Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, within his New-York visit to attend the high-level events of the United Nations, met with U.S. business circles. Speaking at the event, Rahmon underlined Tajikistan’s interest in good and comprehensive relations with the United States and called this meeting an important mean for expanding interstate economic and trade cooperation. Referring to…
Tajikistan is keen to develop cooperation with Azerbaijan in all fields, said Tajik Ambassador Soli Rustam as he presented a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. He noted that he would spare no efforts to contribute to developing the bilateral ties during his tenure. (AzerNews/Business World Magazine)
Tajikistan switches to electricity supply on prepayment basis. An automated system for monitoring and recording electricity consumption will be launched in Dushanbe in the near future and the electricity will be supplied to the citizens only on prepayment. The government of Tajikistan issued a resolution on the introduction of a billing (automated) system to monitor…
In January-June Tajikistan imported 26.6 thousand tons of flour valued at $265/ton, down by 23.3 thousand tons or by 46.7% YoY, the Head of the Antimonopoly service at the government of Tajikistan, Saadi Kodirzoda reported. In the first half year of 2017 domestic companies produced 313.2 thousand tons of flour, up by 88.9 thousand tons,…
As of July 3, Tajikistan harvested 432.7 thousand tons of grain crops throughout the areas of 303.9 thousand ha, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan declared. According to the announcement, in January-May Tajikistan imported 360 thousand tons of wheat (at the average price of $224 per ton), down by 23.8 thousand tons…
There are plans to start assembling Belarusian agricultural machines in Tajikistan in autumn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Tajikistan with concurrent accreditation to Afghanistan Oleg Ivanov reported. The ambassador took part in a seminar for heads of diplomatic missions and consular institutions of Belarus. Products of such Belarusian brands as Bobruiskagromash, MTZ, and…
On June 30 a grant agreement for “the Project for Improvement of Substations in Dushanbe” was signed between Tajikistan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the amount of 2,190 million Japanese Yen (about $20 million), JICA Tajikistan Office reported. The document was reportedly inked by the Minister of Finance of Tajikistan Abdusalom Qurboniyon…