Day: April 6, 2023

Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon is concerned over the rise of terrorist and extremist crimes in Sughd province and increase in the number of young people joining extremist parties and movements. He reportedly stated this at a meeting of the working group of Tajik Government that took place in the northern city of Konibodom last month. Speaking at the meeting, Tajik chief prosecutor noted that the number of terrorist and extremist crimes in Sughd increased by 17.5 percent. Most of these cases have been registered in the cities of Isfara and Konibodom,' Rahmon said, noting that six residents of Isfara and two residents of Konibodom are currently getting illegal religious education abroad. According to the official website of the Prosecutor-General's Office of Tajikistan, issues related to the spring conscription campaign and military-and-patriotic education were also in the focus. Rahmon, in particular, noted that criminal proceedings had been instituted against six residents of Konibodom and seven residents of Isfara for the refusal to perform military service. Tajik chief prosecutor emphasized that in accordance of government's guidance, officials must be leaders and role models in mobilizing their children for military service. According to data from the Prosecutor-General's Office, 17 officials from Konibodom and 6 officials from Isfara have sent their children to military service. The two-month-long effort seeking to enlist young men aged 18-27 for the one- or two-year compulsory military service takes place twice a year, in the spring and in the autumn. In the spring, the conscription campaign stats on April 1 and runs through May.

Source: Asia-Plus

More than 100 representatives of Turkmenistan will arrive in Dushanbe on April 8 to participate in the first meeting of the Tajikistan-Turkmenistan Business Council and a business forum of entrepreneurs of the two countries that take place here on April 8 and 9. The press center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan (CCI) says the Business Council meeting will take place at the National Library of Tajikistan on April 8 (starting time: 5:00 pm). The meeting participants will discuss issues related to prospects of further expansion of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, investment, seeking new business partners, etc. On April 9, an exhibition of export products of both countries will officially at 10:00 am and the business forum will open at 11:30 am and bilateral meetings in B2B format are expected to start at 3:00 pm. An official source within the CCI says senior representatives of more than 67 Turkmen companies engaged in production of plastic products, home appliances, textiles, confectionery, and stationery will participate in the forum. Besides, representatives of tour operators, construction and consulting companies will participate in the forum. According to some sources, Tajikistan is expected to be represented by more than 200 entrepreneurs at the upcoming business forum. According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, a two-way trade between Tajikistan and India over the first two months of this year has valued at about US$11.8 million, which is 1.9 percent more than in the same period last year. This consisted of Tajikistan's exports to Turkmenistan estimated at almost US$200,000 and Tajikistan's imports from Turkmenistan worth almost US$11.6 million.

Source: Asia-Plus

After returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban began building an irrigation canal to convert 550,000 hectares of desert in northern Afghanistan into farmland. The Taliban has reportedly made a controversial Qosh Tepa Canal a priority project. Construction of the canal is believed to have begun in March last year. According to some sources, the second of three stages of the project is expected to begin in the coming months, with more than 100 kilometers already dug. Some Central Asia's nations (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) have expressed concern that a giant canal project in Afghanistan will have an adverse effect on their agrarian sectors. The Tepa Canal is to be filled with water drawn from the transboundary Amu Darya River. Experts believe that with a length of 285 kilometers and a width of some 100 meters, the canal will divert a significant portion of the Amy Darya's flow while irrigating 550,000 hectares of land. According to some source, it will draw some 10 billion cubic meters of water from the Amu Darya River every year. By diverting water from the Amu Darya River, the canal is also expected to make the Aral Sea disaster worse. The plan to irrigate land in northern Afghanistan is not new. Afghanistan's first president, Mohammad Daud Khan, reportedly had a similar vision in the 1970s.

Source: Asia-Plus

After the successful completion of the state visit to the Republic of Tajikistan, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan returned to Baku from Dushanbe.

At the Dushanbe International Airport, the Founder of Peace and National Unity — Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Honorable Emomali Rahmon, with sincere honors, saw off the high-ranking guest — the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Honorable Ilham Aliyev.

Recall that the state visit of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan lasted two days — April 5-6.

During this visit, meetings of the heads of state and official delegations of the two countries took place, following which 14 new documents on cooperation were signed.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

The forecast of indicators for the development of social spheres for 2024 and the main parameters for 2025-2026 were presented at a meeting in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade with the participation of representatives of the Ministries of Energy and Water Resources, Education and Science, Health and Social Protection of the Population, Labor, Migration and Employment.

Opinions were expressed on the prospects for indicators of the development of the social sphere for 2024 and the main parameters for 2025-2026.

The forecast will be developed for the qualitative implementation of the instructions of President Emomali Rahmon in the direction of creating new jobs, training personnel, improving the level and quality of medical care, improving the quality of education, creating new modern schools, small, sunny and wind hydroelectric power plants, as well as increasing the volume of electricity production and, in general, providing favorable conditions for the development of the socio-economic spheres.

While developing a forecast of indicators of socio-economic development for 2024 and the main parameters for 2025-2026, special attention should be paid to the qualitative aspects of development and the provisions of the concepts, strategies, adopted state and sectoral programs.

Therefore, in this process, representatives of the ministries presented a forecast of indicators for the development of the socio-economic spheres, including energy and water resources, health and social protection of the population, labor and employment of the population, as well as education and science in 2024 and the main parameters for 2025 -2026 years.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan