Day: October 11, 2022

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Belarus, Tajikistan setting up new joint companies

“Another enterprise that will be set up is in the light industry. We are setting up a joint venture in Khujand to produce Vitebsk carpets,” said Viktor Denisenko.

 

We are preparing to open a joint venture with Minsk Dairy Plant in Tajikistan. “I hope we will launch this project by the end of the year,” said the ambassador.

 

BelTA reports that earlier, a Tajik-Belarusian elevator making company had been established in Khujand. However, it has not yet reached its full capacity. A large state order is needed to load it. The parties have been discussing this issue for a long time.

 

Belarusian tractors are already successfully produced in Hisor. The embassy considers this enterprise to be the most promising in Central Asia, because the range of machines produced there expands every year and they are in demand both in the domestic and neighboring markets.

 

“We have both the production base and the permanent exhibition expanded. I am sure it is a good example for our equipment manufacturers,” the diplomat said.

 

The same company also assembles harvesters specially designed by Gomselmash for Tajik farmers. According to the ambassador, plans are in place to supply 55 vehicles to Afghanistan through Tajikistan.

 

Belarusian IT companies also cooperate with Tajikistan. BelTA says they plan to take part in the Safe City program. There are great prospects in the construction industry, with the capital of Tajikistan being transformed.

 

“Construction fittings are very much in demand. Just a week ago, a Tajik delegation visited our metallurgical plant and signed good contracts,” Ambassador Denisenko said.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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Belarusian leader arrives in Dushanbe on an official visit

BelTA says the Belarusian leader was greeted at the airport by Tajikistan Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda, Agriculture Minister Sa’di Karimzoda, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sodiq Imomi.

 

“I feel here like on home ground,” Alexander Lukashenko reportedly said greeting the Tajik delegation.

 

BelTA notes that in the airport, Lukashenko had a brief conversation with Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda to discuss the situation in the country, the harvest season and bilateral relations.

 

Lukashenko will have private negotiations with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and negotiations involving members of the delegations on October 11.

 

The parties will discuss the expansion of cooperation, primarily cooperation in trade and economy, and the implementation of current and prospective projects. A package of international documents is expected to be signed as a result of the talks.

 

Meanwhile, a Belarusian-Tajik business forum is underway in Dushanbe alongside the president’s official visit. According to BelTA, attending the forum are representatives of 73 Belarusian companies. Almost half of them displayed their products at the exhibition, dubbed Made in Belarus.

 

The total amount of the contracts concluded at the business forum almost reached US$46 million. Another US$2 million worth of agreements were concluded during the online negotiations.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Tajik universities reportedly experience large shortage of students, says education ministry

Speaking at a board meeting of the Ministry of Education and Science, the minister said 41,367 students have been admitted to local universities this year, which is only 62 percent of the admission plan.

 

“66,668 university seats have been allotted this year but only 41,367 students have been admitted,” Rahim Saidzoda said, reporting on the results of work carried out by the ministry over the first nine months of this year.

 

In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Sabzali Jafarzoda, the head of the National testing Center, revealed on August 4 that the number of school leavers wanting to enter local universities has decreased significantly over the past three years.

 

According to him, with opening of borders after the coronavirus pandemic, have got an opportunity to enter universities in foreign countries.

 

Meanwhile, some experts consider that interest in higher education has declined after the adoption of the amendments to the country’s law on military service, under which students of universities with a military department are obligated to serve one year in the army.

 

Before that, only students of universities that do not have a military department had to serve one year in the army.

 

Professor Abdurahmon Qurbonov, the head of the Directorate for Social Affairs Analysis at the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, says the adoption of this law had a negative impact on the university system.

 

“With the adoption of this law the prestige of higher education has decreased and the desire of young people to study at universities has decreased,” Professor Qurbonov said.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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No major disagreements between Russia and CSTO allies, says Kremlin spokesman

Dmitry Peskov stated this yesterday during a press briefing when he was asked about such possible disagreements.

 

Peskov also confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit the Kazakh capital, Astana, to attend the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

 

In addition, the Russian president plans to participate in a session of the CIS Council of Heads of State.

 

It also cannot be ruled out that Putin will hold talks with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Astana, Peskov noted.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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Belarusian leader to pay an official visit to Tajikistan

While in Dushanbe, Lukashenko is scheduled to hold talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.

 

Their talks will be followed by enlarged negotiations involving members of the delegations. The parties will discuss issues related to expansion of cooperation, primarily economic cooperation and implementation of current and prospective projects in Tajikistan.

 

The negotiations are expected to result in signing of a number of cooperation documents.

 

Tomorrow, the Belarusian leader will hold a number of bilateral meetings in Dushanbe, according to the Belarusian president’s official website.

 

A Belarusian-Tajikistan investment forum and exposition of Belarusian products, dubbed Made in Belarus, will take place in the Tajik capital on the sidelines of the Belarusian president’s visit.

 

Once the official visit to Tajikistan is over, Alexander Lukashenko will go to Kazakhstan to participate in the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and a session of the CIS Heads of State Council in Astana on October 13-14.

 

Diplomatic relations between Tajikistan and Belarus were established on September 5, 1996 by the exchange of the notes.

 

The Embassy of Tajikistan has functioned in the Belarus capital, Minsk, since 1997 and the Embassy of Belarus has operated in Dushanbe in Dushanbe since 2011.

 

At the present stage, Tajik-Belarusian relations are characterized by a high level of development both on a bilateral and multilateral basis.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Rahmon to attend CICA and CIS summits in Astana

The sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia will take place on October 12-13.

 

Representatives of CICA member states, observers and partner organizations as well as a number of guests of the Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship will participate in the CICA summit.

