Tajikistan

Dacic on OSCE efforts in Central Asia

DUSHANBE -- Ivica Dacic said in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday that the OSCE was making great efforts in promoting security and stability in Central Asia.

DUSHANBE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic took part in a session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the capacity of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday.

DUSHANBE - Serbia and Tajikistan have friendly relations that should be developed to their full potential in the future, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday, during a two-day visit to Tajikistan.

Uzbekistan on March 29 declared its presidential ballot valid after more than the required third of voters turned out in an election that 77-year-old strongman incumbent President Islam Karimov is almost certain to win.
 

The main suspect in the murder of Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvatov has accused the victim?s bodyguard in his testimony, daily Hürriyet has learned.

Kuvatov, the leader of the Group 24 opposition movement in Tajikistan, was killed in a gun attack while walking in an Istanbul street late on March 5.

At least five people are feared dead after the Admiral shopping center in Kazan, South-Western Russia, went ablaze on Wednesday.

All the victims reported so far are citizens of Tajikistan.

Fifty-five have been injured, Russia's ITAR-TASS agency reports.

Over 650 people have been evacuated or rescued, but authorities say there are still people inside.

Three people suspected of involvement in the murder of a Tajik opposition leader in Istanbul, who had warned Turkish authorities of a possible assassination and asked to be given a security detail, were detained on March 9 by local anti-terror police, security officials have said.

Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvatov was killed in a gun attack in Istanbul late on March 5, days after he warned Turkish authorities of a possible assassination.

Kuvatov, the leader of Group 24, an opposition movement in Tajikistan, was reportedly walking on the street in the Fatih district after having dinner at his friend's house when an unknown assailant shot him in the head.

Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvatov was killed in a gun attack in Istanbul late on March 5.

Kuvatov, the leader of Group 24, an opposition movement in Tajikistan, was reportedly walking on the street in the Fatih district after having dinner at his friend's house when an unknown assailant shot him in the head.

Russia "not against closer CIS ties with EU"

MINSK -- Russia has nothing against other CIS member states building closer ties with Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.