Consideration of appeal by DPT leader against court’s sentence passed on him adjourned

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DUSHANBE, January 11, Asia-Plus – Consideration of an appeal lodged by Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, leader of Tajikistan’s Democratic Party (DPT) and former chief of Tajik state gas concern “Tojikgaz” against the court’s sentence passed on him has been adjourned. 

The Board of Tajikistan’s Supreme Court had to consider the appeal on January 11 but Mahmadruzi Iskandarov was not taken to the court.  

Mahmadruzi Iskandarov’s defense lawyer, Azam Badriddinov, has told Asia-Plus that his client was not taken to the court because one of judges – member of the court’s board – took part in consideration of another criminal case.  The next three days, Badriddinov himself will be in a seminar and therefore he asked not to appoint the consideration of Iskandarov’s appeal within the next few days.  According to him, the exact date of the consideration of the appeal will be known next week.  

            We will recall that on


October 5, 2005

, the Supreme Court sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov to 23 years in prison.  The sentence followed his conviction of charges of terrorism, illegal possession of weapons and embezzlement of state fund.  The court also stripped him of all previous state honors and wards, including revoking his rank of Major-General.          

Afghan Pashtany Tejaraty Bank to pen its corresponding account at AgroInvestBonk

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DUSHANBE


, January 11, Asia-Plus —


Afghanistan


’s Pashtany Tejeraty (phonetically spelled) Bank intends to open its corresponding account at open joint-stock-company (OJSC) “AgroInvestBonk” in


Tajikistan


.  

According to information from the AgroInvestBonk headquarters in Dushanbe, the Afghan bank board’s head Hamid Qadir offered this during his meeting with top managers of the OJSC “AgroInvestBonk”, Niyozmurod Saidmurodov (AgroInvestBonk head) and Ibodullo Saidmurodov (AgroInvestBonk deputy head), in Dushanbe on January 5. 

According to the source, the meeting focused on establishment of mutually beneficial cooperation between the two banks.    

Mr. Naim Muhammad Muhmand, head of the Association of Merchants and Industrialists of Afghanistan, and Mr. Hashim Karzai, head of the Afghan construction company “AF-Co”, also attended the meeting.  

Participants at the meeting pointed to the significance of participation representatives from the banking systems, business structures of the two countries in reconstruction of


Afghanistan


’s economy.  The sides also stressed an importance of establishment of cooperation between banks of the two countries.   .

The meeting resulted in signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the OJSC AgroInvestBonk and


Afghanistan


’s Pashtany Tejaraty Bank. 

Now clients of “AgroInvestBonk” may remit money via the bank from


Tajikistan


to


Afghanistan


and vice versa.    

Four kilograms intended for Russian city of Astrakhan intercepted at Dushanbe railway station yesterday

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, January 11, Asia-Plus – Officers of the Interior Ministry’s department for combating drug trafficking  (drug police) and the Tajik transportation police have warded off an attempt of transporting drugs to the


Russian Federation


.

According to information from the Tajik drug police, four kilograms of drugs were seized at the


Dushanbe


railway station on Tuesday, January 10.  When inspecting passengers of the Dushanbe-Astrakhan train police officers detained the 24-year-old Manuchehr Otabaoyev and the 20-year-old Sultonali Rahmonov.  Four kilograms of drugs were confiscated from.     

In the separate case, on January 9, officers of the Sughd transportation police directorate detained Mahmadrasul Nurzodayev and Davlat Nazarov at the railway station in the northern city of


Khujand


.  More than two kilograms of drugs were confiscated from them.  

Children’s drawing competition entitled “My Street” to be held in Tajik capital on Saturday

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DUSHANBE


, January 11, Asia-Plus – The Culture Center “


Bactria


” is organizing a painting competition among children in


Dushanbe


on January 14.

The topic for this drawing competition is “may Street”. 

According to information from the “


Bactria


” Center, 60 children living at the street, on which the “


Bactria


” office is located, will be invited to participate in the competition. 

The paintings will be sold at symbolic prices, and following the competition these funds will be distributed to participants in the competition for purchasing notebooks and pens, the competition’s organizers said.       

Kazakh, Tajik president discuss cooperation issues in Astana

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, January 11, Asia-Plus – Today morning, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov met with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in the Kazakh capital of Astana following inauguration of Nazarbayev as the President of Kazakhstan.  

According to presidential press service, in the curse of the talks the two discussed the present state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between


Tajikistan


and


Kazakhstan


.  Their meeting focused on drumming up


Kazakhstan


’s investments in development of Tajik economy, including energy sector.  They also touched upon  issues related to supplying Kazakh fuel to


Tajikistan


.  

National moot court competition for Philip C. Jessup Cup among Tajik law students to be held in Dushanbe soon

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, January 11, Asia-Plus – The national moot court competition for the 2006 Philip C. Jessup Cup will be held in


Dushanbe


from January 14-15. 

