Tajikistan News Gazette

News From Tajikistan

Day: September 17, 2022

Finance

Tajikistan’s Diplomatic Missions Instructed to Promote Its Water Agenda

Yesterday, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharaf Sheralizoda held a briefing for the diplomatic missions of Tajikistan dedicated to the upcoming UN Water Conference in March 2023. Tajikistan is one of the co-chairs of the UN conference on the mid-term…

Key Issues

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General welcome ceasefire and call for continued de-escalation along Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border

WARSAW/VIENNA, 16 September 2022 – OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid welcomed the ceasefire reached between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, following reports of armed clashes and casualties on the border between the two…

Health

Tajikistan Receives Over 198,000 Doses of Pfizer Vaccine

Yesterday, 198,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were delivered to Tajikistan, reports the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population. The vaccines were delivered to the country under the global COVAX mechanism. They will be stored in a…

Key Issues

Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia Discuss Next Meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission

On September 15, the Ambassador of Tajikistan to Saudi Arabia Akram Karimi met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia for Political and Economic Affairs Saud Al-Sati. The meeting focused on issues of mutual interest, including the…

Health

Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Remains Tense Amid Cease-Fire Calls, Mounting Casualties

The border area between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan remained tense, with a new cease-fire in place but amid accusations of shelling by both sides and mounting casualties. After a relatively quiet period overnight, both sides on September 17 said border villages…

Finance

Tajikistan’s Investment Opportunities Presented in Geneva and Zurich

From September 13 through September 14, Geneva and Zurich hosted events to present Tajikistan’s investment opportunities. The events were organized by the Embassy of Tajikistan in the Swiss Confederation in collaboration with the Mikro Kapital Company. The Ambassador of Tajikistan…

Health

Putin Vows to Press Attack on Ukraine; Courts India, China

SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine’s latest counteroffensive and warned that Moscow could ramp up its strikes on the country’s vital infrastructure if Ukrainian forces target facilities in Russia. Speaking…

Finance

Latest Developments in Ukraine: Sept. 17

The latest developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine. All times EDT. 9:18 p.m.: The Wall Street Journal reports that Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones started appearing above the battlefields of Ukraine. Ukrainian commanders say the drones took out four self-propelled howitzers, and two armored…

Finance

Presentation of investment opportunities of the Republic of Tajikistan in Geneva and Zurich

On 13 and 14, September 2022, in Geneva and Zurich, on the occasion of the 31st Anniversary of the State Independence an event dedicated to the presentation of investment opportunities in Tajikistan was organized by the Embassy of the Republic…