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  Tajikistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tajikistan is officially a republic, and holds elections for the President and Parliament.
Tajikistan is landlocked, and is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area.
Tajikistan is the poorest country of the ex-USSR and one of the poorest countries in the world.
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 Tajikistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Tajikistan (Тоҷикистон) is a country in Central Asia.
As part of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan was initially grouped with what is now Uzbekistan in the Autonomous SSR of Tajikistan, but was later made a separate constituent republic.
With foreign revenue precariously dependent upon exports of cotton and aluminum, the economy is highly vulnerable to external shocks.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/t/ta/tajikistan.html   (1032 words)

  
 Category:Foreign relations by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Foreign relations of Tajikistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the time of independence, portions of the Tajik boundary with the People's Republic of China were not defined; this boundary dispute was settled in agreements signed in 2002 that would cede 1,000 km² of Pamir mountain range to China in return for China relinquishing claims to 28,000 km² of Tajikistani lands.
Contributing to foreign tension, there is limited illicit cultivation of cannabis, mostly for domestic consumption, and opium poppy cultivation that is negligible as of 1998 because of a government eradication program.
Tajikistan seizes roughly 80 percent of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third world-wide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Tajikistan   (224 words)

  
 Tajikistan - Foreign Economic Relations
One of the most important foreign undertakings in the country was a joint venture with a Canadian firm, the Zarafshon Mining Project, to mine and process gold at three known sites in the Panjakent area of northwestern Tajikistan and to prospect in an area of 3,000 square kilometers for additional deposits.
Relations with the CIS and the Russian Federation preserved some characteristics of Tajikistan's relationship with the Soviet central authorities.
In 1992 some 36 percent of Tajikistan's imports came from Russia, and 21 percent of its exports went to Russia; about 60 percent of total external trade was with CIS countries, and 45 percent of exports went to those countries.
countrystudies.us /tajikistan/36.htm   (1345 words)

  
 Tajikistan - Foreign Relations
Uzbekistan gave military support to the factions that won Tajikistan's civil war and closed its border with Tajikistan in the fall of 1992 to prevent opposition refugees from the civil war from fleeing to Uzbekistan.
Tajikistan's relations with Afghanistan, the country with which it shares its long southern border, have been affected not only by the cultural and ethnic links between inhabitants of the countries but also by the way the Soviet regime tried to use those links to ensure the survival of a communist government in Kabul after 1979.
Afghans were brought to Tajikistan for education and communist indoctrination, and Tajiks served in the Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan.
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 Tajikistan (10/05)
At 36'40' northern latitude and 41'14' eastern longitude, Tajikistan is nestled between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to the north and west, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south.
Tajikistan became fully established under Soviet control with the creation of Tajikistan as an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924, and as one of the independent Soviet socialist republics in 1929.
Tajikistan's most recent presidential election in 1999 and its 2005 parliamentary elections were widely considered to be flawed and unfair but peaceful.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5775.htm   (2720 words)

  
 Tajikistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Republic of Tajikistan (Тоҷикистон), formerly known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, is a country in Central Asia.
Humans have been permanently installed in the land that is now Tajikistan since 4,000 BC.
As part of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan was initially grouped with what is now Uzbekistan in the, but was later made a separate constituent republic.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tajikistan   (1125 words)

  
 The EU's relations with Tajikistan - Overview
For example the head of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan Iskandarov was removed from his post of Director of state enterprise “Tojikgaz”; several members of the (IRP), including a senior leader Shamsuddinov, have been sentenced to 16 to 25 years in prison in the past months.
A delegation from Tajikistan (at Ministerial level) was to table its memorandum on foreign trade regime in the beginning of February 2003.
The legal framework for EU-Tajikistan bilateral relations is the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) of 1989 between the EU and the former Soviet Union, which was endorsed by Tajikistan by exchange of letter in 1994.
europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/tajikistan/intro   (3588 words)

  
 Commercial Overview of Tajikistan: Part 4 - Investment and Trade
Foreign investors have equal access to government contracts, although the Bilateral Investment Treaty between Tajikistan and the U.S. is still in the process of negotiation.
As prescribed in the law "On Foreign Investments in the Republic of Tajikistan," foreign investors and enterprises with foreign investments are allowed to conduct business in the free economic zones, despite the fact that the law "On Free Economic Zones" has not been adopted yet.
Tajikistan has made public its desire to seek foreign partners to rapidly develop its gold deposits and is actively courting foreign mining firms.
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/country/9806tjo4.htm   (2195 words)