According to information from the Office of the American Bar Association/Central European & Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI), teams comprising law students and post-graduate students representing faculties of law at higher educational institutions of the republic will take part in the competition. 

The source says this competition will include a hypothetical problems related to involvement of transnational international corporation in violation of human rights and state possession of natural resources.  All teams wanting to take part in the competition have already authored and submitted written arguments before judges acting as the International Court of Justice in Hague.  “The team wining the national moot court competition will represent


Tajikistan


in the International Philip C. Jessup Cup Competition that will be held in


Washington


from March 27 to April 1 this year,” the Asia-Plus interlocutor said.    

In


Tajikistan


, the competition is staged by the ABA/CEELI under support of the United States Agency for International Development and the International Law Students Association (ILSA).



Information of Asia-Plus:


The Philip C. Jessup Cup competition is sponsored by the International Law Students Association and involves a hypothetical problem of international law. Competitors author a written memorandum and the present oral arguments before judges acting as members of the International Court of Justice.  It was established in1959, and every year, law students from more than 550 law educational institutions from more than 90 countries take part in this competition.   

36.2 million euro allocated by European Commission to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in 2005

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, January 11, Asia-Plus – In 2005 the European Union strengthened its cooperation with the countries of


Central Asia

; in particular with


Kazakhstan


,


Kyrgyzstan


and


Tajikistan


. A clear indicator of this was the accelerated implementation of its various assistance programs in the region.

Press release issued by the European Commission quoted the EC’s Head of Delegation, Adriaan van der Meer as saying in his statement, “The aim of these programs is to assist the countries in promoting democratic and economic reform. Our support has given an important boost to these reforms.”

A raft of regional program addressed the fight against drug trafficking, border controls, environmental cooperation and support to economic and social reforms.

National program focused on specific needs for each country. In


Kazakhstan


, the key areas were economic and institutional reform, human rights, agriculture and transport.

In


Kyrgyzstan


and


Tajikistan


, the primary focus was on food security, which totaled 14.8m euro, as well as 10.7m euro for social programs and poverty reduction.

EU assistance programs were also active in key sectors.  10.6 million euro was spent on institutional reform programs, including customs reform, borders and anti-drug trafficking measures. Economic reforms accounted for 7.8 million euro of funding, for example support to


Kazakhstan


’s accession to the WTO as well as cross-border trade facilitation between the countries.

Overall European Union assistance to the three countries in 2005 amounted to 36.2 million euro contracted funds.

President Rahmonov names low-quality seeds as one of cause of non-fulfillment of cotton target

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, January 11, Asia-Plus – On January 9, President Rahmonov presided over a meeting with participation of senior representatives from the agriculture ministry, committee for environmental protection and forestry, as well as heads of districts subordinate to the center.  

According to presidential press service, the meeting focused on preparations for spring sowing campaign, providing cotton-growing farms with fuel, and implementation of the government’s resolution on development of gardening wine-growing in the republic.  

Speaking to those present, the president named low quality of seeds as one of key factors for non-fulfillment of the national cotton target.  Rahmonov ordered heads of relevant enterprises to take measures to provide farmers with high-quality cottonseeds for the spring cotton sowing campaign.  . 

The head of state also expressed concern about the present state of “Tigrovaya Balka” reserve.  Rahmonov ordered to identify the reasons for the reserve deterioration and ways to protect it.  “Tigrovaya Balka” is a unique natural reserve in


Tajikistan


that has been deteriorating over the past several years.  

Kulob police detect three killings committed in early Nineties

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KULOB, January 11, Asia-Plus – Officers of the criminal investigation section within the Kulob police directorate have detected three killings that were committed in the city more than 12 years ago, Asia-Plus has learned at the Kulob police directorate. 

The source has told Asia-Plus that the Kulob police managed to detect murder of the Sangov brothers, Talab and Umar, in 1992.  They were militants of the pro-government Popular Front.  Besides, the Kulob police directorate has also detected killings of two residents of Kulob, Abdullo Kamolov and Sadriddin Qutbiddinov, who were also killed in 1992.  However, the source refrained from giving names of the murderers.  

“The Kulob police directorate has to detect 28 killings committed in the previous years,” the Asia-Plus interlocutor said.

267 crimes registered in Kulob last year

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KULOB, January 11, Asia-Plus – In 2005, 267 crimes were reported in Kulob District of Khatlon, which is 22 cases fewer compared to the previous year, Major Pirmad Ismoilov, aide to the Kulob police directorate chief, has said in his interview with Asia-Plus.  

According to him, local police solved 253 crimes, including one murder, 24 grave crimes, four cases of robbery and 82 cases of swindling.   

17 sub-machine-guns were seized in the city and the district of Kulob last year.  “In 2005, 7 kilograms of drugs were intercepted in the district,” the Asia-Plus interlocutor said, noting that 20 criminal proceedings were instituted last year on the drug-trafficking crimes.

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