Uzbekistan expected to host a ministerial meeting on Afghanistan next month
“A Moscow format meeting on Afghanistan is not yet planned,” Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov told TASS on February 3 replying to a question on the matter.Accor…
Tajik embassy in Ankara is looking into whether there are Tajiks among the victims of Monday’s quake
“We are currently looking into whether there are Tajiks among the victims of the earthquake,” the source said. Media reports say a powerful earthquake struck the south-eastern part of Turkiye, near the Syrian border, at 4:17 am local time (1:17 GMT), k…
Last year’s net profit of Tajikistan’s savings bank reportedly estimated at almost 102 million somonis
Last year, Amonatbonk reportedly channeled l85 million somonis to the country’s budget in a form of taxes and other mandatory payments. The bank’s deposit portfolio rose 52 percent in a year to December 31 last year, reaching about 5 billion somonis.Re…
Moscow, Tehran reportedly advance plans to produce Iranian-designed drones in Russia
Citing unnamed officials from a country aligned with the Unite States, the WSJ reported on February 5 that a high-level Iranian delegation flew to Russia in early January to visit the planned site for the factory and hammer out details to get the proje…
LPM to hosts first policy conference
The BBC says they have just heard from Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who said that at least 912 people had died in Turkey following early Monday morning’s earthquake.Erdogan reportedly also said that at least 5,383 people had been wounded in Turkiye…
The influx of Russian to Tajikistan reportedly increases more than three times
An article entitled “Russians Beat 5-Year Record for Departing to Central Asia, Armenia, and Mongolia”, in particular, notes that Russians left their country for neighboring countries and CIS member nations 8.4 million times, which is 4.7 million cases…
Tajikistan bought 4 tons of gold last year, says WGC report
The WGC notes that gold plays an important part in central banks’ reserves management, and they are significant holders of gold. This gold reserve data – compiled using IMF IFS statistics – tracks central banks’ reported purchases and sales along with …
What challenges does ADB address in Tajikistan?
The ADB resident mission in Tajikistan opened in 2003, and I am the 7th ADB country director here. I assumed the post on February 15, 2021 but physically arrived in Tajikistan in June 2021. Actually, it had been around 17 years since I last worked in T…