  
 Tajikistan - Gurupedia
As part of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan was initially grouped with what is now Uzbekistan in the Autonomous SSR, but was later made a separate constituent republic.
Tajikistan is completely landlocked, and is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area.
Tajikistan is covered by many mountain ranges, including the Tian Shan, and more than fifty percent of the country is above sea level.
www.gurupedia.com /t/ta/tajikistan.htm   (962 words)

  
 Tajikistan Local Press Digest
The Deputy PM of Tajikistan Saidamir Zuhurov, Representative of the UN SG and Head of the UN Tajik Office of Peace-building (UNTOP) Ivo Petrov, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan Marin Buhoara, other officials and representatives of mass media participated at the opening ceremony.
The Upper Chamber of Tajikistan consisting of representatives of the executive power is empowered to nominate and confirm all judges of the country, while the Lower Chamber, which is a legislative organ of the country, cannot influence he judiciary.
In the course of the work of the joint Tajik-Uzbek commission it has been decided that boundaries between the countries would be defined in accordance with the resolutions of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR and the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Uzbek SSR of 1961.
www.eurasianet.org /resource/tajikistan/press_digest/digest7.7.shtml   (1645 words)

  
 TAJIKISTAN FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
As part of the Soviet_Union, Tajikistan was initially grouped with what is now Uzbekistan in the Autonomous_SSR_of_Tajikistan, but in 1929 was made a separate constituent republic.
There are three Tajik exclaves http://home.no.net/enklaver/tajikistan.htm, all of them located in the Fergana valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet.
Among these writers were individuals who strove to purify the Tajik_language by tying it in more with Persian and eliminating Arabic loanwords.
www.amysflowershop.com /Tajikistan   (1233 words)

  
 The Daily Star: Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The American military presence in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, with strong political and diplomatic activities elsewhere in central Asia is threatening to suck in the Subcontinent into a maelstrom.
Pakistan's foreign minister has left New Delhi in no doubt that his country may have recourse to nuclear weapon to thwart the onslaught of the Indian juggernaut.
According to para 3(a) of the joint statement, India and Pakistan foreign ministers were to meet periodically "to discuss all issues of mutual concern, including nuclear-related issues".
www.thedailystar.net /dailystarnews/200201/18/n2011808.htm   (4997 words)

  
 CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS Journal of Social and Political Studies
Timur Valamat-zadeh, Assistant to the minister of economics and foreign economic relations of Tajikistan
Tajikistan is situated from 300 to 7,495 m above the sea level; there are 8,492 glaciers in its mountains that cover over 9,000 sq km.
In fact, their area is larger than the area under crop: they cover 6 percent of the entire territory and contain 500 c km of excellent water.
www.ca-c.org /journal/eng-02-2001/22.valprimen.shtml   (472 words)

  
 FOREIGN RELATIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
He completely ignores the impact of American, Israeli and other foreign policies on the mindsets of hundreds of millions of people in the Arab-Asian region, whose degraded political and economic environment eventually spawns the desperate and futile criminality of terrorism.
The first four principles are the guiding principles of a Global Good Neighbor Ethic for International Relations, while the latter three refer to the main areas of foreign policy: security, sustainable development, and governance.
Principle Two : Foreign policy must not be tied to elite ideological, military, or economic interests but must serve the broadly defined interests of society--our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
www.crisispapers.org /topics/foreign-relations.htm   (2173 words)

  
 Foreign Economic Relations - 1998-99
Similarly the information on foreign investment regulation from various countries were procured and analysed in order to advise other concerned ministries on the viability of incorporating relevant and competitive aspects in our own policies.
Emerging patterns with regard to regional groupings, free trade areas, trade blocs, market access related issues and use of restrictive and protectionist policies by various countries which have an impact on the Indian exports were monitored closely and strategies devised to best cope with non-tariff and technical barriers of various kinds.
The vast foreign capital that had made possible the Asian miracle of the 80’s and early 90’s, began to drain out rapidly.
www.indianembassy.org /policy/Foreign_Policy/FP_1999/Economic_Relations_FP_98-99.html   (4906 words)

  
 Pravda.RU From Tajikistan With Love
In addition, Americans promised to supply goods to Tajikistan; it was also mentioned that Tajikistan would receive loans the for purchase of agricultural hardware, seeds, and fertilizers.
Foreign competitors - the Chinese company CNPC and the British company British Petroleum - became a serious concern both for Russian oil oligarchs and for the Russian government.
Representatives of the Russian cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and chairman of the Pskov administration committee for foreign relations and tourism Vadim Laptev took part in the seminar.
english.pravda.ru /main/2002/12/09/40594.html   (3331 words)

