Author: Farzann

ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will attend the inauguration ceremony of Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 3, reported the Akorda press service. Tokayev will pay a working visit to Ankara at the invitation of Erdoğan, who was re-elected on May 28. Earlier, the Kazakh President congratulated Erdoğan on an election win officially declared by the Turkish Supreme Election Council on June 1. The final results showed that Erdoğan received 52.18% of the votes, whereas opposition leader Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu got 47.82%. Source : Astana Times

A Tajik judge widely known for being “lenient” has gone on trial behind closed doors on fraud charges that he adamantly denies. Rustam Saidahmadzoda, 44, was known for issuing acquittals in criminal cases when he said he believed there wasn’t sufficient evidence to convict the defendants. Acquittals are extremely rare in Tajikistan, where the judges — who are independent in name only — are expected to follow the line of the prosecution. In a trial in Dushanbe on April 3, prosecutors demanded nine years for Saidahmadzoda on several charges, including violation of the law in adopting judicial decisions and giving…

President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Honorable Emomali Rahmon, in the city of Bokhtar, Khatlon Province, got acquainted with the modern greenhouses of Muhsiddin “N” Production Cooperative and visited the exhibition of the early products of the city’s farmers. The total area of the Production Cooperative “Muhsiddin” is 10.14 hectares. In the first phase, a greenhouse will be built on a total area of 3.3 hectares and will be used to grow various early vegetables. The greenhouse was built by domestic entrepreneurs in order to welcome the great and holy national holiday – the 35th anniversary of the State Independence…

BAKU, Azerbaijan – A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited the Khatlon region of Tajikistan on April 6, according to the regional authorities, Trend reports via Tajik media. The delegation’s visit is expected to enhance cooperation and facilitate joint ventures and investment projects in the region. The region’s leadership stressed the significance of cultural, humanitarian, and educational ties between the two nations to strengthen their collaboration, adding that Several Days of Culture of Saudi Arabia have been held in Tajikistan. One of the key areas for cooperation highlighted was tourism, which is an important sector in Tajikistan’s economy, and the government…

Three Virginia National Guard Soldiers conducted an advanced infantry tactics exchange with soldiers and representatives from the Republic of Tajikistan Feb. 26-March 2. The exchange supported the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, in which Virginia and Tajikistan have been partners since 2003. The VNG Soldiers, assigned to the 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute, conducted the exchange, discussing patrolling formations, military operations in urban terrain and the operations order process. The VNG Soldiers shared their ideas, best practices and lessons learned with their Tajik partners. The VNG team conducting the exchange included Master Sgts. Justin Owen and…

The state bodies of Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are working on the preparation of intergovernmental agreements on migration, as reported by Altynai Omurbekova, Director of the Department of Labor Migration and Social Protection of the Eurasian Economic Commission. According to her, the meaning of the agreement is to create a mechanism that will allow migrants to receive preliminary training on the topic of Russian legislation, issues of cultural adaptation and obtaining the basics of the Russian language. Pre-migration preparation should make it much easier for migrants to move to Russia and help workers avoid many difficulties in a new…

In Japan, houses are like cars. As soon as you move in, your new home is worth less than what you paid for it and after you’ve finished paying off your mortgage in 40 years, it is worth almost nothing. It bewildered me when I first moved here as a correspondent for the BBC – 10 years on, as I prepared to leave, it was still the same. This is the world’s third-largest economy. It’s a peaceful, prosperous country with the longest life expectancy in the world, the lowest murder rate, little political conflict, a powerful passport, and the sublime…

If you have ever imagined yourself riding horseback across the Eurasian steppe or haggling for carpets in an Uzbek bazaar, make a beeline to these unmissable Central Asian highlights. Ever imagined yourself riding horseback across the Eurasian steppe or haggling for carpets in an Uzbek bazaar? Silk Road romantics with a penchant for kebabs should make a beeline to these unmissable Central Asian highlights. Samarkand, UzbekistanFew cities encapsulate the allure of the Silk Road as completely as Samarkand in Uzbekistan. Asian conqueror Tamerlane’s showcase city is a study in ambition, ranking among the world’s greatest collections of Islamic architecture. Mesmerising tile…

AKIPRESS.COM – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mahdi Esmaili, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan said. At the beginning of the meeting, the importance of the official visit of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to Iran in June last year was noted, during which a solid package of documents was signed, which gave impetus to the intensification of scientific and educational contacts and interaction in the field of culture and art. The parties agreed that the cultural and humanitarian direction is…

Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has reportedly recruited tens of thousands of prisoners to fight in Ukraine. But the growing number of casualties and extrajudicial executions make it much harder to find volunteers, even in prisons. Many convicts are now worried that they can be simply forced to go to war – and migrant workers from Central Asian countries find themselves particularly vulnerable. Anuar came to Russia in search of work in 2018. He was later imprisoned for drug trafficking and sent to serve his term at Penal Colony Number Six in Vladimir region. The BBC is not disclosing his real…