“Exclusive Interview” from the “Economic Review” magazine:Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha, newly appointed World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia.

– Taken your office you visited all countries of the region. What are your impressions?

• July 4, 2012

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with Indian Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna in Dushanbe on Tuesday, Avesta.tj reported.

• July 3, 2012

The Russian Defense Ministry will not allocate funds for the 201st Russian military base (RMB) in Tajikistan, head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Nikolai Makarov said, Avesta.Tj reported with reference to Russian media.

• July 3, 2012

The ministerial agreement on Syria brokered by U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan on Saturday marked a shift in the positions of China and Russia, which have been at loggerheads with Western powers, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

• July 3, 2012

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has invited Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov to visit Turkey, the Turkmen government said on Monday.
It was said during a telephone conversation between the two heads of states.

• July 2, 2012

Belarus has made "important progress" in preparing for the planned construction of a nuclear power plant, the United Nations atomic agency said after its team of international experts visited the former Soviet republic last week.

• July 2, 2012

NATO highly appreciates Azerbaijan's contribution to Afghanistan, Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, coordinating cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO, Daniel Christian Ciobanu, told journalists on Monday.

• July 2, 2012

Acting Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan Kakageldi Abdyllayev announced Turkmenistan's official position on the disputed oil fields in the Caspian Sea in an interview with state agency Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary (TDH) on Friday evening.

• June 30, 2012