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Middle East - Tajikistan - Relations with U.S.
Tajikistan established an embassy in Washington in temporary offices in February 2003, and will formally open its first permanent chancery building in March 2004.
The United States is currently constructing its own new embassy compound, the first purpose-built U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan, with completion scheduled for early 2005.
American Embassy Dushanbe remains formally based in Almaty, but is currently transitioning to fully normalized operations in Tajikistan, with personnel spending most of their time in Dushanbe.
www.geographyiq.com /countries/ti/Tajikistan_us_relations_summary.htm   (407 words)

  
 MOFA: Japan-Afghanistan Relations
Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Adoption of a New Constitution in Afghanistan (January 2004)
Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Election of Mr.
Makiko Tanaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Agreement concerning the Establishment of an Interim Authority in Afghanistan (December 2001)
www.mofa.go.jp /region/middle_e/afghanistan   (2043 words)

  
 National Security in the 21st Century: Findings of the Hart-Rudman Commission - Council on Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
One of the great problems you have in American foreign policy is sustainability, carrying on a policy for a very long period of time, because there are so many things that will crowd in on the agenda.
It is a ruthless, vicious dictatorship imposed in a country, and it’s in the middle of a civil war.
And whether you base a new foreign policy on that or not remains to be seen.
www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=4049   (9455 words)

  
 The Agonist | USA: Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
AP - Taking a diplomatic post his father once held, Ronald E. Neumann was sworn in Wednesday as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and promised to work with the president of the war-damaged country.
In fact, the pattern of near-term relations was set during Iraqi defense minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi's preparatory visit to Iran on July 5-7.
SF Chronicle - Growing disputes between the United States and Russia are threatening to significantly chill the once warm relations between the two countries.
www.agonist.org /section/US_Misc_IR/3   (2621 words)

  
 UNHCR - Council for Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
It is clear, though, that the dynamics of US/Vietnam relations dominated, and continues to dominate the CPA.
Under the CPA, countries of asylum in the region were obliged to admit the asylum seekers but the group recognition of refugees ceased as did wholesale resettlement.
International presence is one of the most practical means of protecting returning refugees and internally displaced persons, and has often proved to be an important confidence-building measure.
www.unhcr.ch /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=ADMIN&id=3ae68fa8b&page=ADMIN   (2784 words)

  
 US Department of State – Home Page
Read the report on the U.S.-Japan alliance and view a related map.
Quartet Statement (Oct. 28): "The Quartet condemns the October 26th terrorist attack on the Hadera market, responsibility for which was claimed by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad headquartered in Damascus.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has demonstrated its value in achieving U.S. foreign policy objectives and in the promotion of our common values: freedom and democracy, economic development, and political-military issues.
www.state.gov   (434 words)

  
 DPRK-General Foreign Relations
Holding that the issue of putting the conference on a normal track is not a matter related to procedures or modalities, he noted that a great political obstacle is lying in the way of the conference and it is the political will to block the progress in the work of the conference at any cost.
Noting that the relations between the two countries have favorably developed since the victory of the Islamic revolution, he said that the Iranian people would never forget the government and people of the DPRK for the invariable support and encouragement extended by them to the cause of the Iranian people.
Expressing belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would grow stronger, the message wished the president and the people of Pakistan greater success in their work for the democratic development and economic progress of the country.
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 Terrorism: Q & A | Afghanistan: The Country
After the Soviets withdrew in 1989, rival Afghan factions fought a fierce civil war that led to the rise of the Taliban.
Although it enjoyed relative stability during the reign of Zahir Shah (1933-73), over the centuries Afghanistan has often faced internal strife and been overrun by foreign invaders.
The population of Afghanistan is made up of many ethnic groups—the Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks are the largest—and tribal and factional rivalries run deep.
www.terrorismanswers.com /afghanistan/country.html   (550 words)

  
 DPRK-General Foreign Relations
Malaysian foreign minister to visit N.K. Talks held between foreign ministers of DPRK and Malaysia\
Establishment of diplomatic relations between DPRK and State of Bahrain
Diplomatic relations between DPRK and Federative Republic of Brazil
www.vuw.ac.nz /~caplabtb/dprk/DPRK_general.html   (1255 words)

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Middle East - Tajikistan - Foreign Relations
World > Middle East > Tajikistan> Foreign Relations (Notes)
Tajikistan continues to permit a Russian military presence to guardtheir border with Afghanistan and the basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent.
- Relations with U.S. Facts at a Glance
www.geographyiq.com /countries/ti/Tajikistan_relations_summary.htm   (154 words)

  
 U.S. Agency for International Development
President's Management Agenda -USAID has issued a report on the major accomplishments in the management area over the past three and a half years.
Open Your World, Apply Today -Becoming a USAID Foreign Service Officer reveals a world of opportunities.
USAID provides economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries to provide a better future for all.
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