Day: September 28, 2022

The Ministry notes that it has nothing to do with the deportation of Afghans.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan fined 29 citizens of Afghanistan for violating the rules of stay in the republic.

The press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the Afghans were simply fined, and not deported from the country.

«We drew up administrative protocols and imposed fines on violators. They will be fined depending on their actions and the amount of the fine also depends on their actions», – declared in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This department also noted that this year the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not registered a single case of forced deportation of Afghan citizens from Tajikistan.

«And the news about the forced deportation of Afghans has nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs», – reported in the ministry.

Source: Asia-Plus

On September 27, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Washington.

«The parties discussed the current situation in Afghanistan and noted the need to strengthen cooperation in the fight against modern challenges and threats, including terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking», – reports the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan.

Also, according to the agency, an exchange of views took place on important regional and global issues.

«The importance of the “C5+1” format platform for the region and the current situation on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border were discussed», – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

Source: Asia-Plus

The population of the village of Chorkishlok in the city of Isfara is more than 5,000 people. On September 14-16, their peace and peaceful life were violated by shelling from the Kyrgyz territory.

“Asia-Plus” correspondent visited the site and talked to the residents of this border village, who had suffered greatly as a result of the conflict.

Four people were killed and 14 wounded in this village. According to local residents, on the morning of September 14 and 16, the Kyrgyz military fired grenade launchers several times, as a result of which houses caught fire. More than 10 houses of this village were burned.

“After the shelling for the first time, when there was a slight silence, the villagers gathered and went to help their neighbors, whose houses were on fire. However, a few moments later, the Kyrgyz soldiers again intensified the fire, as a result of which 4 people were killed and 14 were injured”, – they said.

“After the ceasefire, we found the bodies of 4 dead. We had to collect the bodies of two of them in parts. We wrapped them in cellophane and buried them”, – says one of the residents.

“The body of a 15-year-old girl, who also died as a result of shelling, we had to take to the cemetery of another village, because the cemetery was also shelled from the Kyrgyz side”, – says another resident.

All residents of this village say they did not expect such cruelty from their Kyrgyz neighbors. Now they are forced to come to terms with reality and, possibly, change their usual way of life, including relations with neighbors, they say.

Source: Asia-Plus

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good afternoon, everyone.  It’s a great pleasure to be here with Minister Muhriddin.  We were just in New York together, but very glad to have you in Washington and to continue to strengthen the partnership between the United States and Tajikistan.  We’ve been working together for – as partners for 30 years and we have a lot more to do in these very volatile, challenging times.  I’m pleased that there’s been a ceasefire in the border conflict with Kyrgyzstan.  That is encouraging; we hope that it continues.

At the same time, we are working to deepen our partnerships with all of our Central Asian friends.  We had an important ministerial meeting at UN last week, the so-called C5+1, where, among other things, we worked on as a partner helping to build greater economic resilience among the countries of Central Asia and were able to work on a broad array of issues and talk about everything, including concerns that we have about human rights, the treatment of journalists.  But we’re in challenging times where our partnership, our work together – both on a bilateral basis between the United States and Tajikistan, but also among the C5 countries with us – is increasingly important, and the United States in that is an enduring partner.

Mr. Minister.

FOREIGN MINISTER MUHRIDDIN:  Thank you.  First of all, I would like to thank my dear colleague, State Secretary Mr. Blinken, for inviting me to visit today the State Department.  I would like to note that we this year marked 30th anniversary of the establishment of our diplomatic relations between our two countries.  And since formation, our friendly relations between our two countries have expanded and taken a new context.  My government highly value its cooperation with the Government of the United States.  And I relay to my colleague that together we will discuss today, first of all, the trade and economics of issues; the realization of different projects in education, agriculture, water supply, and other spheres of economy through USAID.  And as mentioned by my dear colleague, most important, of course, for us, it is the security, regional security issues in our region, particularly the issues related to Afghanistan.  I hope that we will discuss today all of these issues and we are very interest in (inaudible) close cooperation in the future on all of these issues with the United States.  Thank you.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you very much.

Source: U.S. Department of State