 

The theme of the 6th CICA summit is “Role of Ombudsman and National Institutions for Human Rights in Business and Human Rights.”

 

The previous 5th CICA summit took place in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe on June 15, 2019 and ended with adoption of a declaration. The theme of the 5th CICA summit was “Common Vision for a Safe and More Prosperous CICA Region.”

 

The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is a multi-national forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. It was initiated by the then Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1992. In 1996, seventeen states participated in the conference and drafted the basic document. The first meeting of the CICA Ministers of Foreign Affairs was held on 14 September 1999 with participation of 15 Member States. The Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations between CICA Member States was adopted at that meeting. The first CICA summit was held in 2002.

 

CICA member states now include Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Norway, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

 

A session of the CIS Heads of State Council will take place in Astana on October 14. As expected, the presidents of the CIS member nations are expected to meet in person in Astana

 

The Council of Heads of State of the CIS is a working body in the Commonwealth of Independent States. It serves as the supreme body of the CIS, and includes all the chiefs of state of CIS member nations. Regular meetings of the council are held annually. It was created following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, directly replacing the State Council of the Soviet Union. As of 2020 there are 9 members of the CIS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Two states, Ukraine and Turkmenistan, have ratified the CIS Creation Agreement, making them “founding states of the CIS”, but did not ratify the subsequent Charter that would make them members of the CIS. Georgia quitted the CIS in 2009.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Bishkek sends delegation to Dushanbe

The delegation is reportedly led by Nazirbek Borubayev, Special Representative of Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet for Border Issues.

 

“They have to resolve the issue regarding the border in Sulyukte and Kulundu until Friday. Following the talks, further action will be taken,” Tashiyev was cited as saying.

 

There is no information yet on who will represent Tajikistan at the talks.

 

Recall, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan signed a protocol (Protocol # 42) on the settlement of the situation along the mutual border on September 25. The document was inked by the head of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiyev and his Tajik counterpart Saimumin Yatimov.

 

The border clashes that erupted on September 14 and continued for two days, where Kyrgyz and Tajik forces engaged in more than 12 places all along the border, after which the two sides agreed to a ceasefire on September 16, which has been largely held up despite several alleged incidents of shelling with a severe escalation on September 16 and 17.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Kyrgyz military personnel will not partake in CSTO drill in Tajikistan

Citing the Defense Ministry of Kyrgyzstan, 24.kg reports that “it is specified that initially the defense ministry did not plan to participate in this event.”

 

No other reasons were given, according to 24.kg.

 

The active phase of Rubezh 2022 will take place at the Harbmaidon training field in Khatlon province from October 17 through October 21.

 

Military contingents and operational groups of Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan are participating in this war game that focuses on the preparation and conduct of hostilities to destroy illegal armed groups that invade CSTO member nation’s territory.

 

The exercise being conducted for units of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) of the Central Asian region of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) mainly aims to improve the practical skills of officials of the command and control bodies of the troops and increase the coherence of the units in implementing tasks during a joint operation.

 

Recall, Tajikistan military personnel did not participate in Rubezh-2021 military exercise that took place in Kyrgyzstan in September last year. Military units from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, as well as operative groups of the CSTO’s United Staff and Secretariat participated in the drill that took place at Kyrgyzstan’s Edelweiss training field. The Kyrgyz Defense Ministry noted at the time that Tajik troops were originally scheduled to take part as well, but withdrew at the last moment for unspecified reasons.

 

As it had been reported yesterday, official Bishkek on October 9 announced that it is canceling military exercise for CSTO military personnel. The exercise, dubbed The Indestructible Brotherhood-2022, was reportedly scheduled for October 10-14 and was to include military personnel from all six member nations of the CSTO – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

 

Besides, military personnel from five other countries, including Mongolia, Serbia, Syria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, were reportedly also supposed to participate in that war game that was to be conducted at the at the Edelweiss training range.

 

It is to be noted that no reason was given for the cancelation announced on October 9.

 

Meanwhile, some experts say that it could not be ruled out that the exercise was canceled due to the recent deadly clashes along Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan.

 

Kyrgyz lawmakers have reportedly objected to Tajikistan being allowed to participate in the exercises.

 

Founded in 1992, the Collective Security Treaty Organization is a Russia-led military alliance currently grouping the six former Soviet republics of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Prospects of Investing in Tajikistan Discussed in Berlin

On October 7, 2022, on the initiative of the Embassy of Tajikistan in Berlin and the Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA) an event was organized with the participation of investors, various German companies, regional experts and journalists to strengthen trade and economic cooperation and attract investment.

Within the framework of this event, the participants got acquainted with the economic potential and opportunities of Tajikistan, in particular in the areas of industry, agriculture, energy, services, tourism, logistics, etc. Additionally, the attention of the participants was drawn to projects implemented in various fields and system of investment protection in our country.

Ambassador of Tajikistan to Germany Imomudin Sattorov stressed that the economic, investment and trade potential of Tajikistan has not yet been fully used, and there are range of opportunities to expand business and investment activities. In this regard, Tajikistan is interested in attracting foreign direct investment, modern technologies from Germany to use existing facilities, process various industrial products and, thus, develop the national economy.

In this context, the participants were invited to contribute to the development and expansion of trade and economic cooperation and investment between Tajikistan and Germany.

BWA Federal Executive Director Urs Unkauf stressed that the interest of various circles in Germany in establishing mutually beneficial cooperation with Tajikistan is high, and his organization will contribute to the promotion of this initiative. At the end of the event, the participants received full response to their many questions about the possibilities for further cooperation, the conditions and legal framework for investing, as well as the current situation in the region, etc.

 

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan