

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Newly Appointed Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Tajikistan Arrives in Dushanbe

Yesterday, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sodik Imomi received Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Tajikistan Valikhan Turekhanov.

Following the presenting copies of credentials, the parties discussed topical issues of Tajik-Kazakh cooperation.

They also exchanged views on upcoming joint events on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Imomi wished Turekhanov success in carrying out his activities for the benefit of the further development of the Tajik-Kazakh strategic partnership relations.

Turekhanov was born on September 29, 1968 in Shymkent. Graduated from the Shymkent Pedagogical Institute named after M. Auezov and Karaganda University of Economics.

He began his career as a history teacher. In 1994 he entered the diplomatic service at the Consular Department. He headed the department of the central office and educational institutions of the Personnel Department, was the head of the Personnel Department, deputy head of the MFA Office, director of the Administration and Control Department and the CIS Department. He worked in the embassies of Kazakhstan in Russia and Uzbekistan. He also held the position of Deputy Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Trade of the Administration of Akim of the North Kazakhstan region.

Prior to his appointment as the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Tajikistan, he was the director of the Central Asia Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

He has the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the II class.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

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Meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan

On April 7, 2022 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirodjidin Muhriddin received the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas Niklasson.

At the meeting the sides exchanged views on bilateral relations between Tajikistan and the European Union in political, economic and humanitarian spheres and the expansion of regional cooperation.

A constructive talk took place on issues related to Afghanistan, the fight against international and extremist terrorism and other issues of mutual interest.

Source: Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan

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Meeting of the Ambassador of Tajikistan with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

On April 6, 2022 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of Belarus Mahmadsharif Haqdod met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Igor Nazaruk.

During the talks the current state and prospects of relations between Tajikistan and Belarus have been discussed. The sides exchanged views on the holding of the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation and other bilateral issues.

Source: Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan

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Exiled Tajik Blogger’s Mother Jailed On Charge Seen As Politically Motivated

DUSHANBE — The mother of exiled blogger Sherzod Mamadjonov has been sentenced to six years in prison on an extremism charge that the outspoken government critic has called a politically motivated attack on his family.

A court in Dushanbe sentenced Shohida Mamadjonova on April 7 after finding her guilty of providing online support to the banned political parties Group 24 and Islamic Renaissance of Tajikistan, which the court said were aimed at disrupting the Central Asian state’s constitutional order.

Mamadjonova pleaded not guilty but did say she was “sorry” for commenting on her son’s videos that were critical of the Tajik government.

Her lawyers said they will appeal the court’s ruling.

Domestic and international rights groups have for years criticized authoritarian leader Emomali Rahmon, who has ruled Tajikistan since 1992, for using the security forces and other levers of power to sideline opponents and suppress dissent.

Mamadjonova was arrested in February after she was summoned to a police station in the town of Vahdat, near Dushanbe.

Her son, Sherzod (aka Abdurahmon) Mamadjonov, who lives in Germany, is known in Tajikistan for a blog criticizing the government for its restrictive policies toward practicing Muslims.

He said earlier that his mother had been summoned by the police several times, where they ordered her to persuade her son to return to Tajikistan.

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Prevent the issuance of counterfeit securities

During search operations by police officers in the I. Somoni district was detained 33-year-old resident of the capital on suspicion of making or issuing counterfeit money or securities.

On February 4, 2022, a 45-year-old resident of Bokhtar bought a gold necklace and a gold bracelet worth 82,250 somonis from a Bokhtar resident. In exchange for 70 100-dollar bills, totaling 7,000 US dollars and 38 50-euro bills, totaling 1,900 euros, he disappeared from the scene.

According to the experts, these banknotes were created by color printing using computer technology.

An investigation is under way.

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan

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Expropriation of large sums of money by robbery

A 30-year-old resident of the Qubodiyon district was detained by police on suspicion of robbery at the Dushanbe airport.

On April 6, 2022, at approximately 2:00 pm, he entered the apartment of a 51-year-old woman in Dushanbe and found a wallet containing 73,000 somonis and a mobile phone. captured and disappeared from the scene.

An investigation is under way.

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan

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Tajikistan Receives 501,600 Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Last night, Tajikistan received 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, reports Press Center of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population.

The vaccine was imported into the country under the international mechanism for the fair distribution of vaccines — COVAX.

The purpose of importing the vaccine is to further strengthen the work on immunizing citizens against COVID-19.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

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WHO urges accelerated action to protect human health and combat the climate crisis at a time of heightened conflict and fragility

On its founding day, the Organization seeks a re-imagining and re-prioritization of resources to usher in sustainable, well-being societies

On this World Health Day (April 7, 2022), WHO is issuing an urgent call for accelerated action by leaders and all people to preserve and protect health and mitigate the climate crisis as part of an “Our planet, our health” campaign marking the organization’s founding day, which falls at a time of heightened conflict and fragility.

In issuing its call-to-action, WHO notes that 99 per cent of people breathe unhealthy air mainly resulting from burning of fossil fuels. A heating world is seeing mosquitos spread diseases further and faster than ever before. Extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, land degradation and water scarcity are displacing people and affecting their health. Pollution and plastics are found at the bottom of our deepest oceans, the highest mountains, and have made their way into our food chain and blood stream. Systems that produce highly processed, unhealthy foods and beverages are driving a wave of obesity, increasing cancer and heart disease while generating up to one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. This health and social crisis is compromising people’s ability to take control over their health and lives.

“The climate crisis is a health crisis: the same unsustainable choices that are killing our planet are killing people,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “We need transformative solutions to wean the world off its addiction to fossil fuels, to reimagine economies and societies focused on well-being, and to safeguard the health of the planet on which human health depends.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fault lines of inequity across the world, underlining the urgency for creating sustainable, well-being societies which do not breach ecological limits and which ensure that all people have access to life-saving and life-enhancing tools, systems, policies and environments.

WHO’s Manifesto to ensure a healthy and green recovery from COVID-19 prescribes protecting and preserving nature as the source of human health; investing in essential services from water & sanitation to clean energy in healthcare facilities; ensuring a quick and healthy energy transition; promoting healthy and sustainable food systems; building healthy and livable cities; and stopping the use of taxpayers’ money to fund pollution.

The Geneva Charter for well-being highlights what global commitments are needed to achieve equitable health and social outcomes now and for future generations, without destroying the health of our planet.

Through its World Health Day campaign, WHO is calling on governments, organizations, corporations, and citizens to share actions they are taking to protect the planet and human health.

Source: United Nations in Tajikistan

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Deputy PM Ziyozoda Gets Acquainted with Agricultural Sector in Shahrinav District

Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Sulaymon Ziyozoda and representative of the government Yusuf Akramzoda visited Shahrinav district.

Initially, Deputy PM and a representative of the government visited several greenhouses.

The area of greenhouses in the district has been increased to 6.71 hectares, where tomatoes, cucumbers and citrus plants are mainly grown.

Ziyozoda expressed gratitude to the farmers for expanding the area of greenhouses, increasing agricultural production and providing people with fresh products all year round, as well as gave useful instructions to responsible persons.

Also, Deputy PM took part in the cotton sowing campaign in the Navruz production cooperative.

He noted that due to favorable weather conditions, it is necessary to start sowing cotton, as well as immediately irrigate all types of crops, especially cereals, melons, grapes and fruits.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan