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04DUSHANBE170	TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC PARTY'S KABIRI UNPLUGGED [...] (C) Summary: At a small dinner party on January 29, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party Muhiddin Kabiri freely discussed the upcoming elections and his party's chances of success. Drawing on his experiences in the last parliamentary elections, he opined that President Rahmonov [...]	2004-02-01 05:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI

05DUSHANBE1596	DOES EVERYONE LOVE A PARTY? TAJIKS ABOUT TO FIND OUT [...] (SBU) Three new political parties have recently started the process of registering with Ministry of Justice. Whether they will be successful depends less on their paperwork and more on their support of or threat to existing power structures. 2. (U) Party of the Economic Reform o [...]	2005-10-03 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV TI
05DUSHANBE1605	TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 10:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL TX TI PARM
05DUSHANBE1606	TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL TX TI PARM
05DUSHANBE1612	IIR 6 947 0003 06/ ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE GBAO (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1613	"JUSTICE" IN TAJIKISTAN: ISKANDAROV SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN [...] Tajikistan's Supreme Court sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan and former head of Tojikgaz, Tajikistan's state-run natural gas monopoly, to 23 years in a maximum-security prison. The court authorized the government to strip Iskandarov of his [...]	2005-10-06 08:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE1616	"JUSTICE" IN TAJIKISTAN: ISKANDAROV SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN [...] Tajikistan's Supreme Court sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan and former head of Tojikgaz, Tajikistan's state-run natural gas monopoly, to 23 years in a maximum-security prison. The court authorized the government to strip Iskandarov of his [...]	2005-10-06 10:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE1617	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY RICE TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes your visit to Tajikistan, the first-ever by a Secretary of State to Tajikistan as an independent country. The historical importance is not lost on Tajikistan's leaders or people. All will have high expectations of a successful visit leading to closer cooperation [...]	2005-10-06 10:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
05DUSHANBE1620	IIR 6 947 0054 05/TAJIK BORDER GUARD ASSESSMENTS (U) [...] MEMORANDUM, "SPECIAL REPORT - PILOT ZONE 1"(U),1 COPY, 33 PAGES, 20050504 (C). 2. MEMORANDUM, "TAJIK BORDER FORCE - THE NEED FOR AN ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO SOLVE ITS MYRIAD DEFICIENCIES" (C),1 COPY, 5 PAGES, 20050519 (C). ACQ: (U) DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (20050708) DISSEM: (U) FIELD: EMBA [...]	2005-10-07 03:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1621	IIR 6 947 0022 04/VISIT TO TURSUNZODA BORDER GUARD POST [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 03:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1622	IIR 6 947 0062 05/GARM AND VICINITY (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 03:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1642	IIR 6 947 0006 06/NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT LIMITATION (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1644	IIR 6 947 0005 06/CHINESE GIVE 32 VEHICLES TO TAJIK ARMED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 13:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI CH
05DUSHANBE1646	NO NEWS BAD NEWS FOR INTERNEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Internews is the third major NGO to encounter serious registration problems with the Tajik government. In addition, a key Internews project to establish community radio stations may collapse without the registration and licensing of its local partners. Government officials have [...]	2005-10-08 10:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TI
05DUSHANBE1648	TAJIKISTAN: CIVIL AND GOVERNMENT AVIATION AUTHORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Under Secretary Robert Joseph met with Head of the Tajikistan Department of Civil Aviation Khamroyev Firuz and Tajik Air Force Chief of Staff General-Major Safaraliev. The Tajiks reiterated their support for ridding the world of the scourge of terrorism and the transfer o [...]	2005-10-10 07:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IR KN TI
05DUSHANBE1650	IIR 6 947 0007 06/ UZBEKS DENY FRENCH MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI FR UZ
05DUSHANBE1678	TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS advisor conducted an 11 day assessment/end use monitor trip through the Gorno - Badakhshan and Sogd regions of Tajikistan which included the Afghan, Chinese, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek borders. Please see Dushanbe 1503 for summary. 2. The European Commission Border Management and Drug [...]	2005-10-17 09:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE1695	TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV TO VISIT TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkish Ambassador Cengizer revealed on October 18 that he has completed negotiations for Tajikistan's President Rahmonov to make an official visit to Turkey January 19-24, 2006. Rahmonov will [...]	2005-10-18 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU TI
05DUSHANBE1696	A SHOT ACROSS THE NGO BOW? POST SEEKS GUIDANCE IN RESPONSE [...] Copies of constituent documents; 2. The structure (including that of the head and field offices),personnel structure and the number of their staff; 3. The biodata of the personnel of these organizations, including foreign and local; 4. Exact legal addresses of these org [...]	2005-10-18 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1700	REQUEST TO INITIATE PROFESSIONAL COURIER OPERATIONS TO [...] Post Dushanbe requests professional diplomatic courier service vice our current non-pro service to/from Almaty. Post wishes to initiate professional service in November, 2005 on a scheduled to be determined between Post and FRDCD. 2. All classified pouch users at post concur with this req [...]	2005-10-20 06:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ADCO ADPM AMGT KRIM
05DUSHANBE1701	LAWYER'S ARREST COULD SIGNAL GOV'T TIGHTENING SCREWS ON [...] (U) Fayzinoso Vohidova, a well-known lawyer and an active member of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT),was arrested and charged by the Sughd regional prosecutor's office with one criminal act for forgery, and production and sale of forged documents, which includes practicing la [...]	2005-10-20 07:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1702	TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR ZARIPOV COUNSELS NO SHARP RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 09:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1708	TAJIK MINISTRY OF EDUCATION BANS HIJABS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS [...] Deputy Minister of Education Farkhod Rakhimov announced on October 19 that hijabs (Muslim head-coverings) are banned in schools and institutions of higher education. Education officials were instructed to disseminate this message throughout their schools. Students who violate this edict will [...]	2005-10-21 09:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF TI
05DUSHANBE1729	TAJIKISTAN: SWIMMING AROUND IN AUTHORITARIAN MOLASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trying to do the U.S. Government's business in Tajikistan has never been easy, in part because of under-staffing and low capacity at many of the ministries. Further, the authoritarian desire to micromanage, as well as the inclination to buck even minor decisions up to a minister [...]	2005-10-25 08:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1732	TAJIKISTAN: FERMENT FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While the Government of Tajikistan is loathe to license new independent media outlets, ferment is occurring. A new, independent weekly newspaper has appeared, albeit with microscopic ci [...]	2005-10-26 04:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PROP KDEM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE1733	TAJIKISTAN AND USCENTCOM COOPERATE TO DELIVER DISASTER [...] (U) With airlift support by the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Air Force, the Government of Tajikistan shipped 25 tons of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan via separate sorties on October 20 and 22. The Tajik contribution included food, medicine, blankets, and clothes. At the request of [...]	2005-10-26 09:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PK TI
05DUSHANBE1736	THANK YOU LETTER FROM PRESIDENT EMOMALI RAHMONOV TO [...] Please deliver following message from President Emomali Rahmonov to President Bush. Signed original together with English translation follows by pouch: 2. BEGIN TEXT October 18, 2005 Dear Mr. President, Please accept my sincere appreciation of your warm congratulations on the o [...]	2005-10-27 03:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
05DUSHANBE1737	DUSHANBE SYNAGOGUE RELOCATION STILL UNRESOLVED, BUT COMING [...] (U) Sentitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ambassador called on Rabbi Mikhail Abdurahmonov on October 26. Koen Davydov, the newly-elected Tajik chairman of the community who has business interests in Israel, also sat in. On October 21 [...]	2005-10-27 08:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KIRF TI
05DUSHANBE1741	RUSSIANS RESCIND INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT REQUIREMENT FOR [...] (U) The Tajik and Russian governments officially announced that beginning November 1, citizens of both countries may travel between Russia and Tajikistan on their internal passports. A spokesman for the Tajik MFA stressed the understanding was not an "international agreement" nor would it cre [...]	2005-10-28 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG RS TI
05DUSHANBE1742	TAJIKISTAN: MOJ COMES A BIT MORE CLEAN ON REGISTRATIONS [...] (U) The weekly Tajik-language newspaper, "Zindagi," published excerpts October 27 from a recent Ministry of Justice press conference in which a Tajik official noted that some foreign NGOs had activities "beyond the framework of their charters." Isroil Shoyev, Chief, Department of Legal Entit [...]	2005-10-28 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1743	CARE/TAJIKISTAN FY 2006 NOVEMBER CALL FORWARD FOR THE FY [...] Mission concurs with CARE's re-submission of previous call forward postponed for below mentioned commodities for arrival in March, 2006. Mission supports CARE's request for commodities for distribution submitted on behalf of CARE, Save the Children and Counterpart. 2. Mission understa [...]	2005-10-31 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR TI
05DUSHANBE1745	TAJIKISTAN: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FINDS JUDICIARY [...] (C) During his recent visit to Tajikistan, UN Special Rapporteur on Independent Judiciary and Lawyers Leandro Despuy noted a great imbalance between the power of Tajikistan's prosecutors, and the weakness of lawyers ("advocates") and judges in the system. United Nations Tajikistan Office of [...]	2005-10-31 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1746	TAJIKISTAN: JAPANESE CHARGE: "TOKYO LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS [...] (SBU) New Japanese Charge d'affaires Hiroshi Takahashi called on the Ambassador on October 26. Unlike his, Takahashi is energetic and brimming with ideas based on his extensive experience in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. 2. (U) Takahashi noted his government established the "Japan Plus Cen [...]	2005-10-31 11:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD ELAB KDEM JA IN AF UZ TI
05DUSHANBE1751	TAJIKISTAN: PROVINCIAL LIFE CHANGES SLOWLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 27 in the southern city of Kurgan Tyube, EmbOffs met with a sampling of community leaders. Change comes slowly in the provinces, old habits die hard, and the bureaucracy retai [...]	2005-11-01 09:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1776	TAJIKISTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - BILATERAL INFORMATION [...] (U) Request for guidance. See para five below. 2. (C) In November 2003, President Rahmonov told the Ambassador he wanted to be able to broadcast a wider variety of news and opinion on Tajik State TV than simply Russia-generated material. The Embassy offered access to VOA-TV Russian-langu [...]	2005-11-04 11:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE1779	TAJIKISTAN: STOPPING AVIAN FLU AT ITS BORDERS WITH NO [...] To date, Tajikistan has no reported cases of Avian Flu. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture as well as the country's Veterinary Services have taken stringent measures to stop Avian Flu from entering Tajikistan's borders. 2. The Veterinary Service has begun to capture and examine wild [...]	2005-11-04 12:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID TBIO KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO
05DUSHANBE1786	TAJIK AIR MONOPOLY HARMS TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite 30% annual growth, Tajikistan State Airlines (TSA) presents a mismanaged, bloated organization unable and unwilling to reform itself or respond to market forces. Turkish Air is still negotiating to fly between Istanbul and Dushanbe, but threatens the very lucrative [...]	2005-11-08 11:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI TU RS
05DUSHANBE1793	EU SWIMMING IN THE SAME MOLASSES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) In a meeting with the European Commission, Muzaffar Isakov, Director of the Aid Coordination Unit of the President of Tajikistan, suggested that while EC experts and consultants would continue to receive visas for Tajikistan, international NGO workers were less welcome. Barbara Plinkert, [...]	2005-11-09 10:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM TI
05DUSHANBE1796	NDI FENDS OFF RAID BY INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (C) During a National Democratic Institute (NDI) training program for Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) members, three plainclothes militia members tried to break up the event, calling it an "unauthorized religious gathering." According to NDI program directors Gegham Sargsyan an [...]	2005-11-09 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TI
05DUSHANBE1798	TAJIKISTAN: FREEDOM HOUSE IN STRATEGIC RETREAT [...] (SBU) Primarily due to the ending of its DRL grant, Freedom House is shifting its Tajikistan efforts to a local NGO. Robert Freedman, Washington-based Program Director, told the Ambassador November 9 that Freedom House did not want its Tajik partners and human rights defenders to feel abando [...]	2005-11-09 12:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TI
05DUSHANBE1802	DEMARCH DELIVERED: DESTRUCTION OF STATE BORDER PROTECTION [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on MANPAD destruction on November 9 to General Saidamir Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee (Tajik Border Guards). 2. On the first point, Zuhurov said Tajikistan is working well with OSCE on the destruction of small arms, light weapons, [...]	2005-11-10 06:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL TI
05DUSHANBE1805	TIPS FROM THE MFA ON HOW TO FIGHT THE WAR OVER NGO'S IN [...] (C) DCM had a long talk with MFA North America Chief Ismatullo Nasredinov on November 10 on the growing pressure on U.S. and other Western NGO's. The DCM said Tajikistan appeared to be taking a step backwards by not providing registration, visas, or other support for NGO's like the Rotary Cl [...]	2005-11-10 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV TI
05DUSHANBE1812	DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE, THE UNITED STATES CAN PROMOTE ITS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Although we now de-emphasize its previous Cold-War primacy in U.S. foreign policy, Russia still requires clear-eyed scrutiny for the havoc it can play with the President's democracy agenda and larger goals for transformational diplomacy in the former Soviet republics. We believe Russia [...]	2005-11-14 06:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PROP ECON EAID KDEM KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE1814	TAJIKISTAN: IMAGINED REPORT TO MOSCOW BY THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) The following is an Embassy Dushanbe exercise to imagine a report that Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov might submit to the Kremlin. It draws on Post's observations of the last 18 months, Russian and regional media reports, and other reporting. This cable should be read as a compan [...]	2005-11-14 08:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1826	TAJIKISTAN'S NGOS TIRED OF CORRUPTION AND VISA DELAYS, BUT SOLDIER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the monthly NGO Forum meeting, the only surprise was that a handful of NGOS had not experienced visa problems or been forced to pay bribes for airline tickets or continuous electricity. The November 17 meeting underscored the Dushanbe development community's increased [...]	2005-11-18 12:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1828	TAJIKISTAN: SERIOUS POLITICIAN ZOYIROV CHARGES RAHMONOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan Chairman Zoyirov continues to be a voice in the Tajik political wilderness logically and intelligently demanding that the Government of Tajikistan conform to the laws in its constitution - at least in part because he was one of the key drafte [...]	2005-11-21 04:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE1839	TAJIKISTAN NOT OVERLY PLEASED BY NEW RUSSIA-UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Nazarov did not hide his unease about the November 14 Russia-Uzbekistan Alliance. Tajikistan is concerned that Tashkent will use it's "new best friend" status with Moscow to harm Dushanbe's interests. He judged it would be unth [...]	2005-11-21 12:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR EU RS UZ TI
05DUSHANBE1840	HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISTANBUL CENTRAL ASIA TECHNICAL WORKSHOP [...] The goal of the workshop was to build a partnership between technical advisors and export control agencies on a regional level. The objectives were to find regional common ground against smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and propose projects to support the primary goal. 2. Regiona [...]	2005-11-21 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE1852	UNHCR PROGRESS AND NEED FOR HELP IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) The UN High Commission for Refugees is shifting its focus from emergency operations in Tajikistan for remaining refugees, to development programs that will help to integrate the mostly Afghan refugee community into Tajik society. The shift is made possible by Tajikistan's political stabili [...]	2005-11-23 08:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV TI
05DUSHANBE1855	TAJIKISTAN: NEW ECON REFORM PARTY CHAIRMAN SAYS TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's new Party of Economic Reform (PER) calls for gradual economic changes beginning with agriculture reform, developing industry around farm products, and creating a financial [...]	2005-11-23 11:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1856	TAJIKISTAN: GOVT UNABLE TO HANDLE POTENTIAL AVIAN FLU [...] Head Veterinarian, Dr. Mulojon Amirbekov, explicitly stated that Tajikistan is not prepared to combat an Avian Flu outbreak. Tajikistan does not have a strategy for containing a pandemic if it occurs; however, various government ministries have taken measures, within their capabilities, to avo [...]	2005-11-23 11:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO
05DUSHANBE1858	SIRODJIDDIN ASLOV APPOINTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) Sirodjiddin Mukhriddinovich Aslov has been named as Tajikistan's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. For the last two years Alsov has been Deputy Foreign Minister and a useful and active interlocutor for the Embassy. 2. (SBU) The following are notes from his official [...]	2005-11-25 06:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TI UNGA
05DUSHANBE1867	AGRARIAN PARTY OF TAJIKISTAN: ANOTHER POCKET PARTY FOR [...] The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan (APT) is the brainchild of its Chairman, Amir Karakulov, or so he insists. Karakulov, a former member of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, decided three years ago that he would like to form his own party to protect farmers' rights. A self-proclaimed Soviet-E [...]	2005-11-28 04:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1869	TAJIKISTAN: TWO NEW DEPUTY MINISTERS APPOINTED [...] (U) President Rahmonov unexpectedly appointed two key deputy ministers on November 24 - Saidmumin Sattorovich Yatimov as new First Deputy Foreign Minister and Kosim Abdusalomovich Gaforov as Deputy Minister of Security. 2. (SBU) Major-General Yatimov had been Deputy Minister of Security f [...]	2005-11-28 06:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TI
05DUSHANBE1870	MODERATE TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER KABIRI WAL... [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 07:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1878	EVERYTHING'S COMING UP COTTON IN TURSONZODA, TAJIKISTAN [...] In a series of meetings November 25, government officials, farmers and a businessman were universally--and surprisingly-- positive about the economic and political situation in Tursonzoda. The Dushanbe-appointed Chairman of the City Administration Barakatullo Akhmedov emphasized there were "n [...]	2005-11-30 09:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAGR TI
05DUSHANBE1897	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...]	2005-11-30 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1898	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...]	2005-11-30 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1921	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMONOV: HIS VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Emomali Rahmonov on December 1 for two and a half hours. We report the meeting in three cables. This is two of three. The other two cover Rahmonov's views on (1) the U.S.-Tajikistan bilateral relationship and Tajik politics, and (2) Uzbekistan. 2. (S) SUMMARY [...]	2005-12-02 10:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR RS TI
05DUSHANBE1941	CARE/TAJIKISTAN FY 2006 DECEMBER CALL FORWARD FOR THE FY [...] Mission concurs with CARE's re-submission of previous call forward postponed of below mentioned commodities for arrival in April, 2006. Mission supports CARE's request for commodities for distribution submitted on behalf of CARE, Save the Children and Counterpart. 2. Mission understan [...]	2005-12-05 06:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR TI
05DUSHANBE1944	IIR 6 947 0013 06/AIDS, MEDICAL PERSONAL CARE, LEADERS DO [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-05 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1947	TAJIK GOVERNMENT-WESTERN NGO ROUNDTABLE: ATTENDANCE HIGH, [...] (SBU) What looked like a routine meeting was a small breakthrough for Tajikistan's development community. The December 2 roundtable discussion of donors, NGOs and government was the first time all three groups came together on any subject, let alone the sensitive issues of NGO intentions, re [...]	2005-12-06 09:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1950	TAJIKISTAN'S NORTHERN REGION WANTS TO BE INDEPENDENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Historically, the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan served as the intellectual and economic hub of Tajikistan. Its proximity to Uzbekistan still grants it trade, business and access to media and information outside of Tajikistan. Although Dushanbe attempts to keep a tight re [...]	2005-12-06 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KISL KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE1951	TAJIKISTAN'S ENVIRONMENT SUFFERS DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS [...] Funding and management problems prevent Tajikistan from protecting its natural resources. In a December 2 meeting with PolOff, Rustam Latipov, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Forestry (SCEPF) complained that the government fails to recognize the benefit [...]	2005-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SENV TI
05DUSHANBE1963	IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 06:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI BE UZ
05DUSHANBE1964	IIR 6 947 0015 06/PRESIDENT TO DECLARE NEW NATIONAL GUARD [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 06:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1966	TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249) [...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...]	2005-12-08 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI
05DUSHANBE1981	TAJIKISTAN POULTRY BAN CONFUSION; AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING [...] Although the government of Tajikistan officially issued poultry bans on ten countries, customs inspectors are unaware of the new regulations. Mahmadnazar Tashrifov, Senior Inspector of the Department of Veterinary Service reported that to date, the department has authorized three resolutions [...]	2005-12-09 10:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL TBIO SENV TI USTR
05DUSHANBE2003	TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Advisor visited Tursunzada land port twice during the period to assess the progress of modular buildings being installed by TFI. The project is on schedule and will be completed by 23 December 2005 barring any unforeseen problems. This is a $68,000 EXBS project to upgrade the border crossing [...]	2005-12-09 12:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2004	TAJIKISTAN: THE GRINCH WHO STOLE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To celebrate Human Rights Day 2005, Post planned for a roundtable discussion with Tajik students on the Department's annual Human Rights Report. Initially, the selected venue was Dushanbe's premier university, the Russia-funded Russian-Tajik Slavonic University. After compli [...]	2005-12-09 13:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RS TI
05DUSHANBE2005	THE GRINCH CHANGES HIS MIND: U.S. EMBASSY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) After the close of business on December 9, Ismat Nasredinov, Post's MFA contact and Chief of the North America Desk, contacted PAS to inform that the previously canceled Human Rights roundtable discussion at Tajik Technical University, planned for December 12, was back on track (septel). [...]	2005-12-09 13:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RS TI
05DUSHANBE2006	VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD HAZMAT RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] SUMMARY: Four members of the Virginia National Guard (VNG) assessed the capability of Tajik ministries to respond to a hazardous materials incident. The team visited the Ministries of Emergency Situations, Defense, State Border Protection Committee, Academy of Sciences, and local fire departm [...]	2005-12-09 13:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2008	TAJIKISTAN CADA DIRECTOR REMAINS IN COUNTRY FOR NOW [...] (SBU) EmbOffs met with David Lovett and Paul Linge, the outgoing and present Country Directors of the Central Asian Development Agency, a non-denominational Christian-supported aid NGO December 9. Lovett's visa expired in November and, after thirteen years in Tajikistan, the government denie [...]	2005-12-10 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE2012	COUNTERING DISINFORMATION IN DUSHANBE [...] SUMMARY: Is the United States responsible for the "Color Revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan? Are Americans employed in such organizations as CARE and the National Democratic Institute spies fomenting revolution? Are U.S.-funded legal assistance programs designed to turn childr [...]	2005-12-12 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE2013	TAJIKISTAN'S HYDROPOWER: GEOPOLITICAL GAME OR GOOD [...] (SBU) President Rahmonov hosted a December 11 meeting to discuss Tajikistan's hydropower projects. Tajikistan is one of the world's leading countries in hydropower potential, and increasingly feasibility studies point to domestic and foreign markets that could help Tajikistan realize the eco [...]	2005-12-12 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA
05DUSHANBE2014	ENGAGING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DISCUSSION AT TAJIK TECHNOLOGICAL [...] The Russian Embassy and Tajik Embassy didn't want it to happen. But CdA and EmbOffs held a broad-ranging and energetic discussion with students and faculty members of the Tajik Technological University for Human Rights Day 2005 (NOTE: Not Tajik Technical University as stated in reftels A and [...]	2005-12-13 07:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE2028	AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION NGO UNDER FIRE IN TAJIKISTAN [...] Charge met with the American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) on December 12 to discuss their ongoing struggle with the Tajik State-owned media. ABA/CEELI's "Street Law" program in Tajikistan's secondary schools (reftel) first came under fire in the pre [...]	2005-12-13 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE2029	IIR 6 947 0017 06/UPDATE ON FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI FR
05DUSHANBE2037	FORMER SECURITY OFFICIAL TAKES ON DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Newly installed Deputy Foreign Minister Saimumil Yatimov met with Charge today for their first substantive meeting. Yatimov is well known as a former Ministry of Security official who dealt with international affairs, but his appointment to a high post in the Foreign Ministry was interpret [...]	2005-12-14 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
05DUSHANBE2038	TAJIK GOVT INSISTS PASSPORT DECISION REVERSAL PRACTICAL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan orders Tajiks to use international passports when traveling to Russia despite an Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) agreement permitting citizens to travel using internal passports. This affects up to one million labor migrants who do not have the expensive interna [...]	2005-12-14 13:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG TI
05DUSHANBE2039	TAJIKISTAN: BOMB SUITS TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT [...] They weigh over 70 pounds, but the Kevlar inside may someday save the life of a Tajik bomb squad first responder. On 14 December, the Charge' turned over 2 bomb suits to the "OMON" Special Operations Unit in Dushanbe. Each suit costs just over $24,000. This effort was as a result of an Embas [...]	2005-12-15 08:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE2050	TAJIKISTAN'S PROPOSED LAW RESTRICTS NGOS' RIGHTS AND [...] (C) The Tajik government is debating a law aimed to control NGO activities that could threaten the legal status of international NGOs. The Embassy received a draft copy of the Law On Public Organizations (Associations) leaked to the Soros Foundation. The Foundation also provided the Embassy [...]	2005-12-19 04:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
05DUSHANBE2052	TAJIKISTAN WMD EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN BUDAPEST [...] SUMMARY: The Tajikistan Weapons of Mass Destruction executive seminar held in Budapest 12-17 December ended Friday with mixed reviews. Although the seminar was an opportunity to assess Tajikistan's ability to combat the proliferation of WMD and exchange information, some Tajiks complained di [...]	2005-12-19 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2062	TAJIKISTAN: `SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ELECTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered talking points per State 225860, 'Seeking Public Support for December 15 Iraq Election' to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 20. Nasredinov promised to pass the information along t [...]	2005-12-20 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE2063	TAJIKISTAN: TOWN AND GOWN CLASH OR YOUTH FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (U) Police arrested five people December 16 after two days of physical clashes between urban and rural youth in the northern city of Khujand. Local youth started a fight with Khujand State University students from the rural Mastchoh district in a public billiards hall on December 13. The M [...]	2005-12-20 12:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TI
05DUSHANBE2064	TAJIK JOURNALIST RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (U) Prison authorities in Istaravshan released Jumaboy Tolibov December 16 after several months of legal wrangling. Sabit Azamov, the Ayni district's General Prosecutor, ordered Tolibov's arrest on April 24. As the chairman of the Ayni district's legal department, Tolibov published commentar [...]	2005-12-20 12:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE2083	TAJIKISTAN MIN OF SECURITY CLOSELY WATCHES INDEPENDENT [...] (C) The Tajik government may be ratcheting up its already successful efforts to limit freedom of speech. National Association of Independent Mass Media in Tajikistan (NANSMIT) chairman, Nuriddin Karshiboev confided to Poloff December 16 that his contacts at the Ministry of Security--- his fo [...]	2005-12-22 06:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE2084	PRESIDENTIAL HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 06:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC TI
05DUSHANBE2090	"WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...]	2005-12-23 10:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA
05DUSHANBE2092	TAJIKISTAN POLITICAL PARTIES UNDERGO CHANGES TO PREPARE FOR [...] (U) In a show of possibly implementing major party reforms, on December 20 the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held a roundtable to solicit opinions from political scientists, government officials and other political parties on the role of the IRPT in society. The Democratic Party [...]	2005-12-23 11:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE2094	"WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...]	2005-12-27 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TI RS AF
05DUSHANBE2097	BACK IN THE USSR? TAJIKISTAN'S SECURITY WONKS UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Tajikistan understands the economic and security benefits of globalization, but Russia remains Central Asia's most important global partner. These two themes dominated the papers at a conference on "Globalization: National Interests and National Security for Central Asian Countries" sp [...]	2005-12-27 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI PHUM ENRG
05DUSHANBE2129	TAJIK MEDIA NAMES RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR "DIPLOMAT OF THE YEAR" [...] A New Year's tradition, Tajikistan's electronic news agency "Asia Plus" and Russian-language independent paper "Kurier Tajikistana" published best of the year lists, sourced from editors' personal opinions and popularity polls, and the diplomatic community wasn't left out of their end of the y [...]	2005-12-30 06:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE2130	PROGRESS, BUT NO ETA FOR TURKISH AIR IN TAJIKISTAN [...] Turkish Airlines (TKA) has moved one step closer to introducing a new Istanbul-Dushanbe. The Turkish Ambassador Altay Cenziger reported a framework agreement was signed December 23, allowing Turkish Airlines to conduct technical assessments and preparations for the new route. He estimated f [...]	2005-12-30 07:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI
06DUSHANBE1	CARE/TAJIKISTAN FY 2006 JANUARY CALL FORWARD FOR THE FY [...] The purpose of this cable is to provide Mission concurrence with CARE's submission of below mentioned commodities for arrival in May, 2006. Mission supports CARE's request for commodities for distribution submitted on behalf of CARE, Mercy Corps, Save the Children and Counterpart. 2. [...]	2006-01-03 04:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR TI
06DUSHANBE1013	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON TAJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although they met ostensibly for Presidential Adviser Rahmatulloyev to give a read-out of the Putin-Rahmonov meeting in Sochi, Rahmatulloyev, clearly authorized by President Rahmonov, spent much of the 90-minute meeting laying out Tajikistan's exasperation with Russia and Uzbekis [...]	2006-05-31 11:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON EINV ENRG UZ RS TI
06DUSHANBE1027	TAJIKISTAN'S POWER POLITICS: DEPUTY PM GHULOMOV REMAINS [...] (SBU) Tajikistan is the most attractive country in Central Asia for hydro power investment, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, and he intends to demonstrate that to investors and suppliers alike at the "Energy Without Borders" conference in Istanbul June 12-14. In a 45-minute meeti [...]	2006-06-02 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE1067	TURKISH EMBASSY WANTS BETTER INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN [...] (C) Turkey supports U.S. efforts to develop Tajikistan's energy sector and other infrastructure projects, but Turkish Embassy Chargi d' Affaires Askin Cakmak suggested that for those projects to succeed, donor countries need to send the Tajik government a strong message to improve the investm [...]	2006-06-07 07:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV EAID TI TU
06DUSHANBE1174	TAJIKISTAN: HELSINKI COMMISSION COUNSEL'S FIRST VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: H. Knox Thames, Counsel for the U.S. Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, visited Tajikistan June 14-17 for the first time. During his trip, he met with political party representatives, religious leaders, government officials, [...]	2006-06-26 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL KDEM TI

06DUSHANBE1176	TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA AND CHINA INTERESTED IN RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: "So the United States plans to invest a billion dollars in Tajik hydropower this year?" asked Zheng Wei, political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Dushanbe. As a result of local press coverage of the U.S.-sponsored energy conference in Istanbul, Chinese and Russian diplomats [...]	2006-06-26 06:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV EAID RS CH TI
06DUSHANBE1178	RUSSIAN BUSINESSES IN TAJIKISTAN: "WE HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE [...] (C) According to Vasiliy Beldugin, the Russian Embassy's Economic Counselor in Dushanbe, Russian companies experience the same problems with corruption and bureaucracy that frustrate other foreign investors. "Some people assume that because of the strategic partnership, Russian companies coul [...]	2006-06-26 06:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EAID PREL TI RU
06DUSHANBE1222	RAO UES AND WORLD BANK PRESSING TAJIK ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (C) The World Bank is advocating that Russian energy giant RAO UES be the official sponsor of an international energy meeting in Dushanbe, but Tajik energy officials are unsure of the signal that will send to other investors, and hope to get a "more neutral" sponsor, such as the Asian Develop [...]	2006-06-30 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV RS TI
06DUSHANBE1223	TAJIK PRESIDENT HELPS DEDICATE NEW EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: After giving remarks at the June 29 dedication ceremony for Dushanbe's new Embassy, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov spent twenty minutes in a private meeting with CdA and OBO Director Williams discussing Tajikistan's future and the influx of new investment and infrastructure pr [...]	2006-06-30 13:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG RS CH TI
06DUSHANBE1233	TAJIKISTAN: JAPAN READY TO PROVIDE MORE BORDER ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Japanese Ambassador to Tajikistan Hiroshi Takahashi said the Japanese government intends to provide increased technical assistance to Tajik border guards and rebuild another road in the south of the country from Dusti to Kurgan-Tyube. In a meeting with Chargi d'Affaires and Post's Se [...]	2006-07-03 06:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE1283	TAJIKISTAN: MODERATE IRPT DEPUTY REFUSES PARTY CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan's (IRPT) First Deputy Chairman, Muhiddin Kabiri refused to accept the party's chairmanship. Kabiri told PolOff at the Embassy's July 4th celebration that the party's current chairman, Said Abdullo Nuri, asked Kabiri to be the next IRPT head, but Kabi [...]	2006-07-06 09:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1285	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER NAZAROV ON INCREASING REGIONAL [...] (S) In a 'just between us' session with the Ambassador on July 6, Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov offered a litany of challenges to Tajikistan's regional foreign policy and even sovereignty. The meeting was ostensibly to preview Secretary Rumsfeld's July 10-11 visit with President Rahmonov, b [...]	2006-07-07 04:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE1294	LET THEM EAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN CAKE! DUSHANBE'S MAYOR [...] (SBU) A letter from the French Ambassador asking the Dushanbe city government to halt street construction during an outdoor Bastille Day celebration has led to the temporary closure of a popular Dushanbe restaurant and highlighted just how risky it is to invest in Tajikistan, or even more dan [...]	2006-07-12 08:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV EAID ECON TI
06DUSHANBE1296	RUMSFELD VISIT AND RUSSIA - WHO'S ON THE SIDE OF THE [...] (S) Russian Charge Viacheslav Svetlichny was the first diplomat to seek a readout of Secretary Rumsfeld's visit to Tajikistan and his meeting with President Rahmonov. The Ambassador joked with him on July 12 that Svetlichny must surely already have a near-verbatim treatment of the meeting fro [...]	2006-07-12 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE1314	TAJIK AIR STILL DOESN'T GET IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five months after taking the helm of Tajikistan State Airlines (TSA),Director Hakimsho Tilloyev declined to identify any improvements or changes under his leadership and instead complained about Turkish Air stealing TSA's passengers to Istanbul. He informed PolOff July 12 tha [...]	2006-07-13 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAIR EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1315	TAJIKISTAN: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 13:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM KN KNNP TI
06DUSHANBE1329	TAJIKISTAN'S SDPT CHAIRMAN SUFFERS STROKE, ALLEGES FOUL [...] (C) Rahmatullo Zoyirov, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) met with PolOff July 13 after suffering a minor stroke two weeks earlier. Zoyirov, an energetic opposition politician, was noticeably absent during the Embassy's official opening on June 28 and the July 4 r [...]	2006-07-14 13:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1353	TAJIKISTAN: DPT'S ISKANDAROV SAFE IN PRISON, FOR NOW [...] (U) Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (DPT) Deputy Chairman, Rahmatullo Valiev assured PolOff July 12 that the DPT's Chairman Mahmmadruzi Iskandarov is not being maltreated in prison, and discussed the emergence of the "Vatan" (Motherland) faction of the DPT. 2. (U) Valiev reported that [...]	2006-07-18 11:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1354	TAJIKISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES UNDER SCRUTINY [...] (U) Tajik media reported that Murodullo Davlatov, Chairman of the State Committee for Religious Affairs (SCRA),in a press conference July 13, singled out the Jehovah's Witnesses and said that the group's proselytizing activities "arouse public indignation." Valery Dudaev, Tajikistan's Jehov [...]	2006-07-19 09:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE1361	TIT-FOR-TAT OP-ED SLAMS AMBASSADOR'S SUPPORTING TAJIK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The steady stream of (probably) Russian-influenced black propaganda against the United States continues in the Tajik press. A recent article alleges U.S. NGOs foment "color revolutions," the United States has done nothing for Tajikistan's economic development, the purpose of th [...]	2006-07-19 13:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE1362	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW MEDIA COALITION NOT ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) Three prominent media associations formed the new Partnership for Democracy in June, a media coalition group designed to address misunderstandings among journalistic bodies and foster improved relations between mass media and the government. However, despite the group's good intentions [...]	2006-07-20 08:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1420	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT RAHMONOV [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 90-minute one-on-one farewell call with President Rahmonov July 19, the President spoke without notes, because, we learned later, he had not expected a working meeting. President Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev told us, "Generally, ambassadors come to sa [...]	2006-07-24 08:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EINV ENRG MARR KDEM IR
06DUSHANBE1423	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TAJIK FM TALBAK NAZAROV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 17 official farewell call on Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov, the Ambassador summed up the progress in the U.S.-Tajik relationship over the past three years, including increased border assistance, a new U.S. Embassy and U.S. involvement in hydropower and infra [...]	2006-07-25 11:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KDEM IR RS TI
06DUSHANBE1424	TAJIK INDUSTRY MINISTER WANTS U.S. JOINT VENTURE TO FLY [...] (SBU) An antimony mining joint venture with New Jersey-based COMSUP has been so successful, according to Minister of Industry Zaid Saidov, the Tajik government would prefer the U.S. firm own one hundred percent of the operation, rather than 49%. In a July 18 meeting with PolOff, Saidov expl [...]	2006-07-25 11:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1425	NDI NOT GETTING THE ANSWERS THEY WANT FROM TAJIK GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov and Deputy Minister of Justice Sharipova, National Democratic Institute (NDI) representatives pressed the Tajik government to register the organization and issue a visa for an American staff member to manage the Dushanbe office. [...]	2006-07-25 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1434	IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...]	2006-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1435	IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...]	2006-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1436	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-27 17:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1439	REFLECTIONS ON THREE YEARS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Three years ago, before I arrived in Dushanbe, I noticed wryly that nearly every reporting cable from the Post seemed to include the descriptive phrase, "Tajikistan, destroyed by civil war~." Greatly harmed and set back? Yes. Destroyed? No. Especially not the spirit of the nation and p [...]	2006-07-28 08:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID AMGT KPAO KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE1440	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-28 09:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1442	PRESIDENT KARZAI WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIAN INTENTIONS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai invited the Ambassador for a private one-hour breakfast at the Presidential Guest House in Dushanbe before returning to Kabul July 28. After a 20-minute one-on-one, Karzai invited his foreign minister and two other advisers to join. WHAT'S RUSSIA UP [...]	2006-07-28 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR RS AF IR TI
06DUSHANBE1462	U.S.-RUSSIA COOPERATION STILL POSSIBLE IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) The departing U.S. Ambassador hosted a final farewell reception at the U.S. Residence July 31. Russian Charge d'affairs Vyacheslav Svetlichniy, a career diplomat, attended. He pulled the Ambassador aside and said he sincerely wished our two governments could attain the same degree of mutu [...]	2006-08-01 10:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE1463	TAJIK-UZBEK TENSIONS GROWING IN GAS, WATER AND COUNTER [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the last six weeks, the Tajik media has reported on a series of small incidents, the sum of which suggest that the already fractious relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is not getting smoother, despite the hopes raised when Uzbekistan joined the Eurasian Eco [...]	2006-08-01 11:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG TJ UZ
06DUSHANBE1464	OLD-GUARD TAJIK MINISTER OF DEFENSE OBSESSES ON NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador endured a three-hour-plus one-on-one lunch August 1 with Tajikistan's Minister of Defense Sherali Khairulloyev. Apart from the general conversation, the minister apologized for previous mil-mil relations that didn't meet expectations; harped repeatedly on NATO, Georgia, [...]	2006-08-01 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG RS TI
06DUSHANBE1465	TAJIKISTAN: U.S. EMBASSY PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE [...] Two earthquakes, ranging from 5.0 to 6.0 on the Richter scale, struck southern Tajikistan's Qumsangir district July 29. The earthquakes affected over 1,600 households and nearly 9,000 people. Officially, three deaths were reported, all of them children. The media reported approximately 20 pe [...]	2006-08-01 13:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID TI
06DUSHANBE1469	THREE "IRAN-FREE" STEPS TO BRING TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The "Persian Language Summit" in Dushanbe July 26 highlighted the cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran, but also provided an opportunity for the three presidents to declare publicly their economic and energy ties (Reftel A). At the close of the press con [...]	2006-08-02 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1470	TAJIKISTAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES CONSIDER BOYCOTTING ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three main opposition political parties are considering boycotting Tajikistan's presidential election as a statement of protest. Knowing Rahmonov will win handily and worried legitimate opposition candidates may not even have a chance to run, the Democratic Party of Tajikis [...]	2006-08-02 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1498	RADIO SILENCE CONTINUES FOR BBC IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Tajikistan's State Radio and Television Committee (SRTC) announced August 2 it refused to give BBC a license to broadcast in Tajiki/ Farsi on FM radio. Margaret Belof, the British DCM, told PolOff August 3 the committee based its refusal on two grounds: the BBC is still not properly re [...]	2006-08-04 11:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE151	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR KICKS OFF TAJIKISTAN'S 2006 PRESIDENTIAL [...] Although President Emomali Rahmonov has not officially announced that he will be a candidate for the late 2006 presidential election in Tajikistan, Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov more than endorsed him at a press conference on January 24. According to multiple press reports, he said, [...]	2006-01-26 09:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE1512	BUILD MORE BRIDGES! AFGHAN BUSINESSMEN VISIT DUSHANBE [...] "You can select your friends, but not your neighbors," said Sharif Saidov, Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman (TCCI). "If your neighbor is calm, then you are calmer." The August 3 visit of Afghan businessmen to Dushanbe underscored the calm on both sides of the border and t [...]	2006-08-08 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP AF TJ
06DUSHANBE1523	TAJIKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE RELIEF STATUS REPORT [...] More than a week after two earthquakes shook Tajikistan's Qumsangir District in Khatlon province on the southern border with Afghanistan July 29 (reftel),the Tajik government and donors continue to help displaced residents. Under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, the Tajik g [...]	2006-08-09 13:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID TI
06DUSHANBE1524	TAJIKISTAN'S IRPT CHAIRMAN SAID ABDULLO NURI PASSES AWAY [...] (U) The Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party, Said Abdullo Nuri passed away August 9 at approximately 16:30. Nuri had been suffering from stomach cancer and his death was not unexpected. He had received periodic treatments in Iran and Germany for over a year and returned to Dushanbe Ju [...]	2006-08-09 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1545	WIIL ROGUN EVER GET BUILT? TAJIKISTAN AND RUSAL ENGAGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Is RusAl on the verge of abandoning Rogun, or merely posturing to hasten its acquisition of Tajik state-owned aluminum smelter TadAZ? In the past week, Tajik and regional news agencies have published several articles on Rogun and other Russian-Tajik investments, questioning the [...]	2006-08-11 06:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1549	THE END OF AN ERA FOR TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY [...] SUMMARY: Chargi d'Affaires attended Said Abdullo Nuri's funeral held in Dushanbe August 10. Nuri, the Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) passed away August 9 (reftel) after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was well-attended by prominent officials and leader [...]	2006-08-11 10:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1555	BUMPS ON THE SILK ROAD: TAJIK PRESIDENT RAHMONOV PROMOTES [...] SUMMARY: President Rahmonov conducted a five-day state visit to India from August 6-10, his first trip to India since 2004. Rahmonov sought to bolster flagging economic relations between India and Tajikistan, encouraging Indian investments in hydro power projects. The two countries signed fiv [...]	2006-08-14 06:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG EFIN TI IN
06DUSHANBE1557	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER DISAPPOINTED IN ISRAEL [...] (C) Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov responded to the points on UNSC resolution 1701 (reftel) by voicing his concern over the situation in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. In a 45-minute discussion with Charge, Nazarov suggested Israel should compensate Lebanon for the "$3 billio [...]	2006-08-14 12:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IR TI
06DUSHANBE1558	TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: LET THE FLOOD GATES OF WATER [...] SUMMARY: Senior Afghan water officials visited Tajikistan August 2-9 to discuss bilateral cooperation in developing joint projects along the Amu Darya and Pyanj Rivers, which form the Afghan-Tajik border. The highly successful visit initiated a practical dialogue and strong partnership betw [...]	2006-08-15 03:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG AF TI
06DUSHANBE1573	TAJIK AIR STILL NOT SOARING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the surface, two recent developments in the airline sector appeared to signal forward progress. However, despite opening the long-completed air terminal at Khujand and coming closer to leasing two Airbus aircraft, Tajik Air remains a protectionist, Soviet-style state-run enti [...]	2006-08-16 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAIR EAID TI
06DUSHANBE1575	TAJIKISTAN: FORMER DCA CHAIRMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON [...] (U) A Tajik court sentenced former Drug Control Agency Chairman, Lieutenant General Ghaffor Mirzoyev August 11 to life imprisonment for planning to overthrow Tajikistan's President Rahmonov. Mirzoyev was arrested August 6, 2004 and officially charged with 36 crimes including attempt to toppl [...]	2006-08-17 04:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1576	INDIAN EXPECATIONS FOR TAJIKISTAN POSITIVE, BUT REALISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: India will continue to assist Tajikistan through exchanges, grants, military cooperation and targeted investment, but the memoranda signed during President Rahmonov's August 6-10 state visit to India only "legalized" initiatives already underway. G. Balusubramanian, [...]	2006-08-17 06:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID IN TI
06DUSHANBE1587	TAJIKISTAN: KABIRI LEADS ISLAMIC PARTY AFTER NURI'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan elected Muhiddin Kabiri as its acting-chairman after Nuri's death. The press and some political analysts speculate the party will split without Nuri's leadership and it will not elect Kabiri as the chairman because, as a moderate, he is [...]	2006-08-18 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1588	TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY CONDEMNS ISRAELI ATTACKS [...] (SBU) At an internal party meeting August 16, several Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan members spoke out strongly against Israel's strikes in Lebanon and Palestine and criticized the U.S. response. Since the beginning of the recent Lebanon-Israeli conflict, the IRPT criticized Israel [...]	2006-08-18 12:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1593	TAJIK FM NAZAROV'S MEETING WITH DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tan and relaxed from his trip to the EurAsEC meeting in Sochi, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov told Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum August 18 that U.S- Tajik bilateral relations were based on trust, and hoped the next phase would focus on economic assista [...]	2006-08-21 12:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1594	REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIKISTAN'S FIRST PRIVATE-PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pamir Energy, Tajikistan's first private-public energy joint venture, manages at best 40% cost recovery and faces a local government that refuses to enforce collection. In a theatrical August 19 site visit with cameras rolling and an audience including Deputy Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-08-21 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF
06DUSHANBE1597	TAJIKISTAN: DEMONSTRATIONS IN AUTONOMOUS REGION A SIGN OF UNREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two demonstrations in front of the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast governor's office August 18-19 illustrate increasing unrest in the economically downtrodden remote area also known as the Pamirs. The several hundred strong crowd protested against the central government and [...]	2006-08-22 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF TI SNAR
06DUSHANBE1599	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RAHMATULLOYEV MEETS DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor on Foreign Policy Erkin Rahmatulloyev waxed philosophical on Central Asia's history and role in U.S. policy and the challenges facing his country, but agreed with Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the U.S. and Tajik governments share the same pr [...]	2006-08-23 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE16	RUSSIA PLEASED WITH BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) The year 2005 was very fruitful for Russia in Tajikistan, according to the Russian DCM Viacheslav Svetlichny. He highlighted the realization of long-standing commitments, particularly those made by President Putin in October 2004 to withdraw Russian border forces and increase economic ass [...]	2006-01-03 10:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG TI RS
06DUSHANBE1600	TAJIKISTAN: WARM TEMPERATURES RAISE LAKE SAREZ'S WATER [...] Two recent earthquakes that damaged thousands of homes in southern Tajikistan offered a bracing reminder that this mountainous country remains seismically very active (Reftel). In 1911, a strong earthquake rocked Tajikistan's Pamir mountains, triggering a massive landslide that created the Uso [...]	2006-08-23 12:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV TI
06DUSHANBE1608	TAJIK GOVERNMENT SETS LOOSE THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS [...] (U) Tajikistan's parliament adopted an amnesty law August 17 that would free 4,000 prisoners and reduce the terms of 11,000. All women above the age of 55, children under the age of 18, first time offenders, along with other designated groups will be eligible for amnesty. Families will be g [...]	2006-08-28 07:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1613	TEN WEEKS TO ELECTIONS, TAJIKISTAN MOVING SLOWLY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten weeks out from the November Presidential election, Tajik authorities are moving very slowly to implement improvements to the electoral process. After a significant step forward in May, when Tajik authorities presented donors with a the first government plans to address previ [...]	2006-08-28 12:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1620	REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIK ENERGY MINISTER SAYS "DON'T [...] (C) A rumored Russian-led hydropower consortium will not threaten a U.S. company's plans to export Tajik electricity to Afghanistan. Energy Minister Asadullo Yerov told PolOff August 28 that the "informal discussions" at the August 15-17 Eurasian Economic Community (EurasEC) meeting in Sochi [...]	2006-08-29 12:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG
06DUSHANBE1621	TAJIKISTAN: UNKNOWN ASSAILANT SETS SYNAGOGUE ON FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An unknown assailant set Dushanbe's synagogue on fire August 18 by throwing a Molotov cocktail through a first floor window. Fortunately, a neighbor sounded the alarm and the fire was put out before it was able to spread and engulf the entire building. Dushanbe's Fire Departme [...]	2006-08-29 12:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC KIRF KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1623	TAJIKISTAN: SDPT CHAIRMAN RETURNS FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (SDPT) Chairman, Rahmatullo Zoyirov met with PolOff August 28 after returning from treatment in Moscow and Switzerland following his stroke. Zoyirov appeared healthy and reinvigorated, and discussed the upcoming presidential election [...]	2006-08-30 05:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TI RS
06DUSHANBE1625	TAJIKISTAN'S DONALD TRUMP: "NUR" MAY BECOME A LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An upstart local competitor to Tajik Air has reached an agreement to begin domestic and international flights using new Russian planes. "NUR" recently opened its airport terminal in Khujand, will invest $15 million to renovate the airport in Qurghon-Teppa in the south, and nego [...]	2006-08-30 07:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAIR EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1628	MERCY CORPS UNDER SCRUTINY FROM TAJIK JUSTICE MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajik authorities, reacting to a secret poison pen letter to the Ministry of Justice from disgruntled Mercy Corps local staff, threatened to deport a Mercy Corps expat unless the Embassy intervened to correct the situation. Mercy Corps conducted an internal investigation, and fo [...]	2006-08-31 07:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1641	IMF TO TAJIKISTAN: LOOKING A BIT DEBT-HEAVY, AREN'T WE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concerns over Tajikistan's accepting $637 million in debt from China, but feels confident the Tajik government still supports economic reforms. During a donor briefing the IMF reported inflation in Tajikistan exceeded expectations due to [...]	2006-09-05 06:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1650	CHINESE MAKING BIG FOOTPRINT ON TAJIKISTAN'S INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With $637 million in low-interest credits for roads, a tunnel and high voltage transmission lines, China has positioned itself as Tajikistan's biggest and fastest-moving foreign investor. By funding key infrastructure projects, China seeks to strengthen its ties with Tajikistan [...]	2006-09-05 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN ENRG TI CH
06DUSHANBE1654	NINE WEEKS OUT: OSCE UNDECIDED ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN [...] (U) After a weeklong visit, the OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) remains undecided on whether or not it will send a full-scale observation mission for the November 6 presidential election. The NAM, comprised of three OSCE/ODIHR officials, debriefed international missions August 31 o [...]	2006-09-06 08:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1655	TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 4, just one business day after arriving at post, Ambassador Jacobson presented her credentials to Tajik President Emomoli Rahmonov. Rahmonov thanked the United States for its support of counter terrorism and counter narcotics efforts and said he looked forward to [...]	2006-09-06 13:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1661	TAJIKISTAN CONSIDERS NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY "OPEN AND [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yatimov said that Tajikistan had not made a final decision about signing the Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) agreement in Kazakhstan September 8, and that they regarded the treaty as "open." In a 90-minute meeting with DCM and PolOff September 6 ( [...]	2006-09-07 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR KNNP UN TI
06DUSHANBE1662	IRPT CONFIRMS KABIRI AS CHAIRMAN IN EMOTIONAL CONGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) confirmed Muhiddin Kabiri as its chairman during an emotional political party congress with members still mourning the loss of former chairman Said Abdullo Nuri. The IRPT delegates presented a united front and members gave impa [...]	2006-09-07 10:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1667	IT'S ALL RELATIVE: THE TAJIK TEXTILE BIZ [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two major textile manufacturers in Tajikistan have taken two different roads to success. Tajik Textiles uses its familial and political networks to succeed, while Giovani Manufacturing features a glitzy, Western-style approach. Although President Rahmonov's development program c [...]	2006-09-08 10:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV EAGR EIND TI
06DUSHANBE1700	DUSHANBE RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM TASK FORCE [...] Embassy Dushanbe provides the following information in response to the request by the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force Request (REFTEL). Internet availability in Tajikistan remains extremely limited, particularly in remote areas. Programs that provide Tajik youth access to the [...]	2006-09-12 11:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINT
06DUSHANBE1705	ROCK AND ROLL IN DUSHANBE [...] What could cause Tajikistan's youth to swell with anger, defy laws prohibiting mass gatherings and demonstrations, and take to the streets of Dushanbe? Were they protesting non-transparent election practices in Tajikistan leading up to the presidential election in November? Were they angry over [...]	2006-09-13 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1706	ROCK AND ROLL IN DUSHANBE [...] What could cause Tajikistan's youth to swell with anger, defy laws prohibiting mass gatherings and demonstrations, and take to the streets of Dushanbe? Were they protesting non-transparent election practices in Tajikistan leading up to the presidential election in November? Were they angry over [...]	2006-09-13 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1711	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST SUBSTANTIVE MEETING WITH TAJIK FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a Letter of Agreement signing ceremony 9/13 (reftel a),Foreign Minister Nazarov invited Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting to discuss issues she had raised prior to presenting credentials 9/4 (reftel b). While Nazarov could not offer any concrete assistance on any o [...]	2006-09-14 08:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1717	TAJIKISTAN - AN OCEAN OF IRONY: ABUNDANT WATER IN A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Water gushes down the mountains of Tajikistan, the most water-rich country in Central Asia. Yet people lack clean drinking water, utilities are poorly managed, and poor irrigation hinders agricultural development. There exists tremendous potential for hydropower development fo [...]	2006-09-15 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SENV TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1718	CHINESE PRIME MINISTER BRINGS GOOD FORTUNE TO SCO TALKSIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fifth session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization heads of government began September 15 in Dushanbe to a flourish of publicity. High-level representatives from China, Russia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, observers from India, Iran, Pakistan, and Mongoli [...]	2006-09-15 13:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1720	TAJIK SYNAGOGUE AND ORTHODOX CHURCH SUFFERS ANOTHER MOLOTOV [...] (U) Assailants threw Molotov cocktails onto the premises of the Jewish synagogue and Russian Orthodox Church September 14. The assailants and their motives are unknown but synagogue members verified that two young Tajik men ages 17-20 threw three Molotov cocktails into the synagogue. Two Mo [...]	2006-09-18 07:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE1723	EIGHT WEEKS OUT: CCER ISSUING DECREES LEFT AND RIGHT [...] Tajikistan's Central Committee on Elections and Referenda (CCER) signed a new decree September 15 addressing candidates' usage of mass media during the presidential campaign, establishing polling stations and forming a working group to deal with international observers. The decrees are a smal [...]	2006-09-19 08:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1726	DUSHANBE SCO CONFERENCE - MOVING BEYOND SECURITY INTO [...] SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focused on economic and energy cooperation in its Dushanbe meetings September 15-16. The six member countries issued a joint communique affirming their intention to further cooperate in economic, trade, scientific, technological, social, cu [...]	2006-09-20 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1738	TAJIKISTAN RESPONSE TO TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Dushanbe submits the following information regarding Tajikistan's compliance with U.S. and international trade agreements. 2. (U) Tajikistan has not entered into trade agreements with the United States directly, and is not a member of the World Trade O [...]	2006-09-21 08:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE1740	TAJIK KIDS ARE PICKIN' COTTON! [...] Cotton picking season has descended on Tajikistan, and just as in the days of central planning, several reporting districts are already exceeding set targets. According to news reports, Kulob region in Khatlon Olbast has yielded over 21,000 tons of cotton - 26% of the region's annual target. [...]	2006-09-22 09:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1744	SEVEN WEEKS OUT: LET THE GAMES BEGIN, TAJIK ELECTION [...] (U) Five political parties officially announced their candidates for president during congresses held September 16-17. The candidates thus far are all chairmen of their parties, have little nationwide popular support and are weak politicians. With the exception of Narziev's Socialist Party o [...]	2006-09-22 10:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1749	FASHION ALERT - TAJIKISTAN'S TEXTILES HIT THE WORLD MARKET [...] This cable responds to action request (ref A) for data on the textile and apparel market in Tajikistan. 2. INTRODUCTION: Walking down the streets of Dushanbe, a trained eye easily spots the latest fashion trends among the many pedestrians. Men sport short-sleeve button-down shirts and t [...]	2006-09-22 14:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TI EAGR EIND ELAB PGOV
06DUSHANBE175	TAJIKISTAN'S SOUTH SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: Kulob, the President's home region and nearby Qurghon-Teppa face the same corruption, high unemployment, and political and free press restrictions that plague the rest of the country. In meetings with PolOff January 23-24, journalists, NGOs and community leaders from Kulob, Qurghon [...]	2006-01-27 09:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1758	TAJIK BORDER POSTS STILL SUFFER FROM LAST YEAR'S FLOODING [...] (SBU) Embassy Officers visited four border posts in the Moscovsky region bordering Afghanistan and saw how last year's severe flooding destroyed the units' buildings, seriously hindering the border guards' ability to protect the Tajik border from illicit activity. In addition to flood damag [...]	2006-09-26 11:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR AF TI
06DUSHANBE1765	CHINESE DRAGON STEPS GENTLY IN TAJIKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai laid out the founding principles of friendship between Tajikistan and China, including economic, security, and cultural relations, at an academic conference hosted by the Tajik Center for Strategic Research in Dushanbe on September 26. Acad [...]	2006-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1766	TAJIKISTAN: KABIRI'S IRPT TAKES A "TIME OUT" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an hour-long introductory call with the Ambassador September 26, Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhiddin Kabiri described his party's reasoning for not participating in the upcoming presidential elections. Kabiri said the party would use the next [...]	2006-09-27 10:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OEXC TI
06DUSHANBE1773	SIX WEEKS OUT: NO STRONG CANDIDATE WILL CHALLENGE RAHMONOV [...] (U) Tajikistan's opposition political party congresses have taken a stance not to participate in the election. Short of boycotting the election, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) and the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) [...]	2006-09-28 02:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE178	AMBASSADOR PROTESTS SECURITY MINISTRY CRACK-DOWN ON NDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Ambassador forcefully protested to Foreign Minister Nazarov the Security Ministry's recent crackdown on the National Democratic Insitute in Dushanbe. Nazarov agreed to intervene with the Minister of Security and to bring the problem to President Rahmonov's at [...]	2006-01-27 10:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PROP KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE179	COUNTERING NEO-SOVIET ANTI-U.S. AND ANTI-DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Especially when analyzing the so-called "color revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, neo-Soviet authoritarians have dominated the information space and defined the world view in Central Asia. U.S. Embassies' Public Affairs Sections face an up-hill battle because Russian media [...]	2006-01-27 10:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE1803	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO DUSHANBE [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher back to Tajikistan. This visit will be a good opportunity for you to build upon your May meetings in Dushanbe and give an extra push for better conduct one month before the presidential election. 2. (C) The U.S.-Tajikistan bilat [...]	2006-09-29 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1840	FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS SOUTH FOR OPPORTUNITY AND NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 45-minute meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Foreign Minister Talbak SIPDIS Nazarov remarked that the United States and Tajikistan have a positive bilateral relationship because they have built an atmosphere of trust. He thanked Boucher for [...]	2006-10-07 08:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE1841	TAJIK PRESIDENT TELLS BOUCHER ELECTION SHOULD MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Tajikistan's President SIPDIS Emomali Rahmonov stressed the positive bilateral relationship with the United States. Stating he wanted to deepen contacts at every level, Rahmonov thanked the United Stat [...]	2006-10-07 08:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE1844	VROOM! VROOM! CAR SHOPPING IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's automotive imports reached $177.4 million for the first eight months of 2006, a 300% jump from the previous year, according to GosKomStat. Despite high gasoline prices and massive shipping costs, Tajikistan's "nouveau riche" enjoys spending its wealth on high-priced [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELTN EINV EIND ELAB PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1845	SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN: ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE HELPS DUST OFF [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: Kulob recently celebrated the 2,700-year anniversary of its founding. Unfortunately, the nearly three millennia have not been kind to the city. Three hours southeast of Dushanbe, Kulob (known as Kulyab in Russian) is a town of 30,000-50,000 people. All across Tajikistan, [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1846	SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN'S RUSTED BELT: INDUSTRY IN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: Called Kurgan-Tube by the Soviets, Qurghon-Teppa is a depressed city of 80,000 people, sixty minutes south of Dushanbe in the Khatlon region. Remains of the city's crumbling industrial infrastructure line city streets. The mayor threatened to re-nationalize failing industr [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1848	ONE MONTH OUT: TAJIK GOVT SHUTS DOWN WEBSITES AHEAD OF THE [...] (U) Tajikistan's internet service providers blocked access to several websites deemed "opposition" sites one month ahead of the November 6 presidential election. Sites include popular news information agencies such as Ferghana.ru and Centralasia.ru. The Ministry of Communications' Agency o [...]	2006-10-10 09:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1863	FOUR WEEKS OUT: POLITICAL PARTY FACTION BRIBES MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Four weeks out from the November 6 presidential election, five candidates have successfully registered candidate. Opposition political parties are weaker than ever, as a faction of the Democratic Party has won government approval. The government ordered internet providers to block ne [...]	2006-10-12 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1908	DON'T DRINK THE BOTTLED WATER, EITHER: THREE TAJIK [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: EmbOffs met October 13 with representatives of three companies in Hissor, located 25 minutes west of Dushanbe. On the railway line from Uzbekistan to Dushanbe, Hissor is a key wholesale trading area, with construction materials, gas, wheat flour, canned food, and water bo [...]	2006-10-18 07:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1931	DESPITE THE CHAMPAGNE, NOT MUCH TO CELEBRATE IN TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: During an October 17 visit to Shahrinau -- Persian for "New City" -- PolOffs found nothing new in tours of a wineless winery, a school with no electricity and talks with local government officials. The district, located 25 kilometers east of Dushanbe and 25 km west of the Uz [...]	2006-10-20 05:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENGR ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE1935	THREE WEEKS OUT: OBSERVER MISSION DEPLOYING WITH MORE VIGOR [...] (C) Three weeks out, Tajikistan shows few visible signs of an impending presidential election. Aside from a two-story poster of President Rahmonov (resplendent with five by two foot eyebrows) on Dushanbe's main boulevard, campaign materials are conspicuously absent in the capital. PolOffs sa [...]	2006-10-23 06:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1943	TAJIK FINANCE MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) In her introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Safarali Najmuddinov October 19, Ambassador Jacobson discussed Tajikistan's evolving economic progress, debt-taking, and state budget priorities. The Minister raised the issue of Tajikistan's $17 million debt to the United States, and [...]	2006-10-25 10:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE1945	GRADUAL PROGRESS, BUT VISIBLE PROBLEMS AT TWO TAJIK-AFGHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 18 visit to two border posts revealed extremely basic living conditions and a slow but solid start to U.S.-funded reconstruction efforts. Soldiers at Bakhorat and Bog outposts on the border with Afghanistan face winter with limited electricity and supplies, and alm [...]	2006-10-25 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR PINR TI AF

06DUSHANBE1948	TAJIK FINANCE MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR DEBT RELIEF (CORRECTED [...] (U) In her introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Safarali Najmuddinov October 19, Ambassador Jacobson discussed Tajikistan's evolving economic progress, debt-taking, and state budget priorities. The Minister raised the issue of Tajikistan's $17 million debt to the United States, and [...]	2006-10-26 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE195	FRAUD SUMMARY - TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Tajikistan, independent since the Soviet breakup in 1991, is the poorest Central Asian republic and the ninth poorest country per capita in the world. The vast majority of the population lives well below the poverty line, inducing many working-age Tajik males to bec [...]	2006-01-30 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TI
06DUSHANBE1950	"FAIR AND ACCURATE" INFORMATION THE KEY TO GOOD U.S.-UZBEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The key to improved U.S.-Uzbek relations is to provide leadership with "true, accurate and fair information," according to Mirodil Abdurazzakov, the Uzbek Ambassador in Dushanbe. In an Oct. 19 meeting with PolOff, Abdurazzakov described Uzbek democracy as "more diplomatic" than [...]	2006-10-26 09:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TI UZ
06DUSHANBE1977	IRAN HAWKS WARES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: Iran staged a business exhibition in Dushanbe October 27-30 with over 40 Iranian companies participating. The well-attended exhibition featured building materials, engineering consulting services, consumer goods, medical equipment, furniture, pharmaceuticals, and other goods. [...]	2006-10-30 12:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE199	TAJIK CABINET SHUFFLE PLACES OLD RAHMONOV ALLY IN KEY ECON [...] (U) Tajik President Rahmonov appointed Matlubkhon Davlatov as State Advisor to the President for Economic Policy, replacing Faizullo Kholboboyev. The January 30 decree elevated Davlatov to the senior economic position in Tajikistan and named Kholboboyev Representative to the CIS and the Eura [...]	2006-01-31 11:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TI
06DUSHANBE1998	ONE WEEK OUT: RAHMONOV'S PR CAMPAIGN STRENGTHENS, DPT DRAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: With six days to go before the election, the pocket party candidates have hit the campaign trail and look more like public relations agents campaigning for Rahmonov than candidates in their own right. The Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (DPT) drama continues with the remnant DP [...]	2006-10-31 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2	TAJIKISTAN'S TOP EXPORT, COTTON, CONTINUES TO DECLINE [...] SUMMARY: Tajikistan's cotton harvest continues to decline since the fall of the Soviet Union due to lack of farm capital, poor land management, and detrimental financing options. The government acknowledges a need to change policies to resuscitate the cotton industry, but real reform has bee [...]	2006-01-03 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE2000	"PLEASE TRAIN OUR WORKERS" -- TAJIK BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary. While the upper echelons of the Tajik government focus on immense energy projects, a frank and lively discussion by local businesspeople offered fresh examples of corruption and decay in the small and medium enterprise sector, especially related to customs, standards, and the lac [...]	2006-10-31 12:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EIND EFIN EAID PREL TBIO ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE2017	SUPERMARKET SWEEP - THE NEW LOOK OF GROCERIES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A TAJIK-DUTCH JOINT VENTURE HAS CREATED THE FIRST WESTERN-STYLE SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN TAJIKISTAN, "ORIMA," FEATURING HUNDREDS OF IMPORTED PRODUCTS AIMED AT THE LOCAL MARKET. UTILIZING A SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION PAGE 2 RUEWMFS2017 UNCLAS DUSHANBE 002017 SIPDI [...]	2006-11-02 17:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV EIND ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE2019	DUSHANBE ELECTRICITY CONFERENCE PRODUCES MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan moved three steps closer to establishing a regional transmission system and electricity market at the Second Central and South Asia regional electricity market conference. During the October 26-28 conference in Dushanbe, [...]	2006-11-03 07:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF KG PK
06DUSHANBE202	TAJIKISTAN- THE U.S. ROLE IN DEBT RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Deputy Chief of Mission delivered talking points per Reftel January 31 to Sherali Jononov, Head of Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jononov acknowledged U.S. economic assistance and leadership in the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. HOAGLAND [...]	2006-02-01 03:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KPAO
06DUSHANBE2020	TAJIK POLITICAL PARTIES FEAR SITUATION WILL DETERIORATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Tajik presidential election a foregone conclusion, Tajik political parties try to plan for after the election, but from their perspective, the future looks bleak. Political party leaders predict that the government will clamp down on political activity. Some are runni [...]	2006-11-03 07:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2033	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORT #1 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The polls have yet to close, but Tajikistan's presidential election seems to suffer from many of the same problems as the 2005 parliamentary election. The pre-election period did witness positive cooperation between international organizations (especially the United Nations a [...]	2006-11-06 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2038	RAHMONOV WINS TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH 79.3 PERCENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Rahmonov won a third term with 79.3 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Embassy observers deployed throughout Tajikistan witnessed the gamut of election practices from completely transparent tabulation processes to blatant ballot stuffing by commissi [...]	2006-11-07 12:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE204	NDI LOCAL DIRECTOR DEPARTS [...] (U) National Democratic Institute (NDI) local Director Gegham Sargsyan left Tajikistan on Wednesday morning, February 1, after a final unannounced police check and brief detention on the evening of January 31. The NDI Director had been wrangling with authorities for the past week or so, sinc [...]	2006-02-01 10:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR TI
06DUSHANBE2044	POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO RAHMONOV'S WIN [...] (U) Tajik president Emomali Rahmonov won 79.3 percent of the vote in the November 6 election. Although his popularity is genuine among the people, opposition parties remain vocal in criticizing the election and will continue to express dissatisfaction with the current president and call him [...]	2006-11-08 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2050	TAJIK ELECTION NUMBERS SHOW SURPRISING REGIONAL DIFFERENCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rahmonov's re-election to a third term November 6 indicates his genuine popularity among Tajiks and reflects the people's recognition that Rahmonov's years as president have coincided with a period of relative stability in the country. Many in fact were surprised Rahmonov did [...]	2006-11-09 13:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE208	TAJIK PRISON FACILITIES IN POOR CONDITION [...] (U) PolOff visited a youth detention center and Tajikistan's central penitentiary medical facility January 31. Both facilities are in poor condition and lack adequate medical supplies and equipment. Deputy Minister of Justice, Izzatullo Sharipov, granted EmbOffs access in hopes the United St [...]	2006-02-01 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2084	DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION DELIVERED, USUN [...] (C) PolOff discussed talking points per reftel on the demarche on Belarus' anti-U.S. United Nations resolution with Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs November 15. 2. (C) Nasredinov acknowledged Bel [...]	2006-11-15 11:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO TI
06DUSHANBE2095	MCC NOT IN TAJIKISTAN'S SIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: EmbOffs delivered Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecards and talking points to multiple audiences of unenthusiastic Tajik officials. Tajik government officials recognize that the country still has far to go to be considered for MCC candidacy, and sidestepped our attem [...]	2006-11-16 04:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN TI
06DUSHANBE2105	DEMARCHE ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF UNGA DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points per reftel to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Department on International Organizations, Nuriddin Shamsov. Shamsov did not have any immediate substantial comments on the Emergency Special Session, but said the MFA will relay the talking [...]	2006-11-17 08:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS TI
06DUSHANBE2107	DEFENDING TAJIKISTAN'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has taken significant steps over the past year to protect intellectual property, but much work remains in order to change its position on the Special 301 List. Advances include: an amendment to the Law on Intellectual Property to protect copyright owners from Internet [...]	2006-11-17 14:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETTC ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI
06DUSHANBE2109	CONTRACTUAL ISSUES IMPEDE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT THE [...] (SBU) EmbOffs along with General Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee surveyed the Tajik-Afghan border posts of Khirmanjo, Bakhorat and Bog November 15 and discovered slow progress at two of the three U.S.-funded renovation sites. Contractual issues impede substantive p [...]	2006-11-20 15:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2111	PRESIDENT RAHMONOV CELEBRATES THIRD TERM WITH PRECIOUS [...] SUMMARY: President Rahmonov was sworn in to his third term on November 18, a warm sun-filled day. The festivities were low key, but expensive, filled with precious jewels, flag waving patriots, a military parade, and one shiny new car. Embassy sources estimate inauguration costs amount from [...]	2006-11-22 05:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2113	WHETHER TO COOPERATE: MIXED SIGNALS FROM THE RUSSIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 21 Embassy Dushanbe, together with our Russian diplomatic and military colleagues, commemorated the 1992 evacuation of American diplomats from Dushanbe at the start of the Tajik civil war. The Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division resident in Dushanbe was instrumental in [...]	2006-11-22 14:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS TI
06DUSHANBE2147	DEMONSTRATORS CHARGE ILLEGAL DETENTION AND VIOLATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three Democratic Party of Tajikistan members were released November 19 after serving 15 days in prison for organizing a demonstration. Khairiddin Gulyaev and Temur Toshev (also known as Temur Iskandarov),two of the imprisoned members, met with Poloff November 22 to assert thei [...]	2006-11-28 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2149	IN TAJIKISTAN'S WINDY CITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT WELCOMES NGO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Whether building bridges, running an internet access center, or publishing youth newspapers, international and local NGOs operate effectively and with few bureaucratic barriers in the city and district of Faisobod. District Chairman Ismatullo Zaidov was quick to praise NGO contr [...]	2006-11-29 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KDEM ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE2153	VISIT TO TAJIK BORDER GUARD TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: A Russian-run training facility for Tajik troops has some modern conveniences, but the training program relies on Soviet educational methods to teach under-educated Border Guards the basics. PolOff and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) representative visited the Leninsky Trai [...]	2006-11-29 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2169	TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state committees from 25 to 17 and state agencies from 15 [...]	2006-12-04 05:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2171	TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] This cable is to replace Dushanbe 2169. 2. President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state comm [...]	2006-12-04 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2177	TAJIKISTAN'S WATER PROBLEMS HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON HEALTH [...] SUMMARY: Nowhere is the theme of this year's United Nations' Human Development Report entitled "Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis" more fitting than in Tajikistan. Despite an abundance of water in Tajikistan's many rivers and enormous hydroelectric potential, Tajiki [...]	2006-12-05 13:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR ENV TI
06DUSHANBE2186	COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS IMAM RETURNS FROM U.S. TO PREACH [...] (U) Badriddin Karimov, a local Tajik imam who participated in the USAID-sponsored Community Connections Program, "Religion in a Secular Society," returned to Tajikistan inspired by the pluralism and tolerance he observed in the United States. On the 20-day program to the United States, Karim [...]	2006-12-07 06:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KIRF KPAO EAID TI
06DUSHANBE2191	NOVEMBER 06 TAJIK BORDER WRAP-UP [...] (U) This cable summarizes Post's border security, counterterrorism and counternarcotics activities for November 2006. 2. (SBU) Border Guard Training Center Visit: EmbOffs visited Dushanbe's Leninsky Training Center, where the Russian military trains the Tajik Border Guards. Decorated w [...]	2006-12-07 12:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV PINR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2193	REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTRY [...] Post looks forward to the release of the 2006 Human Rights Report. Post plans to translate the Tajikistan Country Report into both Russian and Tajik. Tajik is the official state language and Russian is commonly used among government officials, civil society, media, and the general population [...]	2006-12-08 10:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2201	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET: PRO-RUSSIAN OLD GUARD ENSCONCED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite some pre-election hints that Tajik President Rahmonov planned to clean house in the Defense and Security Ministries, the old guard remains firmly ensconced and has consolidated power by incorporating the Border Guards into the security structure. After winni [...]	2006-12-11 12:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINL SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2205	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET INCLINED TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajik and foreign observers agree Tajikistan's economy and infrastructure need a total overhaul. President Rahmonov's November 30 governmental restructuring and early December cabinet appointments to economic positions suggest he understands that he needs a competent set of advi [...]	2006-12-12 12:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAIR ENRG EAID ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE2206	IRPT MEMBER CONVICTED, FREEDOM OF SPEECH VIOLATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A city court convicted Mukhtorjon Shodiev, an Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) member, December 6 of inciting violence and calling for an overthrow of the government in remarks he gave in front a small, private audience. He was sentenced to nine months in prison. [...]	2006-12-12 12:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE2209	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET: NO GOOD NEWS FOR U.S. DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Nothing about President's Rahmonov's new cabinet suggests that democracy and human rights programs will now operate more freely. After months of Tajik officials counseling us to "wait until after the November 6 election" to push for registration of the National Democr [...]	2006-12-13 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2210	DUSHANBE'S MAYOR STRIKES AGAIN, AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dushanbe's Mayor Ubaidulloyev, known for his autonomy in governing Tajikistan's capital, has his eye on a building owned by the Grace Sun Min Church and wants to turn the building into a school. However, his motives appear suspect, in light of his past attempts to take the chur [...]	2006-12-13 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2219	TRADING PLACES: TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET OF OLD HANDS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a few exceptions, Tajik President Rahmonov's post-election appointments simply shuffled loyalists and favorites into different positions, further concentrating power in the hands of those from his home region of Kulob. Instead of naming new, younger officials or educated tech [...]	2006-12-14 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM TI AF
06DUSHANBE2222	TAJIKISTAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Per ref request, Post provides Tajikistan's 2006 country report on terrorism. 2. (SBU) Sharing a 1,400-kilometer border with Afghanistan, Tajikistan is well aware of the negative effects of state-sponsored terrorism and offered its limited resources to assist the United States alm [...]	2006-12-18 05:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR
06DUSHANBE2223	INITIAL MEETING WITH NEW TAJIK BORDER GUARDS CHIEF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The newly appointed head of the Tajik Border Forces within the State Committee on National Security, General-Major (US 1-star equivalent) Mirzoev, invited representatives from the U.S. Embassy and other donor countries and implementing agencies to an introductory meeting. General [...]	2006-12-18 06:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR MASS TI
06DUSHANBE2225	ANOTHER DAM CABLE FROM TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Boom!! After four hours of waiting for Tajik President Rahmonov and Russian energy utility RAO UES head Anatoli Chubais to arrive by car, when thick fog prevented helicopter travel, observers witnessed a single explosion block the mighty Vaksh River at Sangtuda. The river was diverted th [...]	2006-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI
06DUSHANBE2226	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENTS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dushanbe commemorated International Human Rights Day/Week with a variety of events: having students paint a mural on the Embassy walls, showing a Human Rights related movie followed by a discussion group, and hosting a number of public speaking events focused on the theme "De [...]	2006-12-19 12:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2227	TAJIKISTAN NOT YET AN APPROPRIATE TERRORIST-RELATED DATA [...] (SBU) Post is engaged in informal information sharing with Tajik Government law enforcement and security service entities. However, the limited biometric and biographic information in Tajik travel documents, as well as their elementary and improperly used immigration and security databases, ma [...]	2006-12-19 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR
06DUSHANBE2228	HOW WE CAN HELP THE TAJIK ELECTION COMMISSION PREPARE FOR [...] (U) This is an Action cable. See Paragraphs 5 and 9. 2. (U) Without the pressure of an upcoming election and with the international spotlight shining elsewhere, we have an unusual opportunity to engage Tajikistan's Central Commission for Elections and Referenda. The CCER would like to ma [...]	2006-12-20 11:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPOA KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2229	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH NEW TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met December 20 with Hamrakhon Zaripov in his new capacity as Tajikistan's Foreign Minister. Zaripov agreed to "coordinate with relevant ministries and the president" on responses to the Ambassador's requests for forward movement on registration and visas for Natio [...]	2006-12-20 12:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE224	NDI DIRECTOR SHOULD RETURN TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Acting Foreign Minister Yatimov paved a way for National Democratic Institute (NDI) local Director Gegham Sargsyan to register and return to Dushanbe. Sargsyan left for Moscow on February 1 after harassment and pressure from Tajik officials. Yatimov knew the [...]	2006-02-02 13:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR TI
06DUSHANBE2243	A MINOR MIRACLE? TAJIK SETTLEMENT WITH NORSK HYDRO COULD BE [...] (C) With the December 20 signing of a cooperation agreement between Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro and Tajikistan's state-owned aluminum factory TadAZ, Tajikistan resolved one of its stickiest investment cases. Moscow-based Norwegian Ambassador Oyvind Nordsletten called on Ambassador J [...]	2006-12-22 09:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV ETRD TI NO
06DUSHANBE2247	THE FUTURE OF TAJIK COTTON - ANYTHING BUT LIGHT AND FLUFFY [...] (U) Summary: Despite the ailing cotton sector's debt-ridden farms and declining harvest, cotton remains Tajikistan's most important export and biggest crop. International donors have joined forces, backing major projects to reinvigorate the sector. The Government of Tajikistan, the National [...]	2006-12-22 14:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE226	TAJIKISTAN SDPT MEMBERS RELEASED FROM JAIL [...] Two Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) members imprisoned after the parliamentary elections last year have been released. Nizomaddin Begmatov, the Rasulov District SDPT Chairman and Nasim Shukurov, a member of the Sughd Region's SDPT branch were released on January 31 and February 1 [...]	2006-02-02 13:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE227	TAJIK PRISON FACILITIES IN POOR CONDITION [...] (U) This message replaces REFTEL A, adding TAG: CASC. 2. (U) PolOff visited a youth detention center and Tajikistan's central penitentiary medical facility January 31. Both facilities are in poor condition and lack adequate medical supplies and equipment. Deputy Minister of Justice, Izz [...]	2006-02-03 03:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TI
06DUSHANBE236	TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA KICKS OFF ITS G-8 YEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Ambassador convened the other G-8 ambassadors on February 2 to announce a cooperative effort during the Russian G-8 presidency. Although this seems to be mostly a public re [...]	2006-02-03 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS TI
06DUSHANBE237	TAJIKISTAN'S BORDER CHIEF DISCUSSES U.S. ASSISTANCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Chairman of the Border Protection Committee General Saidamir Zuhurov on February 2 to assess his views on U.S. assistance and to seek his views on Russia's role in Tajik border affairs. Zuhurov praised the United States as a most reliable partner. Thoug [...]	2006-02-03 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE239	THE CIS NEEDS A CNN RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE SERVICE [...] (C) This message is Central Asia specific, but it is relevant to the other countries of the former Soviet Union, including Russia, as the other U.S. ambassadors to CIS countries agreed during a January 4 meeting in the Department with U/S Burns. 2. (C) Russia is increasingly flexing its p [...]	2006-02-06 04:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS ZK
06DUSHANBE246	ROUNDTABLE WITH U.S. AMBASSADOR AND LOCAL MEDIA [...] The Ambassador and PAO met on February 3 with 15 local editors and other prominent journalists for a 90-minute informal but on-the-record roundtable. ------------ U.S. PATRIOT ACT ------------ 2. The journalists covered a variety of topics, starting with the State of the Union address [...]	2006-02-06 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PINR PROP KDEM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE250	DPT ACTING LEADER: "WE DON'T FEEL YOUR SUPPORT" [...] (C) The Ambassador and PolOff met for an hour on February 6 with Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT),Rahmatullo Valiyev. The imprisoned Mahmadruzi Iskandarov is still the DPT's titular head. The meeting was within the context of a DPT effort, as evidenced by its Febr [...]	2006-02-07 04:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE268	NDI REGISTRATION: YOUR DOG'S TAIL IS CROOKED [...] (SBU) Tajik folk wisdom has it that even if all your papers are in order, inspectors will find something wrong -- your dog's tail is crooked -- for example. After many promises that re-registration for National Democratic Institute (NDI) personnel was solved, it turns out to be unsolved. DCM [...]	2006-02-08 12:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PINR PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE269	NDI REGISTRATION: YOUR DOG'S TAIL IS CROOKED [...] (SBU) Tajik folk wisdom has it that even if all your papers are in order, inspectors will find something wrong -- your dog's tail is crooked -- for example. After many promises that re-registration for National Democratic Institute (NDI) personnel was solved, it turns out to be unsolved. DCM [...]	2006-02-08 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PINR PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE272	TAJIKISTAN: MURKY BUSINESS AND GEO-POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two meetings with U.S. businessmen on February 9, a reliable CEO passed along the rumor that the largest cell-phone and Internet company in Tajikistan, Babilon-T, is founded on drug money and may sooner or later be bought by Moscow's Sistema-MTS. A less reliable U.S. interlo [...]	2006-02-10 05:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE275	TADAZ CLAIMS POLLUTION HAS DECREASED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Central Asia's Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO) and PolOff visited the Tajikistan Aluminum (TadAZ) plant in Tursun-Zoda near the Uzbekistan border February 9. Uzbekistan blames the Tajik government for allowing TadAZ to pollute the environment, [...]	2006-02-10 12:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD SENV RS TI
06DUSHANBE276	REQUEST TO DOUBLE AMERICAN CORNERS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] This is an action request. See para six below. 2. The Ambassador's February 7 visit to the American Corner in Khujand, where he met with FLEX alumni and was warmly welcomed by provincial and city education officials, reaffirms the enormous value of American Corners in Tajikistan - and th [...]	2006-02-11 05:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL KDEM PREL TI
06DUSHANBE277	REQUEST TO DOUBLE AMERICAN CORNERS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] This is an action request. See para six below. 2. The Ambassador's February 7 visit to the American Corner in Khujand, where he met with FLEX alumni and was warmly welcomed by provincial and city education officials, reaffirms the enormous value of American Corners in Tajikistan - and th [...]	2006-02-11 05:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL KDEM PREL TI
06DUSHANBE278	TAJIKISTAN'S RECENT UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE HIGHLIGHTED BY [...] (SBU) Since the beginning of the year, the local media have reported a number of killings of government security officials. The Tajik government often linked the murders to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). However, no credible links to the IMU have been proven. Because of the report [...]	2006-02-11 06:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE279	TAJIKISTAN: IRAN POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on February 10 on the IAEA decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council along with the President's and Secretary's talking points. Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the MFA accepted the points and sa [...]	2006-02-13 05:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IR AORC TI
06DUSHANBE284	KHUJAND, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OF TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khujand, Tajikistan's "second city," in the Ferghana Valley and separated from Dushanbe by a formidable mountain range, represents what Tajikistan could be - not a democratic paradise, but a confident, relatively progressive, stable society open to new ideas and cautiously resist [...]	2006-02-13 08:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAO KDEM RS UZ KG TI
06DUSHANBE300	TAJIKISTAN HUMANITARIAN DEMINING: REQUEST FOR PM SUPPORT [...] Post appreciates PM/WRA information (reftel) and strongly supports further engagement on demining in Tajikistan, including a Policy Assessment Visit and funding for the Tajik Mine Action Committee through the United Nations Development Program. MINES ALONG THE AFGHAN BORDER 2. Russia la [...]	2006-02-14 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KHDP TI
06DUSHANBE301	CHINA WANTS TO BE A GOOD, BUT DISCREET, NEIGHBOR TO [...] (SBU) China shares the United States' desire to see an economically stable Tajikistan, but is keeping its specific investment and trade priorities close hold. Chinese Trade Representative Wan Shungan told PolOff and BISNIS representative February 13 that China regards infrastructure and hydr [...]	2006-02-14 11:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EINV
06DUSHANBE302	TAJIK TRANSPORT MINISTER PLEASED WITH BRIDGE [...] On his first visit to the U.S.-funded bridge construction site at Nizhniy Pyanzh, Transportation Minister Ashurov expressed great satisfaction and offered to get involved personally if problems arise regarding the cement supply or customs. During the February 13 visit with PolOff and a visit [...]	2006-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELTN ECON TI AF
06DUSHANBE304	BBC IN DUSHANBE: "DON'T DIS A SMALL COUNTRY AND YOU CAN GET [...] (C) In a surprisingly tough meeting February 14, the Ambassador joined his European and OSCE colleagues for what was supposed to have been a joint Western demarche about the BBC Tajik Service having lost its permission January 10 to broadcast on FM-106 in Dushanbe (reftel). French Ambassador [...]	2006-02-15 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO UK TI
06DUSHANBE305	TAJIK GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO CREATION OF SCA BUREAU [...] The Ambassador presented reftel talking points as a non-paper to First Deputy Foreign Minister Saimumin Yatimov on February 14. Yatimov was familiar with the issue. He said the Tajik Embassy in Washington had already reported the information and had characterized it as a positive development [...]	2006-02-15 07:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL TI
06DUSHANBE306	ONE STEP FORWARD: NDI ACTING DEPUTY RE-REGISTERED BY TAJIK [...] As First Deputy Foreign Minister Yatimov categorically promised the Ambassador February 14, the Tajik Government re-registered National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Deputy Director Nurul Rakhimbekov February 15, the last possible day before his legal status would have lapsed. 2. DCM [...]	2006-02-15 09:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE307	FM NAZAROV SAYS NGO DRAFT LAW "POSTPONED INDEFINITELY" [...] (C) At the end of a long meeting February 14 on BBC registration and licensing (ref A),the Ambassador noted to Foreign Minister Nazarov a February 11 press statement (ref B) in which a Ministry of Justice official called for a "law stipulating strict control over activities of NGOs." The [...]	2006-02-15 09:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE31	EMERGENCY SUPPLIES FOR TAJIKISTAN BORDER GUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 07:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR
06DUSHANBE311	SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO ASK PERMISSION THAN BEG [...] (U) USAID Dushanbe requested guidance from the Ambassador February 15 on a sensitive issue. The U.S. NGO Community Habitat and Finance (CHF)'s Alternative to Conflict in Tajikistan program has an Economic Opportunity Center (EOC) in Isfara in the sensitive Farghana Valley that offers computer [...]	2006-02-16 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE316	TURNING THE PROPAGANDA OF COMPETITION INTO THE PUBLIC [...] U.S. Ambassador Hoagland and Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov jointly presented certificates to the first 15 graduates of the U.S.-funded Ministry of Interior Criminal Intelligence Analytical Center February 17 in Dushanbe. With INL funding, the United States renovated and equipped the [...]	2006-02-17 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PROP PTER SNAR KCRM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE32	EMERGENCY SUPPLIES FOR TAJIKISTAN BORDER GUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 12:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE321	NEW ECONOMIC ADVISER INTENDS TO ACCELERATE REFORM [...] (C) Newly appointed Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs Matlubhon Davlatov characterized his appointment not as a change in President Rahmonov's economic reform agenda but as a means to accelerate it. "I'm not new to this team," he told the Ambassador during a February 17 initial meeting [...]	2006-02-21 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID TI
06DUSHANBE322	TAJIKISTAN: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KEY VISITORS FROM [...] (C) During an interagency meeting in Washington in January to elaborate the Tajikistan section of the policy document, "A Strategy for Central Asia," the Ambassador undertook to recommend names of key Tajik insiders who could be invited to Washington for low-profile but high-level conversation [...]	2006-02-21 05:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE326	HYDROPOWER 101: A GUIDE TO TAJIKISTAN'S PROSPECTS, PROJECTS, [...] (U) Tajikistan's mountains and rivers provide it an estimated four percent of the world's hydropower resources. The Tajik government has no shortage of promises and offers to help develop this natural resource, and is currently balancing competing interests and priorities to maximize the fina [...]	2006-02-21 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE327	TAJIK HYDROPOWER 201: ADVANCED GAME THEORY [...] (C) In Tajik hydropower, a new conventional wisdom is emerging. If we want the Central Asian Infrastructure Initiative to succeed in Tajikistan, we need to consider the following: 2. (C) The United States is behind the curve on hydropower. Russia is building Sangtuda I and has first grab [...]	2006-02-21 11:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE328	TAJIKISTAN'S NATIONAL PARKS SEEK U.S. COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Central Asian Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO),and Environmental Specialist and Embassy PolOff, visited the Tigrovaya Balka National Reserve February 8. Officials from State Committee on Environmental Protection (SCEP) accompanied EmbOffs. The g [...]	2006-02-21 14:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SENV TI
06DUSHANBE329	DUSHANBE CITY GOVERNMENT FINALLY ACTS AND DEMOLISHES HALF OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: City authorities tore down half of Dushanbe's synagogue February 8 along with several private homes remaining in the largely cleared vicinity to build a road leading to the new Presidential Palace. The synagogue has known about this planned demolition for at least three years [...]	2006-02-21 14:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE33	TAJIK MFA SUDDENLY YANKS IVLP PARTICIPANTS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note informing the Embassy that two participants selected for the International Visitor's Leadership Program "The Government of the States and the Local Government" will no longer be able to participate due to a "great workload." The sudden de [...]	2006-01-04 18:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE337	TAJIKISTAN: FINANCING NEEDED TO PROTECT URANIUM STORAGE [...] SUMMARY: Central Asian Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO),Regional Environmental Specialist and Embassy PolOff visited three of ten uranium waste sites in Tajikistan's northern Sughd region where processed uranium waste has been stored since 1942, the start of [...]	2006-02-23 05:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SENV TI
06DUSHANBE338	TAJIKISTAN: POLITICAL PARTY ACTIVIST FREED FROM JAIL [...] Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) activist and lawyer Fayzinoso Vohidova was released from prison February 21. On October 13 the Sughd regional prosecutor's charged Vohidova with "forgery and the production and sale of forged documents", "evading tax payments", and "causing damage b [...]	2006-02-23 05:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE359	IN TAJIKISTAN, THIS WEEK'S MEDIA BOUT GOES TO IRAN [...] Groundbreaking for the Iran-funded Sangtuda-2 hydropower station dominated weekly press coverage, from Tajik and Russian Internet agencies to radio, television, and print media news outlets. This followed heavy government and independent media attention on last week's announcement of the immi [...]	2006-02-24 11:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV IR TI
06DUSHANBE39	TAJIKISTAN ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE IRAN ON NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov may take another run at influencing Iran to cooperate with the EU on nuclear issues during his upcoming summit in Tehran. Rahmonov will meet with Afghan President Karzai and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 16. The summit is designed to elevate trilat [...]	2006-01-05 09:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC TI IR
06DUSHANBE390	TAJIKS SHOW STRONG ALLEGIANCE TOWARDS U.S. DURING BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Saidamir Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee, highlighted the United States' close relationship with Tajikistan and Russia's waning influence with the Border Guards at a reception in his honor. The dynamics of the private reception indicated that f [...]	2006-02-27 11:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE394	DUSHANBE SYNAGOGUE DEMOLITION GAINING MEDIA INTEREST [...] SUMMARY: The February 8 partial demolition of the Dushanbe synagogue (reftel A) is beginning to make waves in the international media and is stimulating letters of protest to Embassy Dushanbe from private citizens in the United States. The media accounts emphasize the reported intemperate and [...]	2006-02-28 11:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PROP KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE396	TAJIK GOVT DELAYS PUBLICATION OF OPPOSITION PAPER [...] A local Dushanbe court has dragged its feet reviewing Mukhtor Boqizoda's case, thereby further preventing the publication of Boqizoda's "Neru-i Sukhan," an independent newspaper critical of President Rahmonov's administration and perceived by the government as "opposition." The government sh [...]	2006-02-28 13:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE397	TAJIKISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Dushanbe's 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post's lettering system matches reftel's. OVERVIEW OF TAJIKISTAN'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes [...]	2006-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC
06DUSHANBE4	TAJIK MEDIA NAMES RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR "DIPLOMAT OF THE YEAR" [...] (U) A New Year's tradition, Tajikistan's electronic news agency "Asia Plus" and Russian-language independent paper "Kurier Tajikistana" published best of the year lists, sourced from editors' personal opinions and popularity polls, and the diplomatic community wasn't left out of their end of t [...]	2006-01-03 05:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE402	TAJIKISTAN: AGA KHAN SERENA HOTEL PROBABLY DOWN THE TUBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prince Amyn Aga Khan visited Dushanbe February 24 to break ground for the long-awaited Dushanbe Serena Hotel. Instead, President Rahmonov and Dushanbe Mayor Obaidulloyev, improbable allies for once, probably broke the project for good, on camera. Although this appears to be high [...]	2006-03-01 09:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE403	TAJIK PRESIDENT'S OFFICE UNDERTAKES TO ANSWER U/S SHINER'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a March 1 meeting with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev, the Ambassador asked when Under Secretary Shiner can expect a reply to her December 2005 letter to President Rahmonov advocating resolut [...]	2006-03-01 10:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE408	TAJIKISTAN: IRPT LEADER CLOSELY WATCHED [...] (C) Muhiddin Kabiri, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT) will travel to the United States March 8 to deliver a speech at Columbia University on the state of religion and politics in Tajikistan after the wave of "color revolutions" in other post-Soviet countries. Kab [...]	2006-03-02 05:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE410	TAJIK BORDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) This begins a series of cables summarizing Tajikistan's border security developments and activities of Embassy Dushanbe's Border Law Enforcement Working Group (BLEWG). Led by the DCM, with participation from the Senior Law Enforcement Advisor (SLEA),the EXBS advisor, the Defense Attac [...]	2006-03-02 11:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE419	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO TAJIKISTAN: "WHY NOT COOPERATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai said China shared many of the United States' priorities in Tajikistan, including economic growth, counter-terrorism and border stability. In a very frank and open 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Hoagland, Li suggested there was room f [...]	2006-03-04 06:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EINV EAID ENRG TI CH
06DUSHANBE44	TAJIK ENERGY MINISTRY RELUCTANT TO WORK WITH MEHRON OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Energy Minister Emomiddin Aslov reported the Tajik government would only allow a $20 million oil refinery project if the investors assume 100 percent of the risk and make no claims on the Tajik Government, should the project fail. The actions and background of Mehron Oil [...]	2006-01-05 12:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE442	TAJIK STUDENTS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM EMBASSY OVER 2004 HUMAN [...] (U) Students from Tajikistan's Technological University published an open letter March 2 criticizing by name an Embassy Public Affairs Section FSN for distributing the State Department's 2004 Human Rights Report on Tajikistan. The students charge the report with being slanderous and inaccur [...]	2006-03-06 10:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI

06DUSHANBE443	TAJIKISTAN: DISTORTED VIEWS FROM THE EDUCATED STREET [...] SUMMARY: Distorted views of U.S. policy and goals originate, in large part, in the Russian mass media, which dominate Tajikistan's information space. Reputable and independent international broadcasts in Russian, perhaps from a CNN Russian Service, would help to alleviate this problem. END [...]	2006-03-06 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP EINV SNAR SOCI KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE447	TAJIK STUDENTS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM EMBASSY OVER 2004 HUMAN [...] Students from Tajikistan's Technological University published an open letter March 2 criticizing by name an Embassy Public Affairs Section FSN for distributing the State Department's 2004 Human Rights Report on Tajikistan. The students charge the report with being slanderous and inaccurate. [...]	2006-03-07 03:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE464	U.S. GETS BUSY SIGNAL FROM TAJIK TELECOM [...] SUMMARY: Despite the striking success of Indigo, a U.S.-Tajik cellular service joint venture, China has taken the lead in developing Tajikistan's telecom sector. Meetings with Tajikistan's key telecom decision makers highlighted the growing role of China and the European Bank for Reconstruct [...]	2006-03-09 10:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV CH TI
06DUSHANBE468	U.S. GETS BUSY SIGNAL FROM TAJIK TELECOM [...] SUMMARY: Despite the striking success of Indigo, a U.S.-Tajik cellular service joint venture, China has taken the lead in developing Tajikistan's telecom sector. Meetings with Tajikistan's key telecom decision makers highlighted the growing role of China and the European Bank for Reconstruct [...]	2006-03-10 02:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV CH TI
06DUSHANBE474	TAJIKISTAN INTERNATIONAL DONORS PREPARE FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Although Tajikistan's government agencies are taking steps to prevent Avian Influenza and control an outbreak, they lack technical expertise and need assistance from international organizations. At a poorly attended donor's meeting, representatives from the United Nations Food and Agriculture [...]	2006-03-13 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KFLU ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSTH WHO
06DUSHANBE482	TAJIKISTAN: IMF SEES ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tajikistan Country Director Carlos Pinerua gave an upbeat assessment of Tajikistan's economy but remained concerned about regulatory hurdles and lack of diversification for continued growth. Pinerua painted a positive picture [...]	2006-03-13 13:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAGR ETRD ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE489	KAZAKHSTAN LOOKING, BUT NOT JUMPING INTO TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) Kazakhstan is not yet serious about the Tajik energy sector. Deputy Energy Minister Akhram Suleimanov told PolOff that despite a press release quoting the Kazakhstani Ambassador to Tajikistan saying Kazakhstan might invest in Sangtuda I, "Sangtuda is for the Russians only." Suleimanov o [...]	2006-03-14 08:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS CH KZ TI
06DUSHANBE493	TAJIKISTAN'S MOI WITH AES ON POWER TRANSMISSION LINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post received the following letter from the Minister of Energy regarding Tajik government cooperation with AES, including the nine-page Memorandum of Intent for the "construction of a 220kV transmission line connecting the energy systems of Tajikistan and Afghanistan." The l [...]	2006-03-14 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS TI AF
06DUSHANBE494	TAJIKISTAN RESPONDS TO DRAFT NONPROLIFERATION AGREEMENT [...] The Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the U.S.-initiated bilateral nonproliferation agreement. Tajik officials edited and made comments to the agreement's weapons of mass destruction section. Tajikistan's MFA suggested the United States separate the defense and military coop [...]	2006-03-14 14:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KNNP TI
06DUSHANBE499	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN [...] (U) Post delivered talking points per reftel on defeating Venezuela in the 2006 election for non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) The government of Tajikistan has not discussed the vote with Venezuela or Guatemala and has not yet [...]	2006-03-15 11:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNSC GT VE TI
06DUSHANBE50	TAJIKISTAN STRENGTHENS ANTI-TIP EFFORTS WITH U.S. [...] SUMMARY: Tajikistan has made significant progress on combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) violations, but efforts remain hindered by lack of extradition agreements, ineffective coordination, and deep-rooted social issues. The government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM [...]	2006-01-09 04:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KWMN TI
06DUSHANBE502	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a read-out of his just-concluded meeting with President Rahmonov, EU Special Representative for Central Asia Kubis said that a calm and confident Rahmonov undertook to improve (to a degree) Tajik elections, reasserted his unreserved willingness to support coalition efforts in [...]	2006-03-15 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KDEM RS IR UZ AF TI
06DUSHANBE509	DUSHANBE HOSTS INAUGURAL SCA REGIONAL REPORTING OFFICERS [...] Embassy Dushanbe hosted the first-ever reporting officers conference for Central and South Asia March 10-11 to discuss challenges of reporting in the age of transformational diplomacy and to identify emerging trends in crosscutting issues. Officers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrg [...]	2006-03-16 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO RS CH IR AF ZK KG TI
06DUSHANBE511	TAJIKISTAN: LEGAL ADVISOR TO TELL RABBI HE HAS NO LEGAL [...] Rabbi Mikhail Abdurahmonov continues to hold out hope the government of Tajikistan will spare the Dushanbe synagogue and has sought legal advice from Dushanbe's Civil Society Support Center. When PolOff asked the Rabbi about the future of the synagogue, he refused to think about what concrete [...]	2006-03-17 10:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PROP KIRF SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE513	TAJIKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH CUBAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov met with Deputy Foreign Minister Eumelio Rodriguez on March 17 in Dushanbe along with Cuba's regional Ambassador from Almaty. Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries, and Sherali Jononov, Head of Tajikistan's MFA Leg [...]	2006-03-17 11:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU TI
06DUSHANBE524	TAJIK SNAPSHOT OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE LENS OF [...] Reporting on the United States in the independent Tajik print media varies from week to week and issue to issue, but a definite pattern is discernable. The United States, along with Russia and Iran, are always featured prominently in the weekly independent print media. While each paper will [...]	2006-03-20 12:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE525	TAJIKISTAN: CITY CONTINUES DEMOLITION, TARGETS BUSY MARKET [...] Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev signed an order to level a busy market for the construction of two new four-story apartment buildings. Tarrakiet Development owns the Rohi Abreshim market, more commonly known as the "82nd Bazaar" due to its location in the 82nd district of Dushanbe. T [...]	2006-03-20 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE53	TAJIK GOVT CORRUPTS HAJJ, MAINTAINS TIGHT CONTROL OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 23, the first of more than 20 planeloads of Tajik hajjis, Muslim pilgrims journeying to Mecca, left Dushanbe for Saudi Arabia. These hajjis are the lucky, well-connected or wealthy few. For the majority of Tajiks, government restrictions, corruption and expensive br [...]	2006-01-09 09:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE535	TAJIKISTAN'S WOMEN'S COLONY, PRISON OR PARADISE? [...] (U) Nestled in the mountains near the Nurek dam, one hour from Dushanbe, Tajikistan's sole women's prison is far more sanitary and progressive than men's prisons. The manicured gardens, relatively clean buildings, holiday activities and good management attempt to mask the sub-standard condit [...]	2006-03-23 12:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KWMN KIRF SOCI SNAR TI
06DUSHANBE540	TAJIKISTAN: POLITICAL VIGNETTES OF RAHMONOV AND ABDULATIPOV [...] (C) On March 18, President Rahmonov had his annual meeting with the country's intelligentsia in the newly restored central cinema and then invited them, members of his government, and the diplomatic corps to a formal luncheon in a specially constructed, 250-foot-long, temporary banquet hall in [...]	2006-03-24 08:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI RS TI
06DUSHANBE541	DRAFT LAW ON RELIGION MAY SEVERELY CURTAIL CHRISTIAN, [...] Draft legislation from the State Committee for Religious Affairs (SCRA) proposes new restrictions and regulations on religious activity which have raised serious concerns for all religions practiced in Tajikistan. The SCRA recently circulated the draft "Law on the Freedom of Faith and the Rel [...]	2006-03-24 15:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE542	DRAFT LAW ON RELIGION MAY SEVERELY CURTAIL CHRISTIAN, [...] Draft legislation from the State Committee for Religious Affairs (SCRA) proposes new restrictions and regulations on religious activity which have raised serious concerns for all religions practiced in Tajikistan. The SCRA recently circulated the draft "Law on the Freedom of Faith and the Rel [...]	2006-03-24 15:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE546	TAJIKISTAN: HOW TO IMPROVE THE NOVEMBER 2006 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Although it is getting late in the game, we still have an opportunity, if we begin work now, to influence the Government of Tajikistan to take steps forward toward meeting international standards in the November 2006 presidential election. If we can achieve this modest goal, we will hav [...]	2006-03-27 11:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE55	FIRE IN TAJIK ORPHANAGE RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (U) At least 13 disabled children died when a fire destroyed Chorbogh orphanage early January 8. Neighbors pulled children out of the burning Dushanbe facility, home to almost 100 mentally and physically disabled children. Many victims were bedridden and unable to escape. Metal bars on the [...]	2006-01-09 14:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE566	TAJIKISTAN'S FARKHAR DISTRICT STRUGGLES [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 07:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAGR SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE575	OSCE CHAIRMAN DE GUCHT BRIEFLY VISITS DUSHANBE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Visiting OSCE Chairman-in-Office de Gucht raised the draft NGO and religion laws with President Rahmonov, pressed for BBC to be re-registered for FM broadcasts in Dushanbe, and discussed [...]	2006-03-30 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF UK UZ TI
06DUSHANBE576	CORRUPTION, TAJIK STYLE: "WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE AIR [...] (SBU) During EmbOff's March visit to southwestern agrarian Farkhar district, Mahmadali Hakimov, head of "Zamin," a successful conglomerate with businesses in farming, textiles, construction, banking, and hotels, philosophized about the high price of doing business in Tajikistan. "We pay for e [...]	2006-03-30 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE577	TAJIK AND AFGHAN BUSINESSWOMEN NETWORK AT KHATLON [...] Maybe sewing really IS women's work? At a March 29 conference in Qurghon-Teppa, 50 Tajik and Afghan women entrepreneurs came together to network and seek business cooperation, but had few examples of success outside the sectors of handicraft. Enthusiasm and energy were abundant, but the con [...]	2006-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR SOCI KWMN AF TI
06DUSHANBE582	GAZPROM SLOWLY STEPS INTO TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) After three years, and three days of intensive meetings, Gazprom signed an agreement March 28 with the Government of Tajikistan to create a joint venture to explore Tajikistan's southern gas and oil reserves. Deputy Minister of Energy Aslov told PolOffs the Memorandum of Understanding est [...]	2006-03-31 13:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE583	TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON ECONOMIC REFORM AND [...] At the invitation of the Strategic Research Center (SRC) of the President of Tajikistan, the Ambassador delivered a speech March 31 at a business conference in Dushanbe. Participants included government officials and private business people. The venue was especially influential because the S [...]	2006-03-31 13:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE587	ONE STEP AHEAD OF CRISIS: UNHCR'S UZBEK REFUGEE CONTINGENCY [...] UNHCR Tajikistan summoned international donors and related refugee organizations March 30 to discuss the full gamut of refugee issues in Tajikistan, including the need for contingency plans in the event of a mass refugee influx following internal disorder in Uzbekistan. Post also sees a need [...]	2006-04-03 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF UZ KZ TI
06DUSHANBE607	TAJIKISTAN'S SERENA HOTEL: "OH, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO IT YOUR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At an Aga Khan lunch March 31 for Deputy Prime Minister Gulomov, Aga Khan Resident Representative Munir Merali told the Ambassador senior levels at Aga Khan offices in Geneva have reconsidered th [...]	2006-04-05 10:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV RS TI
06DUSHANBE608	TAJIKISTAN: LAB TESTS CONFIRM STILL NO AVIAN FLU [...] Although the media have reported an increased number of bird deaths in Tajikistan, lab tests confirm the dead birds were not afflicted by avian influenza. On April 4, the State Veterinarian Service revealed that the most recent tests of pigeons and other dead birds in Dushanbe were negative f [...]	2006-04-05 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KFLU ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA
06DUSHANBE616	TAJIKISTAN'S STRATEGIC RESEARCH CENTER'S SURPRISINGLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 23 posting on the "Asia-Plus" website, the director of President Rahmonov's Strategic Research Center think tank discussed his preliminary findings from an on-going study mandated by President Rahmonov about corruption in Tajikistan. His conclusions are surprisingly [...]	2006-04-07 07:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM MCC TI
06DUSHANBE618	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUESTS EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] Embassy Dushanbe requests an Embassy Science Fellow for the proposals below. The projects described below benefit the environment and have a direct effect on the well-being of the people of Tajikistan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan's impoverished status has directed scie [...]	2006-04-07 09:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KSCA TSPL OTRA SENV TI
06DUSHANBE620	TAJIKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Dear Assistant Secretary Lowenkron: I would like to solicit your help in advancing democracy in Tajikistan. See request in para eight. 3. (U) Tajikistan's next presidential election will be i [...]	2006-04-07 10:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE626	KHUJAND'S NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL: AIR TRANSPORT GONE WRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's northern industrial hub Khujand's airport is outdated and lacks adequate security features, but corrupt government officials refuse to open an existing two-year old modern terminal next door. The spacious, light-filled terminal with computerized processing and fir [...]	2006-04-10 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KCOR TI
06DUSHANBE629	IRPT LEADER SAYS TAJIKS SHOULD LOOK TO WEST TO LEARN ABOUT [...] (SBU) Muhiddin Kabiri, Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) suggested that Tajiks need to travel to the West to learn about Islam in an April 6 meeting with U.S. Speaker Ahmed Younis and PolOff. Younis, the National Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Counc [...]	2006-04-10 12:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE648	TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS RAHMONOV WILL USE LIBEL SUIT AS [...] (C) Muhiddin Kabiri, the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) told PolOff April 6 President Rahmonov likely will stop the lawsuit filed by Dushanbe Vodokanal against IRPT Chairman Said Abdullo Nuri closer to the election in November. 2. (U) Dushanbe Vo [...]	2006-04-11 10:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE666	TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY SPLIT IN TWO [...] (SBU) Rahmatullo Valiev, Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) Deputy Chairman, told Embassy sources April 8 that he is confident a new DPT faction, "Homeland" (Vatan) formed by Masud Sobirov, will not supercede the DPT and may not have the support necessary to be formally adopted. Sobirov c [...]	2006-04-11 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE668	TAJIKISTAN'S HYDRO ENERGY PRICING DILEMMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan faces critical choices to increase its hydropower exports and streamline domestic consumption and production. However, as long as the government provides cheap-or free-electricity, reforming the existing system will prove extremely difficult. Some simple steps to redu [...]	2006-04-12 07:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EENG EINV AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE669	TAJIKISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov agreed to designate a government point of contact to help resolve the issue of transferring Tajik citizens from Guantanamo to Tajikistan (reftel). In a 40-minute meeting April 6, Nazarov listened carefully as the Ambassador explained the assurances necessar [...]	2006-04-12 09:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP PTER ECON KAWC RS TI
06DUSHANBE673	TAJIKISTAN'S TELECOM SECTOR: PROMISING, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's mobile and Internet telecommunications market is one of the most dynamic and competitive sectors of the economy. The mobile sector could grow 10-20 percent monthly since only 5% of the market currently have cell phones. Internet growth also will increase with the [...]	2006-04-12 10:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EINT SOCI CH IR TI
06DUSHANBE698	TAJIKISTAN'S TRANSPORTATION SECTOR: BY PLANE, TRAIN, OR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Improving Tajikistan's air, rail, and road transportation network supports Secretary Rice's Infrastructure Integration Initiative for Greater Central Asia. Creating a cohesive transportation network passable throughout the year decreases transportation costs and promotes trade th [...]	2006-04-13 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAID ELTN ETRD AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE703	TAJIK GOVERNMENT ENACTS HOUSEHOLD EXCESS ELECTRICITY RATE [...] (U) According to media reports, the Tajik Anti-Monopoly Committee approved on April 11 an excess electricity consumption rate above 250 kWh per month for private households retroactive to the beginning of April. The base electricity rate remains the same at 0.5 cent. Per reftel, the 0.5 cent [...]	2006-04-14 05:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE704	TAJIK JOURNALISTS UNION SUSPENSION NOT A CRACK DOWN ON MEDIA [...] On April 11 the Ministry of Justice announced a Dushanbe district court suspended the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan for three months. The suspension is not seen as a threat to media freedom, but rather a move by the government to oust the Union's current chairman, Hayot Davlatov. 2. [...]	2006-04-14 06:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE705	TAJIKISTAN: WHY MOUNTING CORRUPTION MATTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's mounting corruption exacerbates growing income inequalities and degrades the relatively high human capital left from Soviet times. Pervasive corruption limits local and international investment, distorts donor and government development strategies, and undermines ec [...]	2006-04-14 07:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV KCOR SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE711	TAJIKISTAN: AES STILL IN TEH GAME FOR SANGTUDA-I? [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Bank Chairman Murodali Alimardonov remarked April 14 that AES might still have a role to play in Sangtuda I or Rogun hydropower stations. In an elegant two-hour private lunch at the new National Bank building, Alimardonov outlined next steps for Tajikistan to integrate [...]	2006-04-15 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG RS AF TI
06DUSHANBE722	TAJIKISTAN'S CRA CHAIRMAN ON NEW DRAFT RELIGION LAW: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EmbOffs met with Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),Murodullo Davlatov, on April 12 and April 14 to discuss an ACCELS/USAID Community Connections program for religious leaders and a regional religion conference organized by the Tajik government's Center for [...]	2006-04-18 08:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE734	POSSIBLE IRANIAN SURVEILLANCE - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (APRIL [...] (S/NF) On April 18, 2006 at approximately 1400 hours, RSO was contacted by the Surveillance Detection (SD) supervisor who stated that at approximately 1306 hours local, SD personnel spotted two male subjects located at Rudaki Avenue and Said Nosir street intersection (approximately 2 blocks f [...]	2006-04-19 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC TI
06DUSHANBE745	BADAKHSHAN TO BADAKHSHAN: TAJIKS REACHING ACROSS THE BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "We consider Afghanistan like our own." Ayubek Bekmurodov, Deputy to the Governor of Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region said his government was looking at ways to increase trade, the power supply, and food and humanitarian aid to the Afghan regions across th [...]	2006-04-21 04:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE748	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW MAGIC WORD? DAST-I-ZHUM! [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Want to take a helicopter ride with the Deputy Prime Minister and three of Tajikistan's most influential energy players? Say "Dast-i-Zhum"-- a proposed 4000 MW hydropower station on the Tajik-Afghan border - and the Tajik government pays attention, rallying busy ministers and [...]	2006-04-21 08:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE751	TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP AND OSCE SPONSOR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The UN Secretary General's Special Representative for the Tajikistan Office for Peace Building (UNTOP),Ambassador Vladimir Sotirov (secunded to the UN from the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry),cond [...]	2006-04-24 09:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE752	RAHMONOV'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT ELECTION-YEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmonov's annual speech to the nation, one of his longest in recent memory, was clearly a populist election-year tract, but also a statesmanlike balancing act that leaned, at [...]	2006-04-24 09:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EINV SOCI KCOR IR CH RS TI
06DUSHANBE766	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ISLAM, DRAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Karomatullo Olimov, Presidential Advisor on Social Development and Public Contacts, April 21 at Olimov's request for a wide-ranging discussion of Islam and the r [...]	2006-04-24 11:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KISL KIRF KPAO IR TI
06DUSHANBE768	TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER [...] President Rahmonov signed a decree April 24 dismissing the Minister of Energy and other ministry officials. According to press reports Abdullo Yerov will replace Jurabek Nurmahmadov as the Minister of Energy. Yerov was the former Minister of Energy until replaced by Nurmahmadov in 2004, when [...]	2006-04-24 13:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE776	INDIA LOOKS TO REVIVE SILK ROAD HERITAGE, NOT GREAT GAME [...] (SBU) In an April 26 meeting with U.S. DCM, Indian Deputy Chief of Mission Govinda Khampa took great pains to explain India's priorities in Tajikistan. Far from extending India's "strategic reach," the repair of the Ayni Airfield outside of Dushanbe is part of India's Technical Economic Coope [...]	2006-04-26 09:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS ECON ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE779	TAJIKISTAN'S SHARIPOV DISCUSSES CORRUPTION, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] (C) The Ambassador met April 26 with Director of the President's Strategic Research Center (SRC) Suhrob Sharipov for a wide-ranging discussion on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),anti-corruption efforts in Tajikistan, Iranian-Tajik relations, and Tajikistan's increasing unease with [...]	2006-04-27 08:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG SOCI KCOR KMCA KDEM IR RS
06DUSHANBE781	TAJIK SECURITY SERVICES DETAIN NDI'S ACTING DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior officers detained National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Director Nurul Rahimbekov April 26 as he was attempting to board a domestic flight to Khujand to conduct a training program for political parties. Contacts in the Ministry of Security, which has ta [...]	2006-04-27 10:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE789	A LITTLE FOOD AID GOES A LONG WAY IN TAJIKISTAN'S RASHT [...] SUMMARY: In a place where a covered pit latrine is considered a sanitary leap forward, USAID's Food for Peace/Development Assistance Program (DAP) provides more than 3,800 poor families in Tajikistan's isolated Rasht valley with supplemental food, and nutrition and hygiene education. Through [...]	2006-04-28 08:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID TI
06DUSHANBE798	TAJIK FM SAYS NDI DETENTION AN ISSUE FOR KAZAKHSTAN, NOT US [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tabak Nazarov told the Ambassador April 28 the allegations against detained National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Director Nurul Rahimbekov were too "shameful" to discuss, but the Embassy of Kazakhstan, not the United States, must handle the situation (reftel). In a [...]	2006-04-28 11:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE799	TAJIKISTAN'S SEQUOIAS, FROM CALIFORNIA TO DUSHANBE [...] A recent letter from a 75-year-old amateur historian William Allen in California shows Tajikistan is not totally unknown. Allen wanted to know if sequoia trees, native to California's Sierra Nevada, were thriving in Tajikistan and attached a copy of a 1964 news article that reported Dushanbe i [...]	2006-04-28 12:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAGR SENV TI
06DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND [...] (SBU) Richard and Elisabeth, we are very grateful you are visiting Tajikistan. As you have quickly learned, Central Asia is not the easiest place for the United States to do business, especially since Russia has declared these countries its sphere of influence and is taking all sorts of measu [...]	2006-04-29 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE802	NEW ENERGY MINISTER, SAME ENERGY POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his third day on the job, Energy Minister Yorov reported Tajikistan's energy policy would continue to focus on attracting foreign investment for key infrastructure projects. He cited the reforms of the past five years, notably in improved fee collection, as evidence that Ta [...]	2006-05-02 11:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE817	NDI: PROTEST SUBMITTED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post submitted the following diplomatic note to the MFA May 3 lodging a formal protest against the treatment of NDI: BEGIN TEXT: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its comp [...]	2006-05-03 11:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE827	TAJIKISTAN'S MOST ISLAMIC REGION FEELS MOST NEGLECTED [...] SUMMARY: Rasht Valley, one of Tajikistan's most isolated and devoutly Islamic districts, feels left behind. The economic boom evident elsewhere in Tajikistan has yet to reach this agricultural area. NGO and civil society leaders observe that while international organizations are active, mor [...]	2006-05-03 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE834	TAJIKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS REACT TO DRAFT LAW ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with PolOff April 12-25, religious leaders unanimously expressed grave concerns with the State Committee on Religious Affairs' (SCRA) new draft law on religion. [...]	2006-05-04 16:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE835	TAJIK DEPUTY PM OUTLINES VISION FOR HYDROPOWER SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Chinese have made the Tajiks an offer too good to refuse on a South-North transmission line project, according to Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Ghulomov, many energy proje [...]	2006-05-04 17:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG AF TI
06DUSHANBE836	TAJIKISTAN: NDI IN WASHINGTON WANTS SHOWDOWN MEETING WITH [...] (U) National Democratic Institute (NDI) President Ken Wallach and the Ambassador spoke by telephone May 5. Wallach thanked the Ambassador and Embassy Dushanbe for continuous support and advocacy for NDI. 2. (C) Wallach said he had spoken by telephone with Nurul Rakhimbekov, NDI's former [...]	2006-05-05 09:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE840	TAJIKISTAN: WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY EVENTS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dushanbe marked World Press Freedom Day with an on-line press conference with the Ambassador answering questions from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia. The Ambassador also participated in a World Press Freedom Day roundtable hosted by Internews, the Institute for War and P [...]	2006-05-07 07:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE841	TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS DETAINED MEMBER MURDERED [...] (U) Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) member Sadullo Marupov died by falling from the third story of a police station in Isfara, a northern Tajikistan town in the Sughd region known for its strong Islamic roots. Officials state that Marupov committed suicide; however, IRPT membe [...]	2006-05-07 08:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE858	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...]	2006-05-10 06:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR
06DUSHANBE861	TAJIKISTAN: NDI DEBRIEFS RAKHIMBEKOV ON HIS DETENTION, [...] (C) Embassy Dushanbe received the following memo dated May 5 from National Democratic Institute headquarters in Washington. Although it arrived via unclassified e-mail, we are sending it through the classified network because of the sensitivity of the information. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: ND [...]	2006-05-10 09:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE862	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC MILLARD MEET FM NAZAROV, DISCUSS SCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millmetwith Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov May 8. Boucher delivered the reftel demarche on countering attempts to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( [...]	2006-05-10 10:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM IN TI
06DUSHANBE864	TAJIKISTAN: 2006 SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION DELIVERED [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered talking points per reftel on May 4 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Nasredinov passed the points onto the MFA's International Organizations department. On May 8, Nasredinov tol [...]	2006-05-10 13:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TI
06DUSHANBE865	TAJIKISTAN: SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC MILLARD MEET WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met May 8 with Tajikistan's political party leade [...]	2006-05-10 17:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE867	WILL SCO SUMMIT RAISE WESTERN NGOS? [...] (SBU) Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov has gone public denouncing Western NGOs in Tajikistan. "Biznis i Politika" (April 20) published the long texty of a speech he delivered earlier at a Dushanbe roundtable for Russian-speaking Tajik intelligentsia, "The Role of NGOs in the Development [...]	2006-05-11 11:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PROP KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE870	URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA NINE BELOW. 2. (S) ON MAY 11 AT 1800 LOCAL, GENERAL-COLONEL SAIDIMIR ZUHUROV, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAJIK STATE BORDER COMMITTEE, CALLED THE U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE AND REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING. GENERAL ZUHUROV TOLD THE DATT HE HAD A SERIOUS INTERNATIONA [...]	2006-05-11 16:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE880	TAJIKISTAN: WHA SMALLPOX TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] PolOff delivered talking points per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) May 8. Naredinov promised to pass the information on the U.S. position support continued retention of official smallpox stocks. [...]	2006-05-16 02:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC TBIO KPAO SENV WHO TI
06DUSHANBE881	TAJIKISTAN: ROLL-OUT OF U.S. PLAN FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] PolOff delivered talking points on the U.S. implementation plan for the national strategy for pandemic influenza per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 13. 2. Nasredinov said he would deliver the [...]	2006-05-16 02:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV WHO TI
06DUSHANBE899	TAJIKISTAN: SDPT LEADER QUESTIONED BY GENERAL PROSECUTOR'S [...] (U) Chairman of the Socialist Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT),Rahmatullo Zoyirov, was questioned four times by the General Prosecutor's office. Zoyirov told PolOff the General Prosecutor's office summoned him repeatedly to interrogate him on his recent statement claiming Tajikistan's [...]	2006-05-17 10:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE903	TAJIKISTAN: MFA SUBMITS GUANTANAMO DIP NOTE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note from Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreeing to accept four Tajik Guantanamo detainees. The dip note is likely the result of the meeting of LTC Ron Miller, Military Advisor to the [...]	2006-05-18 03:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TI
06DUSHANBE908	TAJIKISTAN: CN CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS [...] The International Conference on Counter-Narcotics and the second Meeting of the Central and South Asia Counter Narcotics Security Working Group participants met May 15-17 in Tajikistan to deliberate and recommend best approaches to improved border cooperation to halt the flow of narcotics out [...]	2006-05-18 12:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR TI
06DUSHANBE909	TAJIKISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL CN CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies along with U.S. CENTCOM and Tajikistan's Committee on State Border Protection organized the International Conference on Counter Narcotics and the second Meeting of the Central and South Asia Counter Narcotics Securi [...]	2006-05-18 13:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR TI
06DUSHANBE920	TAJIKISTAN: ELECTIONS COMMISSION APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Heads of diplomatic missions convened at the United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peacebuilding (UNTOP) for the international donor community's monthly meeting on electoral issues May 17. Mirzoali Boltuyev, Chairman of the Central Commission on Elections and Referenda (CCER),presented a chart [...]	2006-05-19 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE928	PENJIKENT: ANCIENT CITY, MODERN PROBLEMS [...] (U) Penjikent, one of Central Asia's ancient cities, faces many modern problems, all compounded by its double isolation. Cut off from Dushanbe and its markets to the south by snow-blocked mountain passes six months of the year, and now restricted from the markets of neighboring Uzbekistan due [...]	2006-05-22 07:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI UZ TI
06DUSHANBE944	TAJIK CAPITAL CLAMPS DOWN ON CD PIRACY [...] Tajikistan is building on its impressive narcotics interdiction record with a new campaign against CD piracy. According to Asia, Plus, the tax police, Ministry of Security and other law enforcement agencies have seized over 90,000 CDs and DVDs in a month-long operation. Raids on Dushanbe vend [...]	2006-05-23 10:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE945	TAJIKISTAN: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVT FORMATION [...] DCM delivered talking points per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 22. Nasredinov promised to pass the points on to the MFA's Asia and Africa desk and will respond to the Embassy if the desk has any [...]	2006-05-23 11:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO IZ TI
06DUSHANBE949	TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP MANDATE NEEDS IMMEDIATE RENEWAL ACTION [...] (C) UN Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador Vladimir Sotirov (please protect throughout) of the United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-building (UNTOP) asked to see the Ambassador urgently on May 24. 2. (SBU) In mid-May every year, the UN Security Council extends the U [...]	2006-05-24 08:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UN TI
06DUSHANBE977	TAJIKISTAN: LAND DEBT RESOLUTION SLOW GOING: MORE DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's impoverished farmers owe over $292 million in land and cotton debt. The government, international financial institutions and NGOs have long recognized the problem and that solving it takes political will. Conflicting interests in the government have slowed refor [...]	2006-05-25 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR TI
06DUSHANBE978	TAJIKISTAN AND AES FINALLY SIGN MOU [...] (C) AES Corporation President and CEO Paul Hanrahan and his team met with President Rahmonov for an hour on May 24. With the president were Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, Minister of Energy Yorov, Minister of Economy Soliyev, Chairman of Barqi Tojik (state electricity company Samiyev, Presid [...]	2006-05-25 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG RS TI
06DUSHANBE986	TAJIKISTAN: A RESOLUTION TO THE SYNAGOGUE'S PROBLEMS? [...] Local Tajik news sources have reported that Alexsandr Mashkevich, president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) and Kazakh oligarch, agreed to fund the construction of a new synagogue in the center of Dushanbe. The existing synagogue has already been partly demolished along with other bu [...]	2006-05-26 07:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF KISM TI
06DUSHANBE995	TAJIKISTAN: LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR BETTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although we can predict six months before Tajikistan's presidential election that it will not fully meet international standards, we have the opportunity to ensure that the election is conducted significantly better than any previous election in Tajikistan's short independent his [...]	2006-05-30 10:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1030	TAJIKISTAN A DECADE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR [...] (SBU) Ten years after peace accords ended the 1992-1997 civil war, President Emomali Rahmon has taken a great deal of credit for pulling Tajikistan out of conflict and setting it on a path which he claims could be a model for other post-conflict societies. At a June 25-26 conference commemor [...]	2007-07-06 07:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR TI
07DUSHANBE1031	AFGHAN VIEWS FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER: PROSPECTS FOR [...] Summary. Not far from the nearly-completed U.S.-funded Nizhniy Pyanj bridge at the Tajik-Afghan border, Afghan traders ferry goods from Pakistan, China, and Iran into southern Tajikistan. The opening of the Nizhniy Pyanj bridge will open the door for more trade while decreasing the opportuni [...]	2007-07-06 09:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1046	FY07 BFIF REPORTING FROM DUSHANBE [...] Embassy Dushanbe submits the following report per Ref A regarding participation in the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program. Post thanks the Economic Bureau for its support for these two successful programs. 2. Dushanbe - Regional Transportation Infrastructure Conference [...]	2007-07-09 09:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON TI EINV ETRD ADPM
07DUSHANBE1051	NEW TV STATION AIRS AS MEDIA ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO [...] (U) Tajikistan's new "Simoi Mustaqili Tojikiston" or "Independent Television of Tajikistan" is a mysterious private television company which started broadcasting in June 2007. The station reportedly broadcasts to Dushanbe and surrounding areas daily for two hours in the morning and for six h [...]	2007-07-10 07:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1056	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FIGHTING TO IMPORT LITERATURE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Jehovah's Witness Associate Counsel Gregory Olds expressed concern that that Customs officials' recent seizure of a shipment of his organization's religious literature represents a worrying shift in the Tajik government's attitude towards religious freedom and censorship. Durin [...]	2007-07-11 10:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1057	TAJIKISTAN PROMISES CONTINUED ANTI-TIP REFORMS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the Russian translation of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Abdurahmon Azimov, head of the Interagency Commission Against Trafficking in Persons, July 5. (Note: PolOff had previously delivered the Trafficking in Persons report to the Ministry of Foreign Affai [...]	2007-07-11 13:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1077	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FIGHTING TO IMPORT LITERATURE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Jehovah's Witness Associate Counsel Gregory Olds expressed concern that that Customs officials' recent seizure of a shipment of his organization's religious literature represents a worrying shift in the Tajik government's attitude towards religious freedom and censorship. Durin [...]	2007-07-17 13:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI

07DUSHANBE1078	TAJIK OFFICIALS ATTEMPT TO ARREST AND DEPORT AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The government of Tajikistan continues to squeeze nongovernmental organizations and religious groups, its latest target being the Jehovah's Witnesses. On July 13, two men identifying themselves as officers of the State Committee on National Security detained an Am [...]	2007-07-17 13:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1080	OSCE IN DUSHANBE: BORDER MANAGEMENT AND MANDATE ISSUES [...] ( C) Summary: OSCE Head of Center Pryakhin told Ambassador that the Tajik government had approved only one our its four proposed border management programs -- creation of a comprehensive border management strategy -- and deferred the other proposals for further study after the strategy is c [...]	2007-07-18 12:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR TI AF OSCE
07DUSHANBE1086	RED CROSS REDUCES MISSION; TAJIK GOVT PROHIBITS FULL PRISON [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Committee of the Red Cross will recall its international director and reduce the organization's status from mission to office in fall 2007. The decision is a result of the Tajik government's failure to cooperate with International Committee of the Red Cross and al [...]	2007-07-20 05:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ICRC TI
07DUSHANBE1088	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-23 05:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1090	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-24 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1091	TAJIKISTAN'S WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS: SUSTAINABLE [...] Summary: Winrock International's water users' associations provide an example of the kind of "bottom-up" assistance that delivers substantial and sustainable benefits to Tajikistan's poorest. During a July 20 site visit in Rudaki District, 30 miles outside Dushanbe, PolOff saw first hand how [...]	2007-07-24 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR TI
07DUSHANBE1092	VAKHDAT: IN THE SHADOW OF THE CAPITAL [...] Summary: During a July 20 visit to Vakhdat city, just twenty kilometers outside Dushanbe, the mayor and first deputy chairman underscored their district's need for macro-level economic assistance, while representatives of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) revealed a greater [...]	2007-07-24 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE1093	TAJIK REGION STILL GRAPPLES WITH POST-WAR DECAY [...] (SBU) Summary: A July 18 trip to the southern Tajik city of Vakhsh revealed a range of economic problems, including unpaid teachers and impoverished cotton farmers. While thousands fled Vakhsh during the 1992-1997 Tajik civil war, the government has attempted to lure refugees back to the are [...]	2007-07-24 13:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR TI
07DUSHANBE1101	TAJIK JOURNALISTS TRY TO FIGHT LICENSING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the government steadily tightens its noose on the media, international organizations and local nongovernmental organizations held a conference July 19-20 to frankly discuss TV and radio licensing problems in Tajikistan. Conference participants, including, surprisingly, offi [...]	2007-07-26 08:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1111	TAJIK GOVT CLOSES UNREGISTERED MOSQUES [...] (U) Local police closed down an unregistered mosque in Zarafshon neighborhood in Dushanbe July 26. Embassy staff witnessed the closure of one mosque as authorities locked the mosque's doors, prohibiting people from worshipping and angering the local community. Police continued to patrol the [...]	2007-07-30 13:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1117	TAJIKISTAN'S SALAFI MUSLIMS GROWING IN NUMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Tajikistan, despite the government's fear of religious extremism which has led it to close down mosques, forbid girls from wearing hijabs in schools, and propose a new law on religion that could curtail practice of all faiths, the Salafi school of Islam is growing in size. I [...]	2007-08-01 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1128	TAJIK GOVERNMENT TRYING TO STRONG ARM U.S. FIRM [...] (C) Summary: Although the antimony mining venture Anzob LLC privatized in 2006, the Tajik government is trying to dictate the firm's selling price and select its buyer. The First Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry admitted that a letter ordering Anzob to sell its product to a Tajik compa [...]	2007-08-06 06:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1130	SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING OF THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (SBU) The August 26 opening of the U.S.-constructed bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan launches an era of great possibilities and potential by creating a new transportation and trade link between Central and South Asia. The $37 million state-of-the-art bridge quite literally symbolizes [...]	2007-08-06 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE1136	TAJIK IMAMS DEFY LOCAL AUTHORITIES [...] (U) Following a campaign to shutter - and in some cases bulldoze - unregistered mosques in Dushanbe last month, indications that the scope for freedom of religion in Tajikistan is dwindling continue to surface. However, some members of the country's religious leadership are resisting governm [...]	2007-08-08 10:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1149	PUTTING THE BRAKES ON TAJIKISTAN'S BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary: By comparison to some of its neighbors in Central Asia, Tajikistan does not stand out as particularly authoritarian, corrupt or incompetent. Yet even in this context, where the bar has been lowered considerably in terms of good governance, the Tajik government's policies and re [...]	2007-08-10 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1155	TAJIKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher and Senior Advisor Caitlin Hayden to Dushanbe for the Assistant Secretary's third visit to Tajikistan. SIPDIS 2. (U) By now, you have received two reftels describing the current environment in Tajikistan. Ref B contains some ge [...]	2007-08-14 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1157	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] PolOff informed Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the North America and Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 10 of the U.S. support for Steve Carr's candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission. Post also delivered a formal diploma [...]	2007-08-14 21:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC
07DUSHANBE1163	TAJIKISTAN'S SUGHD REGION HAS HIGH POTENTIAL, BUT LIMITED BY [...] SUMMARY: The great potential of northern Tajikistan's Sughd Region -- as well as the enormous challenges it faces -- were on full display during PolOff's August 12-13 visit to Khujand, Istaravshan and Konibodom. The region's reputation for economic dynamism and entrepreneurship appeared just [...]	2007-08-16 10:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON TI
07DUSHANBE121	A TRUE TRAVEL STORY FROM HELL [...] SUMMARY: With 67 returning Kazakh hajjis and nearly one hundred tired and hungry expats on board, Turkish Airlines flight 1344 bound for Dushanbe, Tajikistan, could not land for nearly two days due to fog, rain and snow, uncooperative Central Asian governments, indecisive Turkish Airlines rep [...]	2007-01-19 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE124	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 12:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE125	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1253	BRIDGE OPENING SPURS DISCUSSION OF FURTHER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "This new bridge is as important for us as oxygen," Tajik President Emomali Rahmon told Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who led the U.S. presidential delegation to the opening of the new U.S.-funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj River. Rahmon [...]	2007-09-04 03:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1254	TAJIKISTAN: PEACE PARK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff discussed the creation of a Transboundary Peace Park with Deputy Minister Rustam Latipov at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (reftel). Latipov fully supports the creation of the Park and conservation of the Pamirs. Tajikistan will host a multi-national conferen [...]	2007-09-04 09:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1255	TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENS IN STYLE [...] (U) On August 26, after 19 months of construction led by the Afghan Engineering Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $37 million in U.S. funding, 19,100 cubic meters of concrete, and countless demarches and interventions by the Embassy to secure building materials and licenses, Tajik [...]	2007-09-04 11:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1270	TAJIKISTAN RESPONSE ON 2008 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 14:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT USTR ETRD ECON EFIN
07DUSHANBE1285	TAJIK COMPLACENCY WORRIES INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] Summary. The Tajik government's relaxation of monetary and fiscal policy worried International Monetary Fund Mission Chief Carlos Pinerua at a quarterly briefing for donors on the Tajik economy Sept 4. Locally, the real estate, construction, and consumer markets continue to expand rapidly. [...]	2007-09-07 15:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1289	TAJIKISTAN: RECENT ACTIVITIES AGAINST NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) A September 6 cyber attack and brief encounter on September 7 with State Committee for National Security officials indicate that change is in store for the National Democratic Institute. PolOff met with National Democratic Institute Harry Bader on September 7 to discuss the recent events. [...]	2007-09-11 13:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TI
07DUSHANBE1334	TAJIKISTAN: IMPRISONED DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO BE [...] (C) Rahmatullo Valiev, Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan, met with the Deputy Chief of Mission September 18. Valiev has been leading the party while its Chairman, Mahmadruzzi Iskandarov, remains in jail in Dushanbe, and met with us to discuss Iskandarov's possible release [...]	2007-09-20 04:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1345	DUSHANBE IFTAR: A FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants at a September 18 Iftar hosted by Ambassador discussed the Draft Law on Religious Organizations, the mosque registration process, and the recent mosque closures in Dushanbe. Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan leader Muhiddin Kabiri and Center for Strategic [...]	2007-09-21 14:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KISL TI
07DUSHANBE1349	DUSHANBE: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy Delivered reftel demarche to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for America and Europe, Ismatullo Nasreddinov, on September 20. Nasreddinov said that Tajikistan would send its Presidential Adviser on Social Issues, Mansur Saffidinov, to the conference along with repre [...]	2007-09-25 04:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON OSCE TI
07DUSHANBE135	INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Broadcasting Bureau's Jim Lambert briefed Minister of Transportation and Communications Abdurahim Ashurov January 23 on the history of its broadcasts and transmissions from Tajikistan and proposed that the United States and Tajikistan negotiate and sign a bilate [...]	2007-01-26 13:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD ECPS OIIP PGOV PREL KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1385	TAJIKISTAN - ANOTHER RUMOR OF REVOLT [...] (C) Summary: A former member of Parliament says that he is organizing a revolt. We doubt he has the means to make this happen, but rumors of uprisings and/or invasions from Uzbekistan have cropped up repeatedly over the past year. The Government of Tajikistan may try to profit from these rumo [...]	2007-09-27 04:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER TI
07DUSHANBE1412	SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT FIGHTS FOR CONTROL OF OPEN WORLD [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Affairs Officer met with Speaker of Parliament Sadullo Hairuloyev October 2 to ask him to consent to the participation of four members of the Tajik Parliament in the Open World program. Hairuloyev initially provided several reasons why the participa [...]	2007-10-03 05:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1420	TAJIK PRESIDENT FIRES SENIOR ANTI-NARCOTICS OFFICER TO [...] (S) Summary: President Rahmon has fired a senior anti-narcotics officer who pressed for prosecution of a distant relative and Major from the State Committee for National Security (i.e. the KGB) who were arrested while transporting heroin in a government vehicle. XXXXXXXXXXXX End Summary. 2. (S) [...]	2007-10-04 15:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR TI
07DUSHANBE1421	TAJIKISTAN LEANING TOWARD SUPPORTING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING [...] (U) On 26 September 2007, PolOff raised the issue of supporting the draft resolution condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy (reftel) with Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Chief of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 3 O [...]	2007-10-05 05:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC SOCI KWMN UNGA TI
07DUSHANBE1422	SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE ISLAMIC RENAISSANCE PARTY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan's Seventh Congress on 25 September 2007, the party's delegates elected Chairman Muhiddin Kabiri to another four-year term. Kabiri outlined his plans to continue modernizing the party and to attract additional support from young [...]	2007-10-05 06:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1432	TAJIKISTAN INL DUSHANBE 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT [...] In the absence of INL regular quarterly reports, the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section in Dushanbe herein reports on activities for the period of January - September 2007: ---------------------------------- Narcotics and Law Enforcement Activities --------------------------------- Jan [...]	2007-10-10 07:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM TI
07DUSHANBE1437	RAHMON SHOWS OFF DUSHANBE FOR THE CIS SUMMIT; DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: The Summits of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization, and Collective Security Treaty Organization, held October 5-7, brought Dushanbe to a standstill, disrupting communications and commerce, and costing a fortune. The Government of Taji [...]	2007-10-10 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1456	PRICE OF FLOUR IN TAJIKISTAN DOUBLES [...] (U) Summary: The price of flour has risen 100 percent in Tajikistan in the last few weeks. Flour is a staple of the Tajik diet, and the price rise follows a regional trend of sharp inflation in foodstuffs. The government has sought to deflect responsibility for the price increases, but disco [...]	2007-10-12 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1460	PRIVATE POWER STATION IN EASTERN TAJIKISTAN RECOVERS FROM [...] Summary: Pamir Energy, the private energy company serving all of Gorno-Badakhshan in eastern Tajikistan, has largely bounced back from its catastrophic accident in February 2007 when its main hydropower station Pamir 1 flooded, but continues to face cash flow problems due to inefficient distrib [...]	2007-10-16 09:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAID TI
07DUSHANBE1466	A TASTE OF YAK IN REMOTE MURGHAB [...] (U) Summary: Remote, harsh and cold, and sparsely populated by residents with hardened wind-battered facial features, Murghab sits atop an 11,778-foot plateau in an area that defines remote in eastern Tajikistan. EconOffs drove to Murghab in eastern Tajikistan in early October to see how resid [...]	2007-10-17 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV EAID PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1467	CONTINUING TROUBLES FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE IN [...] (C) Summary: The National Democratic Institute Director in Tajikistan, Harry Bader, has received another one-month, two-entry visa, further blocking his efforts to obtain registration for his organization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously promised Bader a three-month visa, which [...]	2007-10-17 13:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1481	RENEWED PROMISE TO BEGIN OPERATIONS ON TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 26 ceremonial opening of the U.S.-built Tajik-Afghan bridge, Tajik security authorities have blocked opening the bridge for operations. Recent interventions by the Embassy appear to have led to a new compromise among Tajik government agencies which will allow a [...]	2007-10-18 14:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELTN PGOV MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1516	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]	2007-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE1523	FM ZARIFI ON OPENING THE BRIDGE AND DUSHANBE SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At an hour-long meeting October 22 requested by Ambassador, Foreign Minister Zarifi: --admitted that the government had not decided which agency would be in charge of the facilities including the U.S.-funded bridge at the Nizhniy Pyanzh border, but said they were working tow [...]	2007-10-24 05:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ELTN MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1525	INL DUSHANBE FUND CITE FOR ICITAP TRAINING PROGRAM [...] (U) The Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section at Embassy Dushanbe requests the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to utilize the following fund cites to provide funds to continue the Senior Law Enforcement Advisor position and begin the Law Enforcement Training Progr [...]	2007-10-24 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN SNAR ABUD
07DUSHANBE1526	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche on David Walker's candidacy to Jamshed Khamidov, Deputy Head of the Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan. PolOff handed Khamidov a printed copy of Walker's biographic information, and Khamidov [...]	2007-10-24 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TI UN UNGA
07DUSHANBE1531	GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN OUTLAWS JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: In line with its increasingly restrictive controls on religious practice, the Government of Tajikistan has banned the Jehovah's Witnesses from activities in the country. Representatives of the organization have told us that they will appeal the government's decision, and that the [...]	2007-10-26 05:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL TI KIRF
07DUSHANBE1556	CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN IAAC [...] (U) Post received a further response from the Government of Tajikistan concerning subject demarche. The Tajik Government has decided to support David Walker's candidacy for the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee. Jamshed Khamidov, Deputy Head of the Department for Internation [...]	2007-10-31 07:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TI UN UNGA
07DUSHANBE1561	OSCE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE IN DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: Delegations to the OSCE Central Asian Regional Transportation Conference in Dushanbe October 23-24 agreed to promote streamlined transit routes and enhance public-private partnerships in the transportation sector. The joint statement released by the delegations underlined the role [...]	2007-10-31 16:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECIN ELTN ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1562	SENIOR ANTI-NARCOTICS GENERAL FIRED BY PRESIDENT, THEN [...] (S) Summary: A senior anti-narcotics officer who was fired after he pressed for prosecution of a State Committee for National Security officer (and distant relative of the President) has been temporarily reinstated. He has told the embassy that his reinstatement is only until a replacement is [...]	2007-11-01 06:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV SNAR PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1581	GERALD METALS RESOLVES DISPUTE WITH TAJIK ALUMINUM, RENEWS [...] (SBU) Gerald Metals Inc. of Connecticut, and the Tajik Aluminum Company ("Talco") have resolved their four-year, $24 million dispute over non-delivery of aluminum for which Gerald had pre-paid. Now Gerald Metals is exploring new opportunities in metal trading with Talco. The two sides reached [...]	2007-11-02 16:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1582	UNSEAMLY TAJIK TEXTILES MARKET [...] (U) Comment: Tajikistan's junior-size textile and apparel industry struggles to gain investment that would better utilize in-country cotton production. Despite the government's continued pleas for more processing capacity, private companies must weave through a maze of customs, taxation, and r [...]	2007-11-02 16:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1584	A LOOMING COTTON CRISIS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: International banks have begun calling in part of their $360 million in agricultural loans to Tajikistan, which lacks the ability to pay, threatening a liquidity crisis in the banking sector here. Behind the scenes of this week's Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Central Asi [...]	2007-11-02 17:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1589	WEEKEND UPDATE ON TAJIK LIQUIDITY CRISIS [...] (U) This report provides an update to reftel concerning the cotton sector finance crisis in Tajikistan. President Rahmon Reacts to Donor Demands --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) According to Annette Dixon of the World Bank and Juan Miranda of the Asian [...]	2007-11-05 13:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1595	THE ROAD TO KHOROG: THE TAJIK/AFGHAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The 1,344-kilometer Tajik-Afghan border is known for narcotics trafficking, unrelenting mountains, and as a boundary between the former Soviet Union and South Asia. EmbOffs traveled two-thirds of the remote Tajik-Afghan border in the eastern part of the country, finding poverty- [...]	2007-11-07 16:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE1598	MINISTER OF EDUCATION DECLARES UNPOPULAR PUBLIC SERVICE [...] Summary: PAO and CAO met with Minister of Education Abdujabbor Rahmonov November 5 to coordinate cooperation between the Embassy and the Ministry. Rahmonov was extremely defensive regarding the headscarf ban in schools and demanded at length that the United States open a university in Tajiki [...]	2007-11-08 11:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1599	DEMARCHE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A discussion with the Foreign Ministry regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses and the National Democratic Institute produced a little sympathy but no breakthroughs from the Ministry, and highlighted the need for more personal diplomacy at all levels to educate the Tajik Government ab [...]	2007-11-09 07:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1600	TAJIK DRAFT LAW ON RELIGION SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff attended a November 7 OSCE-initiated forum on the draft Law on Religion. While government officials emphasized the necessity of such a law and the "transparency" of the drafting process, religious groups and non-governmental organizations expressed deep concerns about the [...]	2007-11-09 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1607	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - A PEEK INSIDE [...] (S/NF) The Regional Security Officer met November 7 with Major General Kasim GAFAROV, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB),to discuss future Anti-Terrorism Assistance training, such as VIP protection training and vital installation security courses. Duri [...]	2007-11-13 07:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC TI
07DUSHANBE161	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN TAJIKISTAN [...] In response to reftel, Post submits the following five names of the most influential women in Tajikistan. -- Khairinisso MAVLONOVA Title: Depuity Prime Minister Organization: Government of the Republic of Tajikistan In a country with one female minister and where most women are relegated [...]	2007-01-31 14:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN TI
07DUSHANBE1611	FATF/IRAN STATEMENT - TAJIK SUPPORT ON THE FINANCIAL FRONT [...] (SBU) Post delivered the demarche (reftel) regarding the Financial Action Task Force warning on Iran's financial system to Tajik officials, who promised to pass the warning through "quiet channels" to Tajik financial institutions. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche to Zamira Hurshedovna, He [...]	2007-11-14 03:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1612	MCC DEMARCHE - TAJIKS STILL MISSING THE POINT [...] (U) Summary. EmbOffs delivered the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard to a variety of Tajik officials, who roundly ignored its implications and instead attacked the legitimacy and methodology behind the indicators. Kyrgyzstan's pending Threshold Program caught the attention of se [...]	2007-11-14 04:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC TI
07DUSHANBE162	BEWARE OF GARM! WINTER IN CENTRAL TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Introduction: Jan 22-24 EmbOffs visited the Rasht Valley in central Tajikistan to get a taste of rural life in the winter. A series of cables surveys border conditions (Ref A),the economic and social situation, health needs and assistance programs in central Tajikistan. End Introduction [...]	2007-01-31 15:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1650	IED KILLS ONE AT CONFERENCE CENTER IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Per REF A, at approximately 0800 local time on November 14, an improvised explosive device detonated outside Kokhi Vahdat, a prominent conference hall in the center of Dushanbe along the main street (Rudaki Avenue). The Regional Security Officer observed more than 100 Ministry of Inter [...]	2007-11-15 13:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PINR TI
07DUSHANBE1651	TAJIKISTAN'S 3,600 MEGAWATT MIRAGE - ROGUN DAM PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Tajikistan is still actively seeking a partner with the estimated $2 billion needed to complete the 3,600 megawatt Rogun dam. During a November 10 visit to the site, project engineers gave EmbOffs a tour and their perspectives of the thirty-year-old project. [...]	2007-11-15 18:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1665	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]	2007-11-21 03:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE167	NGO STANDOFF WITH THE TAJIK MFA OVER REQUEST FOR PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) Tajikistan's international nongovernmental organization community is wrestling with how to respond to a recent Ministry of Foreign Affairs request to provide information about their local employees and tax status. The Ministry sent a letter in early January -- received by only three [...]	2007-02-01 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID TI
07DUSHANBE1680	ALL THE KING'S MEN [...] (C) Summary: One year after President Rahmon's re-election, Tajiks from the Kulyob region hold approximately two-thirds of the top positions in government. While this consolidation of power has been ongoing for several years, some in President Rahmon's party have started to question whether hi [...]	2007-11-23 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1684	THE LOW-DOWN ON TAJIKISTAN'S LAW ON RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's draft law on religion does not appear to be on the fast track any longer. Government officials will revise the current draft, and it is unlikely that the proposed law will not be considered by parliament until next year. While future drafts may take into account so [...]	2007-11-23 13:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1686	CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT BUILDS RELATIONS, FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral WiIliam J. Fallon's 6 November 2007 visit to Dushanbe yielded a second meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and first-time discussions with Defense Minister General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khairulloyev and [...]	2007-11-23 14:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE1687	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]	2007-11-23 14:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1688	HIP HIP HURRAH FOR PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Recent events -- the celebrations of the sixteenth anniversary of President's Rahmon's election as Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan, and a World Cup Soccer match against Singapore -- highlighted the nascent cult of personality springing up around President Rahmon. Publicity fo [...]	2007-11-26 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1689	PRESS TV: IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]	2007-11-26 08:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL IR
07DUSHANBE171	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIPOV'S BILATERAL WISH LIST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Zaripov invited Ambassador February 1 to meet newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States Abdujabbor Shirinov, and to discuss his ideas for additional cooperation in 2007, including the opening of the U.S.-funded bridge at Nizhnii Pyanzh and the Millennium [...]	2007-02-02 10:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1717	DRYING OUT IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Summary: An October decree by Uzbek President Karimov governing the transit of alcohol and tobacco products has created a beer shortage in Tajikistan. Tajikistan is highly reliant on Uzbek roads and rail lines to import products from Russia, and Uzbekistan has generally allowed goods to [...]	2007-11-30 03:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV ECON ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE1724	NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan, while concerned about Iran's nuclear programs, is unlikely to publicly support calls for Iran to stop Uranium enrichment. Iranian investment and business ties are more important to Tajikistan, and the Government of Tajikistan will not jeopardize them [...]	2007-12-04 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR TI
07DUSHANBE1731	EMBASSY DUSHANBE,S RULE OF LAW PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dushanbe,s rule of law priorities have become more sophisticated as we learn the depth to which reforms are necessary. An inter-agency advisory team recently visited Tajikistan to assess the criminal justice sector, and the team will soon provide recommendations on prog [...]	2007-12-06 06:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1734	TAJIK COTTON DEBT CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) On December 6 Pol/Econ Chief spoke with Katherine Kelm of the Asian Development Bank (protect),about the status of efforts by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund, to resolve the problems of Tajikistan's $400 million cotton debt (reftel),and the prospec [...]	2007-12-07 07:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1735	EMBASSY DUSHANBE,S RULE OF LAW PROGRAM [...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted to correct the classification from Confidential to Sensitive But Unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dushanbe,s rule of law priorities have become more sophisticated as we learn the depth to which reforms are necessary. An inter-agency ad [...]	2007-12-07 07:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1738	2007 CONTINUED DETENTION DETERMINATIONS REGARDING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche, on the continued detention determination of JummQan, to Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nasredinov indicated that he would forward the information we provided to [...]	2007-12-07 11:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER TI
07DUSHANBE1742	TAJIKISTAN - TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Dushanbe terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ chief D. Matt Purl, telephone 992-37-229-2000, ext. 2501. Unclassified email: purldm@state.gov, Classified email: purldm@state.sgov.gov. 2. Dushanbe deputy terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ officer James Ricker, [...]	2007-12-12 17:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER TI
07DUSHANBE1746	TAJIKISTAN - TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Dushanbe terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ chief D. Matt Purl, telephone 992-37-229-2000, ext. 2501. Unclassified email: purldm@state.gov, Classified email: purldm@state.sgov.gov. 2. Dushanbe deputy terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ officer James Ricker, [...]	2007-12-13 10:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER TI
07DUSHANBE1752	DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (S) PolOff delivered a demarche regarding Robert Levinson on December 14 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Foreign Ministry,s Department of European and American Affairs. He said he would forward the information on Levinson to his colleagues at the Department of Asian and African Affairs, w [...]	2007-12-14 12:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	CASC KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP PGOV PREL
07DUSHANBE1772	5000 Tajiks Made the Hajj; It Wasn't Cheap [...] (SBU) Summary: This year, approximately 5000 Tajiks made the Hajj, accompanied by 100 interpreters, doctors, and expediters. Countries must apply to the Saudi authorities for spaces at the Hajj, and Tajik authorities initially underestimated the number of applicants they would have, creating bu [...]	2007-12-26 11:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE180	TAJIKISTAN'S RASHT VALLEY CALM-- FOR THE TIME BEING? [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite serving as the headquarters of the Islamist opposition during the Tajik Civil War, PolOffs encountered a quiet Rasht Valley during their January 22-24 visit. Local government leaders argued Islamic extremism did not exist in Rasht, due to the "increased religiosity" of [...]	2007-02-05 14:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FOR SCA CEN
07DUSHANBE199	FLOOD SHUTS DOWN TAJIKISTAN'S PAMIR I POWER STATION [...] (SBU) Pamir Energy, the Aga Khan-supported energy company that serves Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, suffered a major disruption February 5 when the powerhouse at Pamir I hydro power station flooded, causing local employees to shut down the 28 MW station (and run for t [...]	2007-02-06 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ENRG TI
07DUSHANBE206	TAJIK PITCHES INITIATIVES FOR THE OSCE [...] (U) Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations, Nuriddin Shamsov, called in the deputy chief of mission February 5 to discuss Tajik issues at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The resident Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro [...]	2007-02-07 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID TI OSCE
07DUSHANBE224	PANJ DISTRICT IN THE RUNNING FOR TAJIKISTAN'S MOST [...] Summary: In a country with widespread poverty, Panj district ranks at the bottom even by Tajik standards. No internet access exists anywhere in the district. The district's only newspaper comes out every ten days because of the time needed to create type-set for four pages on an old printin [...]	2007-02-09 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR TI
07DUSHANBE225	CORRUPTION ON THE FOREFRONT OF TAJIKS' MINDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: "Anti-Corruption" has become the Tajik government's new buzzword, as President Rahmonov and his cabinet publicly tout new initiatives to combat a problem that pervades every sector, ranging from health and education, to traffic police, to privatization and licensing. Despite the [...]	2007-02-09 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM TI
07DUSHANBE226	NO NEWS FLASH: SCHOOLS IN PANJ, TAJIKISTAN NEED HELP [...] Summary: In Panj district in southern Tajikistan, the educational system fails to meet the basic needs of a poor rural community. A February 8 visit to a secondary school in the district capital and a primary school in a rural village demonstrated that Panj students still need better teachers [...]	2007-02-09 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR TI
07DUSHANBE238	IMPROVING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE TAJIK BANKING SECTOR [...] Summary. The Tajik banking sector continues to develop rapidly, with over 35 percent growth since 2005. However, consumer confidence in the banking system remains weak, resulting in an extremely low deposit rate and little money available to feed economic investment. Tajikistan's top banker [...]	2007-02-12 11:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EIND EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE239	DONORS TRY TO SPELL RELIEF IN TAJIKISTAN'S COTTON SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: World Bank-contracted agricultural economist Garry Christensen outlined a new World Bank approach to resolving Tajikistan's $300 million cotton debt crisis -- an approach which could anger many farmers, but could garner the support of the Tajik government and investors. Infig [...]	2007-02-13 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE242	TAJIKISTAN'S NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] Post nominates Zebunisso Rustamova for the Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage for her work in building a brighter future for vulnerable women and children of Tajikistan. Ms. Rustamova's information is as follows: Name-- Zebunisso RUSTAMOVA Title: Directo [...]	2007-02-14 03:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO
07DUSHANBE252	VISIT TO DUSHANBE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SHELTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 14, 2007, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Officer visited the INL-funded and International Organization for Migration (IOM)-administered Trafficking in Persons Shelter located in Dushanbe. This was an unannounced visit following up a previous visit on 18 Ja [...]	2007-02-15 13:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN SNAR IOM TI
07DUSHANBE254	MAKING A SPLASH IN TAJIKISTAN WITH WATER ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Tajikistan's new water minister Masaid Hamidov appreciates U.S. support for rural water users' programs and water systems rehabilitation, but requested training exchanges to the United States as the best "hands-on" way to expose his staff to new technologies. The World Bank and Asia [...]	2007-02-16 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL SENV KPWR EAID PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE256	TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENING COULD HELP HIGHLIGHT SUCCESS IN [...] (C) The U.S.-funded bridge between Tajikistan and Afghanistan serves as the most visible symbol of our efforts to link South and Central Asia and establish lasting trade and transportation ties between the two regions. In Tajikistan, where the Chinese, Russians and Iranians have all donated [...]	2007-02-16 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE262	TAJIK GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN DIALOGUE, BUT OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Two related issues from the Tajik government have kept non-governmental organizations in the spotlight (or crosshairs) and unsettled a number of U.S. assistance implementers. A draft Law on Public Associations passed by the lower house of Parliament February 14 could strengthe [...]	2007-02-20 13:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID TI
07DUSHANBE265	TAJIK POLITICAL PARTIES: DOWN, BUT NOT DEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's political parties are slowly getting back on their feet after being completely marginalized in the November 2006 presidential election. In a series of meetings with party leaders in January and February 2007, PolOff discussed each party's direction leading up to t [...]	2007-02-21 14:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE298	TAJIKISTAN 301: RECOMMEND REMAIN ON WATCH LIST [...] Tajikistan has taken significant steps over the past year to protect intellectual property, but much work remains in order to change its position on the Special 301 List. Therefore, post recommends that Tajikistan retain its Watch List status. 2. Recent advances include: an amendment to t [...]	2007-02-27 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD TI EINV

07DUSHANBE299	NEW SUGHD GOVERNOR PRIORITIZES TRANSPARENCY [...] The Sughd region's new governor is instituting transparent practices and other democratic principles in the local government. In his first speech as Governor, Abdukhir Nazirov told the Sughd public that his priority was to make the government's actions transparent. Tajikistan's three regions [...]	2007-02-27 13:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE301	GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN DEMARCHED ON CND VOTE ON [...] Embassy International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Officer and Senior Law Enforcement Advisor delivered demarche regarding the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs upcoming vote on dronabinol (REF A) to the Head of the Tajik Drug Control Agency, General Rustam Nazarov, on 21 February . [...]	2007-02-27 18:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR UNCND TI
07DUSHANBE313	TAJIKISTAN'S 2006-2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Please note that Post's paragraph designation corresponds with reftel. OVERVIEW A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation is a problem. The most common destination countries include the United Arab E [...]	2007-03-02 13:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE314	FEBRUARY 2007 BORDER WRAP-UP REPORT [...] (SBU) An interagency Department of State and Defense team conducted a demining policy assessment visit February 5-7. The purpose of the trip was to obtain an initial assessment of the landmine problem, and make recommendations to the PCC sub-group regarding the viability of allocating resourc [...]	2007-03-05 04:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SNAR TI AF
07DUSHANBE335	AGAINST THE GRAIN - IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The newly-formed State Committee on Investments and State Property will seek to attract foreign direct investment to Tajikistan. However, the committee has few tools and resources to fully realize its well intentioned programs. U.S. technical assistance will support the committ [...]	2007-03-07 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN EIND EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE337	TAJIK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref demarches regarding the Iranian government's non-compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1737 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Chief of the American Countries Branch, Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nasredinov replied that the Tajik government op [...]	2007-03-09 04:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR TI
07DUSHANBE34	ENERGETIC FOREIGN MINISTER FULL OF IDEAS -- PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov visited the Embassy January 4 to sign the condolence book for President Ford and ended up canceling his follow-on appointments to discuss a number of issues with the Ambassador. Zaripov asked the Embassy's assistance to accelerate and expand U.S. [...]	2007-01-05 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ENRG PGOV OVIP TI
07DUSHANBE348	TAJIK GOVT REACTION TO RUSSIAN MIGRATION LAW (C-RE7-00278) [...] (U) In a meeting with PolOff March 1, head of the State Social Protection, Employment and Migration Agency Anvar Boboev appeared optimistic that Russia's new migration law would make it easier for Tajik labor migrants to travel to, register, and obtain work permits in Russia. Prior to the gov [...]	2007-03-09 11:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ELAB ECON PINR TI RS
07DUSHANBE351	DUSHANBE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DCA, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following personnel from the Drug Control Agency Under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and Tajik Ministry of Interior appointed to attend drivers training courses organized [...]	2007-03-12 15:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SNAR TI
07DUSHANBE355	TAJIKISTAN'S INDEPENDENT MEDIA PROCEEDS WITH CAUTION AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's independent media is breathing slightly easier after the presidential election. In a lunch hosted by EmbOffs March 1, eight independent journalists opened up about the media environment. Most admitted that although the government has relaxed pressure on independen [...]	2007-03-13 11:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE359	OSCE OK IN TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR FINLEY MEETS WITH TAJIK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During their meeting March 7 with Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),Ambassador Julie Finley, and Ambassador Jacobson discussed the future of the OSCE in Tajikistan. The Tajik Perman [...]	2007-03-13 16:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE368	POISON PEN LETTERS LEAD TO CHURCH HARASSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A disgruntled employee dismissed from the nongovernmental organization Operation Mercy published two poison pen letters in local media under a false pseudonym. The writer made allegations that Operation Mercy sold humanitarian aid for profit and imported religious literature a [...]	2007-03-15 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE376	TAJIK GOVERNMENT RETAINS STRONG CONTROL OVER ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mufti Domulloh Khudoyberdi of Tajikistan's Council of Ulamo called PolOff to his office March 16 to retract his statements during a meeting with the Ambassador and visiting U.S. OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley March 7. The Mufti explained that he would like to convey additional in [...]	2007-03-20 07:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
07DUSHANBE381	TAJIKISTAN: LIGHTS OUT AND EVERYONE HOME-AND COLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Even as Tajikistan seeks to become a regional energy exporter, most of Dushanbe has had only four to six hours of power each day for the last month. Many parts of rural Tajikistan have remained without any electricity throughout the winter, but the fact that the capital is exper [...]	2007-03-20 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENGR EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE43	TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...]	2007-01-09 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE430	TELECOM IN TAJIKISTAN: SCENE-SETTER FOR USTDA CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Tajikistan's presence at the upcoming US Trade and Development Agency Telecommmunications Conference in Almaty will be thin, the vibrant and competitive Tajik telecom sector continues to attract both consumers and foreign investment. Nine major companies serve approximat [...]	2007-03-28 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE433	NDI IN TAJIKISTAN: A GLIMMER OF HOPE? [...] (C) Summary: After getting the cold shoulder from the Ministry of Justice, National Democratic Institute (NDI) received an encouraging sign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Saidmuddin Yatimov suggested that a visa for National Democratic Institute Tajikistan Di [...]	2007-03-29 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE44	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER PITCHES HIGH PROFILE BRIDGE OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel),Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov proposed a high profile opening for the United States Government funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj river. The Embassy fully supports a strong public diplomacy pa [...]	2007-01-09 12:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS KPAO TI AF
07DUSHANBE443	TAJIKISTAN KICKS OUT FAITH-BASED NGO'S EXPAT STAFF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov summoned Paul Linge, Country Director of Operation Mercy, March 29 to inform him that Operation Mercy's foreign, non-Tajik, staff would have to leave Tajikistan within ten days. Kholnazarov instructed Linge to [...]	2007-03-30 12:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE45	IT'S ONLY NATURAL - TAJIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN AGREE ON GAS [...] (U) Summary. On December 27, 2006, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan reached lopsided agreements on trade of natural gas and electricity. While the electricity swapping arrangement favoring Uzbekistan will continue, the new natural gas agreement nearly doubles the price of gas paid by Tajikistan. U [...]	2007-01-09 13:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAID PGOV TIUZ
07DUSHANBE467	COCHRAN INTERVIEWS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO FARM LIFE IN [...] "I would like to learn more about artificial insemination," a number of Tajik dairy farmers repeated in recent interviews for an agricultural exchange program. Alexander Simon of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service in Almaty spent March 26-30 in Tajikistan intervi [...]	2007-04-02 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID ELAB PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE500	TAJIKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER REPORTS ON PRISON [...] (C) Fayzinisso Vohidova, a lawyer with the Center for Economic and Legal Support in Khujand, described to PolOff March 29 the horrendous prison conditions, corruption and human rights abuses she saw when she secretly snuck into prison #23 in Khujand, Tajikistan's second largest city. 2. [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ICRC TI
07DUSHANBE501	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN, KYRGYZSTAN, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zaripov, following his trip to Astana March 27-29 for the EU Troika meetings with Central Asian Foreign Ministers, met Ambassador April 3 to discuss a full range of bilateral and regional issues: Iran: Tajikistan supports UN Security Council Resolution 1747, [...]	2007-04-03 12:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EAID TI IR KZ RS
07DUSHANBE502	TAJIKISTAN: FREE AND FAIR LOCAL ELECTIONS? APRIL FOOLS! [...] SUMMARY: Three districts in Tajikistan's southern Khatlon region held local by-elections April 1 for seats in the national parliament vacated by parliamentarians appointed to Ministries and other positions. Despite the lower profile of the April 1 elections as compared to the November 2006 [...]	2007-04-03 13:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE509	TAJIKISTAN BANKERS EXCHANGE: ANOTHER SET OF CONVERTS [...] (U) Summary: "Washington is the city of smiles!!" At an International Visitor Program exchange debrief March 28, Tajikistan's top bankers marveled as much about the technical and practical lessons observed in the U.S. banking system, as about at the openness of U.S. society and economy, and [...]	2007-04-04 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE512	HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN U.S. POLICIES AT A TAJIK-RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite several swipes by Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov at the United States, participants in a conference on Tajik-Russian relations showed sincere interest in U.S. policy goals. While the March 28-29 conference on "Russian and Central Asia and the Conditions of Geop [...]	2007-04-05 03:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO TI RS
07DUSHANBE517	TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER POINTS OUT WEAKNESSES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (U) Summary: At an April 5 conference on "Kazakhstan's Role and Place in Central Asia" participants took a few gentle stabs at the United States, particularly over the security situation in Afghanistan but otherwise remained neutral. Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhi [...]	2007-04-06 11:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI KZ
07DUSHANBE518	FAITH-BASED NGO GIVEN BREATHING ROOM [...] (C) Summary: Operation Mercy got a reprieve April 5 when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the expatriate members could remain in country on their current visas. Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov gave ConOff no reason for the about-face, but we strongly believe this to th [...]	2007-04-06 11:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE525	TAJIKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) Five months after the presidential election secured President Rahmonov a third seven-year term, Tajikistan seems to have stalled on the road of reform. Throughout 2006, Rahmonov assured international visitors and his public alike that "after the election," new blood and new ideas would [...]	2007-04-09 07:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE527	SETTING THE SCENE FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S APRIL 12-15 VISIT [...] (C) Seven months after your last visit, you will find a Tajikistan that has set aside the promises of the November 2006 election, to a government less worried about international perceptions and more confident in tightening its control over society and the economy. President Rahmonov's minis [...]	2007-04-09 09:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE555	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUESTS FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] Embassy Dushanbe requests one Embassy Science Fellow for either of the two proposed projects listed below. Tajikistan is a country with a predominantly Muslim population and is a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Post appreciates OES' initiative to give special considerat [...]	2007-04-12 10:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER TI
07DUSHANBE584	HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN U.S. POLICIES AT A TAJIK-RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite several swipes by Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov at the United States, participants in a conference on Tajik-Russian relations showed sincere interest in U.S. policy goals. While the March 28-29 conference on "Russian and Central Asia and the Conditions of Geop [...]	2007-04-18 05:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO TI RS
07DUSHANBE586	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH TAJIK FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hot off his trip to the United Arab Emirates with President Rahmon, Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Erkin Rahmatulloev met with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum April 14. First Deputy Foreign SIPDIS Minister Yatimov also sat in on the meeting. Rahmatullo [...]	2007-04-18 07:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE590	DAS FEIGENBAUM VISITS NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the top of the agenda for many Tajik officials is attracting private business to Tajikistan. However, Tajikistan's current legal and regulatory environment, infested with corruption, deters American businesses. In a meeting with Sherkhon Salimov, Director of the new State A [...]	2007-04-19 03:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE591	CONFERENCE ON U.S.-TAJIK RELATIONS ALLOWS PRAISE AND CRITICISM OF US ROLE IN REGION [...] Summary and Comment: The April 13th conference "15 Years of U.S.-Tajik Relations" offered few surprises in terms of opinions or positions, but did provide an open forum for real debate and discourse about the U.S. role and policy in Tajikistan and the region. Some Tajik government officials pr [...]	2007-04-19 07:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR TI AF SNAR
07DUSHANBE604	TAJIKISTAN'S SUBMISSION FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2007 ESF AND [...] Tajikistan was ranked in Tier Two for trafficking in persons in 2006. Despite the government's will to combat trafficking in persons, its limited capacity and resources means that Tajikistan is in danger of falling into the Tier Two Watch List category. International organizations and nongov [...]	2007-04-20 12:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TI
07DUSHANBE622	TAJIKISTAN GOVERNMENT TO STUDENTS: NO MINISKIRTS OR HIJABS [...] SUMMARY: First it was gold teeth, then it was graduation parties and students driving to school, now girls in Tajikistan are fraught over the fact they will no longer be allowed to wear jewelry or miniskirts to school. In remarks to the press, President Rahmon said that students at public sc [...]	2007-04-24 09:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE623	TAJIKISTAN CRACKS DOWN ON RELIGION, CANCELS JEHOVAH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: A deputy mayor of Dushanbe city along with officers from the State Committee on National Security shut down a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting of members and supporters on April 2. On April 3 and 4, the State Committee on National Security summoned one of the group's leaders for qu [...]	2007-04-24 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE628	SETTING THE SCENE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (C) You will be pleasantly surprised by the veneer of Dushanbe's active consumer economy, which hides the underbelly of massive corruption and industrial decay. The government, including the recently renamed Foreign Minister Zarifi and President Rahmon (going back to their Tajik roots),insis [...]	2007-04-25 12:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE629	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER REUTERS [...] (SBU) Senior Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs Rahmatulloyev called in Ambassador April 24 to discuss an April 23 Reuters article, in which she said corruption is the major impediment to Western investment in Tajikistan. Rahmatulloyev said President Rahmon personally pays attention to [...]	2007-04-25 13:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG TI
07DUSHANBE637	TAJIKS, WORLD BANK AND CONSULTANTS ON DIFFERENT PAGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's April 24 energy roundtable underscored the fundamentally different perspectives of the World Bank and its consultants, and the Tajik government in approaching a project aimed at bringing 1000 megawatts of Tajik and Kyrgyz electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The [...]	2007-04-26 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG TI AF
07DUSHANBE640	TAJIKISTAN: POLITICAL PARTY NARROWLY ESCAPES CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Rahmatullo Zoyirov, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan, breathed a sigh of relief when on April 24 the Supreme Court acquitted him of charges of not properly reporting on his party's activities and providing the necessary documents to the Ministry of Justice. 2. [...]	2007-04-30 07:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE643	TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS EVICT RESIDENTS, TAKE [...] On April 26 Ministry of Interior officials forcefully evicted residents who illegally occupied a rundown 52-unit building in Dushanbe. When PolOff arrived on the scene, at least 30 police officers had surrounded the area, and one fire truck and an ambulance were poised and ready for emergenci [...]	2007-04-30 17:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE646	WE'RE STILL SPECIAL - 301 WATCH LIST POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] Post delivered talking points in Reftel A to Tajik government officials April 30 regarding Tajikistan's maintaining its "Watch List" status on the Special 301 Report for 2007. EconOffs personally delivered points to Alisher Karimov, Deputy Head of Customs Control in the Customs Service and Gen [...]	2007-04-30 17:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TI
07DUSHANBE675	TAJIK AND KYRGYZ LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FOR VETTING [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following Tajik and Kyrgyz personnel appointed to attend the International Narcotics Enforcement Management Seminar in Florida on June 5-21, 2007 organized by the Department of Justice [...]	2007-05-07 06:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SNAR TI KR
07DUSHANBE690	PROVING WHY SABIT IS "SPECIAL" IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: We may be neighbors, but we aren't well connected. This theme underscored a Central Asian Transportation Infrastructure Conference May 7, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce along with Embassy Dushanbe, to highlight the Special American Business Internship Training prog [...]	2007-05-10 11:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TI AF KG UZ KZ
07DUSHANBE723	COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO TAJIKISTAN: KEEP WORKING ON IT [...] Summary: In a series of high-level government meetings in Dushanbe May 6-9, Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck drilled home the SIPDIS message about providing a stable and open business environment in order to attract foreign investment. In [...]	2007-05-16 16:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE743	TAJIK WOMEN IN POLITICS? AS LONG AS DINNER'S STILL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik women active in political dialogue and the public sphere have had mixed success in establishing a meaningful discussion group or changing the profoundly discriminatory culture. In a meeting with visiting Central Asian Affairs Director Pamela Spratlen, members of the loc [...]	2007-05-18 07:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KWMN TI
07DUSHANBE762	TAJIKS SUPPORT FIBER OPTICS CONFERENCE, BUT WANT "EQUAL [...] (SBU) Tajikistan supports the idea of a U.S.-organized conference on regional fiber optic projects (reftel),but Minister of Transportation and Communications Adburahim Ashurov expressed greater interest in more international assistance to support the state-owned operator Tojiktelecom. Ashuro [...]	2007-05-24 12:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ECPS EINV ETRD EAID KG TI
07DUSHANBE764	TAJIK NGO LAW NOT AS BAD AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN~BUT STILL NOT [...] (SBU) Tajikistan finally has an official new law on non-governmental organizations. After multiple drafts, months of negotiations and parliamentary discussions, diplomatic interventions and civil society hand-wringing, President Rahmon signed the Law on Public Associations May 12. However, th [...]	2007-05-25 03:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID TI
07DUSHANBE776	LEAHY VETTING FOR TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following participants from various Tajik law enforcement agencies appointed to attend "Precursor control in Central Asia" and "Regional Cooperation in Precursor Control between Afghan [...]	2007-05-30 10:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SNAR TI
07DUSHANBE778	IN TAJIKISTAN, A LUMP OF COAL IS NOT SUCH A BAD THING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nothing would please the Tajik government more than big lumps of coal in their stockings this Christmas, preferably from a U.S.-financed mine that fuels a thermal power station. At a May 29 roundtable meeting on "Integrated Development of Coal and Power Projects and Reconstruc [...]	2007-05-30 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE783	TAJIKISTAN MUST COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL NORMS TO SUCCEED [...] (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan needs to take steps to sign and abide by international standard agreements if it wants to develop its electricity sector through exports to Afghanistan and beyond. In a series of meetings with top energy and economic officials May 28, Senior Advisor for Regional Eco [...]	2007-06-01 05:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE785	NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY IN TAJIKISTAN: NO [...] Summary: Embassy Dushanbe strongly opposes granting National Endowment for Democracy funds in Tajikistan to the "Center of Democratic Transformation" to open a Women's Leadership School, as included in the June 2007 list of project proposal (ref A). This local non-governmental organization h [...]	2007-06-01 05:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE786	PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]	2007-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE790	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' LITERATURE SEIZED, MEMBER INTERROGATED [...] (C) Tajikistan's Jehovah's Witnesses face increased pressure from the Tajik government and fear their recent problems may signal the government's move to shut down the religious group entirely (reftel). On April 26, State Committee on National Security officials prohibited customs authorities [...]	2007-06-04 10:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE796	TAJIKISTAN: FEMALE STUDENT CHALLENGES BAN ON HIJAB IN [...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented case, a young female university student, Davlatmoh Ismailova, is suing the Tajik Institute of Languages and the Ministry of Education for expelling her for wearing a hijab to school. This is the first time a student has brought a case against a university and the [...]	2007-06-05 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN'S LAKE SAREZ- IS HYDROPOWER THE ANSWER? [...] Ten years after the First International Conference on Lake Sarez Problems in 1997, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Central Asia Office) and the Government of Tajikistan's Committee on Emergencies and Civil Defense conducted the Second International Conference [...]	2007-06-05 11:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI
07DUSHANBE803	TAJIK PRESIDENT TRYING TO SPOIL THE PARTY-OR AT LEAST [...] (U) Summary: In an effort to help Tajiks better manage their personal finances, President Emomali Rahmon has proposed a draft "Law on Observing National Traditions and Rituals" to regulate wedding and funeral ceremonies and avoid citizens overspending on lavish events. The law limits the num [...]	2007-06-06 07:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE855	TAJIKISTAN SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH'S CLIMATE INITIATIVE [...] Rustam Latipov, Tajikistan's Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the leading government official responsible for environmental issues, expressed support for President Bush's new international framework initiative on climate change. PolOff delivered points per reft [...]	2007-06-08 12:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI
07DUSHANBE860	AFGHANS IN TAJIKISTAN -- READY FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: While a common perception amongst Tajik officials and academics is that the Afghans are all poor, coming from a war-torn country with little education and healthcare, Afghan businessmen are surprisingly successful and growing wealthy in Tajikistan, and they have an equally dim vi [...]	2007-06-10 07:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE862	LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND TAJIK [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent meeting with recipients of European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) small and medium sized enterprise loans shed new light on the obstacles facing small businesses in Dushanbe. Interviews with the owners of furniture, clothing, and household linens stores [...]	2007-06-11 08:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EAID TI
07DUSHANBE877	TAJIKISTAN TO AFGHAN REFUGEES: YOU CAN STAY, JUST NOT HERE~ [...] SUMMARY: On May 31, Tajik security officials rounded up over 150 Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in the capital of Dushanbe. Reports from those detained suggest that authorities held the refugees for most of the day without food, water or access to sanitation facilities. The authorities [...]	2007-06-12 12:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM UNHCR TI AF
07DUSHANBE882	TAJIK WOMEN LEADERS FRUSTRATED BY CULTURAL ATTITUDES AMONG [...] SUMMARY: Leaders of Tajikistan's political parties discussed how women are marginalized in politics and the frustrations they share trying to empower women, at a roundtable with PolOff June 4. All pointed out that Tajik cultural norms are oppressive to women, but sometimes it's the women the [...]	2007-06-13 06:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN TI
07DUSHANBE883	TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY INFIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Tajikistan's power struggles and legal battles over the past year have been confusing enough to rival a daytime soap opera's complicated plot. Rahmatullo Valiev, Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party met with PolOff June 7 to discuss the latest round of [...]	2007-06-13 06:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE886	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S JUNE [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe welcomes you on your first trip to Tajikistan. This will be an important step in forging personal relationships with key Tajik leaders. We enjoy friendly relations with this small but strategic country on the Afghan border. In addition to DoD and CENT [...]	2007-06-13 09:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE894	DONOR DISAGREEMENT ON TAJIK COTTON SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Fissures within the donor community threaten to derail efforts to resolve Tajikistan's $400 million cotton debt. The Asian Development Bank favors a donor bailout of the cotton sector, in order to save industry investors and prevent a potentially fatal breakdown of the nascen [...]	2007-06-14 14:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ECON EAID PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE924	U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSAULTED AND MEDEVACED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 at 0115 hours, three temporary duty military personnel and one private American citizen were severely beaten outside a local night club. Members of the team estimated the assault lasted for twenty minutes and around thirty attackers participated. They subsequentl [...]	2007-06-18 13:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMED CASC PREL TI
07DUSHANBE926	TAJIKISTAN REPORT ON SECTION 527 [...] Post is pleased to report on the satisfactory resolution of the single outstanding U.S. company dispute in Tajikistan. There are no new investment disputes between the United States and the Republic of Tajikistan. Details of the resolved case follow. 2. Claimant designation: Claimant [...]	2007-06-19 12:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE928	AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss Independence Day security planning (ref A),an explosion at the Supreme Court building in downtown Dushanbe on June 16, and an assault against members of a U.S. Central Command planning team on June 17 (ref [...]	2007-06-19 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PINR PTER TI
07DUSHANBE932	TAJIKISTAN'S RASHT VALLEY: TEN YEARS AFTER PEACE [...] SUMMARY: Ten years after the civil war, citizens of Rasht Valley endure gloomy times as corruption and economic decay have stifled democratic progress. PolOff met with government officials, religious leaders, nongovernmental organization workers, and local civilians during a visit to Rasht V [...]	2007-06-21 05:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN TI
07DUSHANBE933	AMBASSADOR' S MEETING WITH HYDRO-POWERED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Foreign Minister Zarifi June 20 to discuss a laundry list of outstanding issues, including the upcoming completion of the Nizhniy Pyanzh bridge, our demarches on Afghan refugees (Ref A) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's upcoming summit (Ref B),and the [...]	2007-06-21 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE935	CANARGO PROSPECTS FOR GAS IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Summary. The heads of U.S. oil and gas prospecting company CanArgo recently visited Tajikistan in order to push the Tajik government to sign a contract on development of oil and gas fields in the southern Kulob region. CanArgo has signed a protocol with the government on development of [...]	2007-06-22 10:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EIND TI PGOV
07DUSHANBE967	PENJIKENT, TAJIKISTAN: ISOLATED BY REGIONAL BUREAUCRACY AND [...] Summary: A June 20-22 trip to Penjikent and Aini districts in western Tajikistan illuminated how bilateral problems with Uzbekistan strangle the economy and trade for Tajik districts in the Zarafshan valley. In Penjikent city, officials and citizens expressed support for President Rahmon, but [...]	2007-06-26 11:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR ENRG TI UZ
07DUSHANBE969	EXTENDED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON DOMINATES CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary. In an unexpectedly long meeting with the Tajik President, which dominated Admiral Fallon's visit June 19, Emomali Rahmon hailed U.S.-Tajik relations as one of the first priorities in Tajik foreign policy and stated that Tajikistan is interested in further development of these rela [...]	2007-06-28 11:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE989	10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF TAJIKISTAN'S PEACE ACCORDS: BUT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a two-day UN-hosted conference on ten years of peace and reconciliation in Tajikistan, Tajik and foreign dignitaries discussed the roles they played in ending Tajikistan's 1992-1997 civil war. Instead of using the conference as an opportunity to expand political dialogue a [...]	2007-07-03 06:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE102	SETTING THE SCENE FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S AND DASD [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming joint CDR USCENTCOM/DASD Central and South Asia visit to Tajikistan. This cable provides updates only to reference scenesetter cable, and as an update, is primarily addressed to Admiral Fallon. As offered your November visit, Presi [...]	2008-01-15 11:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
08DUSHANBE1022	DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) On July 28th, Post delivered ref demarche regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to the Europe and Americas Desk at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substantive response separately. 2. (U) Point of conta [...]	2008-08-01 11:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08DUSHANBE1027	DESIGNTION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) On July 28th, Post delivered ref demarche regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to the Europe and Americas Desk at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substantive response separately. 2. (U) Point of conta [...]	2008-08-05 03:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR TI
08DUSHANBE105	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUEST FOR FY08 [...] (C) Summary. In accordance with REFs A and B, this message is an Embassy Dushanbe request for FY08 DOD operational support under 1004, National Defense Authorization Act 1991, as amended for development of Counter Narco Terrorism (CNT) training deployments CTJ2008NT023W (2nd Qtr) and CTJ2008N [...]	2008-01-16 10:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS OVIP TI
08DUSHANBE106	DUSHANBE CONSUMERS TAKE A HIT [...] (SBU) Summary: While food shortages and lack of power hit rural areas of Tajikistan hardest, the Government has tried to spare Dushanbe these difficulties, to avoid unrest close to the center of power. This winter is the coldest in decades. While freezing temperatures and snow persist, years [...]	2008-01-17 08:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE1067	RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY FACES ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 12, CAO met with Sayfiddin Dostiev (pen name Sayofi Mizrob),a former RFE/RL employee who said he has filed a lawsuit accusing RFE/RL of violating Tajik labor law. After a follow-up conversation with RFE/RL Tajik Service Director Rod Shahidi, CAO confirmed that, contra [...]	2008-08-13 09:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM PHUM KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE1075	TAJIKISTAN - PRESIDENT RAHMON LAUNCHES INVESTMENT COUNCIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon chaired the first ever meeting of the Investment Council on July 31. While much of the meeting was dedicated to preliminary organizational matters, the President expounded on sev [...]	2008-08-18 03:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PGOV PREL USTR TI
08DUSHANBE1083	TAJIKISTAN: A BAD MOON RISING? [...] (C) Summary: A prominent politician and a political analyst do not foresee significant political changes in Tajikistan in the next few years. President Rahmon is a clever politician who has learned to resolve conflicts between factions and prevented serious challenges to his rule. However, h [...]	2008-08-20 11:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON TI
08DUSHANBE1094	TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT DEMARCHE [...] (C) On August 21 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Husrav Nosiri, MFA Director for North America and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent). Nosiri accepted the demarche with the comment that Tajikistan was unlikely to take any public stance on the conflict between Georgia [...]	2008-08-22 07:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG TI
08DUSHANBE1098	MEET THE NEW TAJIK SPETZNAZ [...] (C) On August 20, RSO met with Major General Abdurauf YUSUPOV, First Deputy Minister of Interior and Lieutenant Colonel Dilshod ISLOMOV, Commander of the new Special Forces Battalion ("SpetzNaz") for the Ministry of Interior. The purpose of the meeting was to be introduced to the SpetzNaz C [...]	2008-08-26 03:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR TI
08DUSHANBE1099	FARCE DE TRIOMPHE - DUSHANBE CHANNELS PARIS AS IT [...] (C) Summary: As with last year's CIS summit, the Tajik Government is using the occasion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit to show off a city with new monuments, smooth and painted grand avenues, park restorations, elaborate and luxurious hospitality, and numerous cultural e [...]	2008-08-26 04:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE1107	GEORGIA ON THEIR MIND: TAJIK MEDIA REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO [...] (U) Summary: The Tajik media, in its coverage of Russian actions in Georgia, has mainly copied Russian media reports, or offered local opinion on the meaning of the dispute for Central Asia. As could be expected, it has not criticized Russia, and has instead focused heavily on the role of the [...]	2008-08-28 02:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE1108	TAJIKISTAN - REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 27 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director of North American and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Khusrav Nosiri. Nosiri could not offer a substantive reply, but said he would try to pass the substance of the demarche to the Minister of Foreign [...]	2008-08-28 05:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TI
08DUSHANBE1109	TAJIKISTAN - SCO SUMMIT STATEMENT MENTIONS SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit has concluded with bland statements and some confusion about the members' positions on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Summit Declaration contradictorily endorsed Russian peacemaking efforts in South Ossetia, and also welcomed the [...]	2008-08-28 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TI
08DUSHANBE1118	TAJIKISTAN - CANCELLATION OF DPRK-IRAN FLIGHT [...] (S) On August 28th, Post delivered reftel Diplomatic Note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Because of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, no reply was available. Post will submit any substantive response separately. 2. (U) Point of contact for this issue is Political Officer Wil [...]	2008-08-29 12:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL MNUC IR TI
08DUSHANBE1121	TAJIKISTAN - CSTO MEETING AND POSSIBLE RECOGNITION [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to Khusrav Nosiri, Director of North American and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on September 1. Nosiri said he would pass the demarche to his superiors, and commented that Tajikistan would likely maintain its current policy of non-r [...]	2008-09-02 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS TI RS GG
08DUSHANBE1122	TAJIKISTAN - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Charge and Acting DCM met on September 4 with Erkin Rahmatulloev, Presidential Adviser on Foreign Policy, to discuss a number of issues. Charge passed Rahmatulloev a copy of reftel demarche, and asked whether Tajikistan had received a letter from Russia officially informing the GOTI of Ru [...]	2008-09-04 08:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS GG TITI
08DUSHANBE1127	TAJIKISTAN - NO KOSOVO ICJ POSITION YET [...] (C) On September 5 Acting DCM spoke with Muzafar Khuseynov, Chief of the Department of International Organizations, concerning reftel. Khuseynov said that Tajikistan had not yet formulated a position on whether to support referral of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International C [...]	2008-09-05 11:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UN UNGA KV TI
08DUSHANBE1133	TAJIKISTAN SCO SUMMIT MEDIA REACTION - CAREFUL BALANCE OF [...] (U) Summary: Tajikistan's political analysts expressed few expectations from the SCO summit in the weekly papers prior to the summit, except that Russia would seek support for its actions in Georgia and recognition of independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Most commentators praised Russi [...]	2008-09-10 11:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE1136	TAJIKISTAN - BOEINGS ALL OVER, COMPLICATION SOARS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Boeing seems set to significantly expand its presence in Tajikistan over the next few months. But we expect turbulence on the route to improved airline services here, as the two airlines in quest [...]	2008-09-11 05:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EAIR TI
08DUSHANBE1151	TAJIKISTAN - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Shermahmad Radjabovich Niyasov, Second Secretary at the State Protocol Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Niyasov handles issues regarding the United Nations General Assembly and will be present in New York for the UNGA this September. Conte [...]	2008-09-15 03:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN
08DUSHANBE1154	TAJIKISTAN - NORTHERN REGION'S ISOLATION WILL END, SOMEDAY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The isolation of Tajikistan's second city and historic leading economic center will continue to retard the country's economic development. Khujand suffers from chronic electricity shortages and i [...]	2008-09-16 05:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1190	IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Per reftel, DCM delivered a demarche on the IAEA Board of Governors to Muzaffar Khuseinov, the Head of the Department of International Organizations at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khuseinov said that Tajikistan has not received a formal request to support Kazakhstan's candidacy [...]	2008-09-23 04:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC TI
08DUSHANBE120	FY07 BFIF REPORTING FROM DUSHANBE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy Dushanbe submits the following report regarding participation in the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program in FY 2007. Post again thanks the Economic Bureau for its support for these two successful programs. 2. Dushanbe - Regional Transportation Infrast [...]	2008-01-18 10:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM TI

08DUSHANBE121	IRANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY PROGRAMS OFF TO GOOD START [...] (C/NF) PolEcon Officer met January 15 with International Research Exchange Council Dushanbe staffer Anna Crowley, to discuss progress on State Department-funded training programs targeted at Iranian civil society organizations (reftel). Crowley said that the first seminar, held November 11-15 i [...]	2008-01-18 12:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM TI IR
08DUSHANBE1246	TAJIKISTAN: RFE/RL WINS SOME, LOSES MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. As if according to deadline, pending decisions regarding RFE/RL's re-accreditation, a series of lawsuits, and a tax audit were rendered by the end of August. On the positive side, the prosecutor threw out a legal complaint about the station's negative reporting and the Ministry [...]	2008-10-02 09:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE1256	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TAJIKISTAN'S COTTON SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: During a recent visit to Sughd region emboff and visiting G/TIP Officer explored trafficking issues and assessed allegations that students were forced by government authorities to pick cotton, despite a presidential decree prohibiting the practice. Emboff and G/TIP Officer found e [...]	2008-10-03 06:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EAGR ELAB TI
08DUSHANBE1267	TAJIKISTAN - FOOD SECURITY TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Food security in Tajikistan likely will continue to decline, and the inability of many Tajiks to buy sufficient food likely will worsen in the coming winter. President Rahmon is calling for more [...]	2008-10-06 02:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM EAID TI
08DUSHANBE1268	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On October 3, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Iran to Khusrav Noziri, the Head of the Europe and Americas Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We did not receive a substantive response, but Noziri said he would pass the [...]	2008-10-06 04:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP IR PARM TI
08DUSHANBE1269	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUEST FOR FY09 [...] (C) Summary. In accordance with REFs A and B, this message is an Embassy Dushanbe request for FY09 DOD operational support under 1004, National Defense Authorization Act 1991, as amended for development of Counter Narco Terrorism (CNT) training deployments with the National Guard Special Forc [...]	2008-10-06 09:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MAS OVIP PREL TI
08DUSHANBE1316	TAJIKISTAN: END-OF-FISCAL YEAR PROJECT STATUS REPORT [...] (U) Summary: At the end of August, Ambassador Jacobson and Foreign Minister Zarif signed two letters of agreement totaling over $13 million to continue INL border security, policing, and anti-crime programs and to initiate projects in the justice sector. INL Dushanbe provides the following en [...]	2008-10-16 12:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CH TI
08DUSHANBE1317	TAJIKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: According to government data through August, the number of new arrivals claiming asylum in Tajikistan, mainly from Afghanistan, had reached 957 persons, 212 more than in all of 2007. UNHCR reports that the Tajik government is denying status to a higher percentage of refugees often for [...]	2008-10-17 06:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM UNHCR TI AF
08DUSHANBE1318	TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]	2008-10-17 07:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1339	CORRECTED COPY Q CAPTION REMOVED TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]	2008-10-23 11:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1343	THE PAMIRS - GOING THEIR OWN WAY, WHETHER THEY [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) say regional disaffection from the central government is less pronounced than political leaders in Dushanbe think. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is making GBAO an example of liberal economic development and better ed [...]	2008-10-24 10:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PREL ECON EINV SENV TI
08DUSHANBE1347	US-FUNDED AG PROGRAM PREPARES RASHT VALLEY FOR WINTER [...] (U) Summary: Econoff and USAID representative traveled to the Rasht Valley town of Gharm, four hours northeast of Dushanbe, to attend an agricultural exhibition organized by USAID grantee Mercy Corps. The event highlighted Mercy Corps' efforts to help residents increase food production and pre [...]	2008-10-28 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID TI
08DUSHANBE1350	SCENESETTER FOR DAS KROL VISIT NOVEMBER 10-13 [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of DAS George Krol. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Krol will confront during his visit. POLITICAL OVERVIEW - STAGNATION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY 2. (C) Li [...]	2008-10-30 11:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EINV PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE1364	REQUEST FOR $1,750 IN DFAS FUNDING FROM OPERATION ALL [...] (SBU) The Dushanbe Country Office (DCO) requests funding from Operation All Inclusive to support TDY Special Agents who will be assisting the DCO in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 2. (SBU) The requested funds are further described as being utilized in support of TDY person [...]	2008-11-03 11:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	DEAX
08DUSHANBE1370	TAJIKISTAN: ANNUAL ENERGY CRISIS COULD BE EVEN MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, Tajikistan began receiving energy from Turkmenistan as part of an agreement to import 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours this winter. A separate arrangement to import 600 million kWh from Uzbekistan is still some distance from being realized. The Turkmenistan deal, whic [...]	2008-11-03 11:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAID TI
08DUSHANBE1371	REQUEST FOR $1,750 IN DFAS FUNDING FROM OPERATION ALL [...] (SBU) The Dushanbe Country Office (DCO) requests funding from Operation All Inclusive to support TDY Special Agents who will be assisting the DCO in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 2. (SBU) The requested funds are further described as being utilized in support of TDY person [...]	2008-11-03 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	DEAX
08DUSHANBE1372	TAJIKISTAN: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics, but it is a major transit country after Pakistan and Iran for heroin and opium from Afghanistan. The Republic of Tajikistan has emerged as a frontline state in the war on drugs and is taking the brunt of the boom in Afghan drug production. [...]	2008-11-03 12:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1379	CONCRETE STEPS TO CROSS THE BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, and INL Officer attended the EU/OSCE/UNODC-organized Ministerial Conference on Border Management and Drug Control in Central Asia held in Tajikistan October 21-22. The Conference was organizationally challenged and results were meager. For the United States, [...]	2008-11-10 06:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR TI
08DUSHANBE1380	TAJIKS WANT BETTER LAWS; U.S. ROLE UNCLEAR [...] (U) Summary: Emboffs met with two of President Rahmon's legal advisors, Sodik Ashurovich Shohnazarov and Umed Boboev, to discuss areas of collaboration in reform of the justice sector. Tajik officials recognize the need to reform the country's legal infrastructure, and will establish a legisla [...]	2008-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1381	TAJIKISTAN: STRIKE A BLOW AGAINST DRUGS [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe in conjunction with the Karate-do Federation of Tajikistan conducted the 5th International Sato Tecuo Karate-do tournament under the motto "Strike a Blow Against Drugs". The Federation conducted the INL-sponsored tournament in Dushanbe on October 25-26. The tournament lau [...]	2008-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1382	FEEDBACK ON TAJIKTIP PROSECUTORS' U.S. VISIT [...] Summary: INL, Department of Justice/OPDAT and the Educational and Cultural Affairs Voluntary Visitors Division organized a one-week study tour to Washington for attorneys from the Prosecutor General's Office responsible for prosecuting TIP cases. The four prosecutors, accompanied by Embassy D [...]	2008-11-10 12:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE1388	THE COTTON HARVEST IN SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: A late October visit to Tajikistan's southern Khatlon province provided a more complete picture of labor conditions in the cotton industry. As in the northern Sughd province, there wasevidence of forced and child labor (reftel A). Reliance on such labor is a holdover from the Sovie [...]	2008-11-13 08:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR ELAB TI
08DUSHANBE1396	SCENESETTER FOR ARCENT COMMANDER LTG LOVELACE,S 20 [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of LTG Lovelace. Since Tajikistan,s limited defense capability consists primarily of Russian-influenced ground forces, the position of the ARCENT Commander is ideal to pursue basic and sorely needed reforms as well as further joint Taji [...]	2008-11-14 09:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE1401	TAJIKISTAN - DAS GEORGE KROL'S MEETINGS WITH TAJIK [...] (C) Summary: During his three-day visit to Tajikistan, DAS Krol met with representatives of local businesses and foreign investors, international donors, civil society, and journalists. He visited the U.S.-funded bridge to Afghanistan at Nizhniy Pyanj, and Food for Peace-funded agricultural t [...]	2008-11-18 14:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PHUM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1402	RAHMON HOLDS FORTH - DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a two and half hour meeting on November 11, Rahmon urged greater U.S. attention to Afghanistan and the problem of narcotics trafficking, and said the global financial crisis was affecting Tajikistan because of lower prices for aluminum and cotton. While claiming Tajikistan was [...]	2008-11-19 03:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE1407	TAJIKISTAN: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Is the jurisdiction considered an important regional financial center? 1A. Tajikistan is not a major financial center in the region and its banking system is still developing. Prosecutions for financial criminal activity are unusual. In 2008, authorities did not prosecute or convict anyone [...]	2008-11-21 03:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV SNAR KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE1409	WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS POLICY [...] (U) This is a resubmission of 08 Dushanbe 1408 with a subject heading. 2. (SBU) Summary: Tajik officials have continued to impose limitations on personal conduct as part of the government's restrictive religious policy. Officials have also continued to crack down on religious groups that t [...]	2008-11-21 10:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
08DUSHANBE1454	UNEXPECTED CLOSURE OF TAJIK BORDER BY UZBEKISTAN [...] (SBU) According to news reports, Uzbek authorities unilaterally closed their border with Tajikistan beginning on November 27. The Tajik State Committee for National Security said it had no warning of this move from the Uzbeks. The Uzbek Embassy in Dushanbe also seemed not to know the reasons [...]	2008-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UZ TI
08DUSHANBE1470	TALCO SETTLES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT IN BRITISH [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 27, Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco),Tajikistan's largest enterprise, settled a three-year lawsuit in British courts against former Talco managers and suppliers, whom it alleged defrauded the company of $500 million. Details of the settlement have not been released, [...]	2008-12-08 08:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EMIN PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1498	ELECTORAL REFORM IN TAJIKISTAN - DON'T BET ON IT [...] (SBU) Representatives from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Dushanbe last week to speak about amending electoral laws before the elections in 2010. In conjunction with this visit, OSCE held a roundtable on December 3 attended by representatives of polit [...]	2008-12-11 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1501	IMF Says Tajik Economic Outlook Rosy, Others Doubtful. [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the world financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made a number of positive projections about Tajikistan's economy over the coming year, including GDP growth of 5-6%, a drop in inflation, and continued record high remittance levels. The IMF predicts t [...]	2008-12-11 11:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1502	IMF Says Tajik Economic Outlook Rosy; Others Doubtful [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the world financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made a number of positive projections about Tajikistan's economy over the coming year, including GDP growth of 5-6%, a drop in inflation, and continued record high remittance levels. The IMF predicts t [...]	2008-12-12 03:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1514	TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR [...] Summary: The November visit by SCA DAS Krol provided welcomed insights into U.S. plans for Central Asia. EU and OSCE colleagues are still working to improve technical capacity for drug interdiction and Finland continues to stress strategic border management. Tajik law enforcement agencies hav [...]	2008-12-15 06:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1518	Crucial Remittances to Tajikistan Will Slow; But How Much? [...] (SBU) Summary: Remittances from relatives working abroad, particularly in Russia, form a crucial source of income for many families in Tajikistan, which in turn helps maintain economic and political stability in this poor and historically fractious country. Many here are worried about whether [...]	2008-12-16 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB TI
08DUSHANBE1523	GROWING INFLUENCE OF TRADITIONAL ISLAM IN TAJIKISTAN - WHAT [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11 and 12, EmbOffs accompanied William Trigg, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor based in Bishkek, to meetings with Muslim clerics, government officials, and researchers in Dushanbe. During Trigg's visit, interlocutors said the Government of Tajikistan had li [...]	2008-12-18 04:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
08DUSHANBE1548	Audits of Three Major Tajik Concerns May Not Reveal Much [...] (SBU) Summary: The international donor community in Tajikistan is eagerly awaiting the results of audits of three key institutions: the National Bank of Tajikistan, the state electrical company Barki Tojik, and the country's largest industrial concern, the Talco aluminum smelter. The audits we [...]	2008-12-19 12:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB TI
08DUSHANBE1553	INFORMATION ON TAJIKISTAN'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Enclosed is Post's response to questions posed in reftel. GENERAL SITUATION -- Plans for the development of nuclear power; existing or planned nuclear power related facilities; foreseen expansion of these facilities? President Rahmon recently announced that his government would see [...]	2008-12-22 09:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO TI
08DUSHANBE1554	Report on Tajikistan's Ruby Industry [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Embassy staff met with Isojon Kurbanov, Deputy Head of the Mining Department in the Tajik Ministry of Energy and Industry to discuss reftel. According to Kurbanov, in Tajikistan state authorities control an [...]	2008-12-22 09:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EMIN ECON PREL EFIN TI
08DUSHANBE1556	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 20 November 2008. The MFA provided no substantive response to the demarche, and has given no indication that it will change its previous positions voting in favor of resolutions specifically mentioning Israel. Post will advise if the Government of Taj [...]	2008-12-23 04:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY TI
08DUSHANBE1557	TAJIKISTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the text of Dushanbe's 2008 Country Report on Terrorism: As the poorest of the former Soviet countries, the Tajik governmentQs main impediment to counterterrorism remained its lack of resources. The government, particularly the Border Guards, lacked appropriate technical e [...]	2008-12-23 04:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC TI
08DUSHANBE1572	WILL FINANCIAL, HARVEST, AND ENERGY PROBLEMS CREATE TAJIK [...] (SBU) Summary: Inadequate energy supplies and food insecurity remain serious problems for Tajikistan heading into the winter. The water level in the Nurek reservoir is lower than it was this time last year. Lower power generation capacity at Nurek may be offset somewhat by several factors. F [...]	2008-12-30 04:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG PHUM EAGR EAID PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE1582	OPEN SKIES DEMARCHE AND AVIATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Transport viewed our offer to explore an Open Skies agreement as a chance to get more aid from the United States. He suggested Tajikistan would move slowly on Open Skies, seeking a bilateral agreement before considering a regional agreement, and would move slowly [...]	2008-12-31 09:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE168	Tajik Government Flounders as Electricity Threatens to Run [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan has announced that the reservoir feeding the Nurek power station, the country's largest source of electricity, might run out of water by February 6. Extreme low temperatures have reduced inflow, causing the reservoir to drop to critical levels. A Nu [...]	2008-01-29 06:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG ECON TI
08DUSHANBE169	TAJIK PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES GOVERNMENT, SAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25 and 26, the Government of Tajikistan met to discuss its performance during 2007, and to outline its plans for 2008. President Rahmon presided over the session from a flower-adorned stage in one of the Presidential Palace,s large halls. Ministers and regional gove [...]	2008-01-29 06:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE186	THE TRAPPINGS OF THE KING - HOW PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) A tour of the President's biggest show project, the "Palace of the Nation," gave us a chance to see the extent of Rahmon's willingness to spend enormous sums on prestige projects, while his people sit shivering in the dark. Roberto Bertocchini (protect),the project manager for the Italian [...]	2008-02-04 03:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE189	SHOOT-OUT IN GARM, SITUATION CALM [...] (SBU) Colonel Oleg Zakharchenko, the commander of OMON, the Interior Ministry's elite police squad, was killed February 2 in a 15-minute gunfight in Garm District, east of Dushanbe. Zakharchenko had reportedly led a 30-man unit to Garm to effect the arrest of Col. Mirzokhuja Ahmadov, a form [...]	2008-02-04 12:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC TI
08DUSHANBE191	FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN FROM NORTH KOREA [...] (S) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ismatulloh Nasreddinov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for European and American Affairs (Assistant Secretary Equivalent) on February 4. Mr. Nasreddinov assured us he would raise this matter immediately with his superiors. He also checked with th [...]	2008-02-04 12:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM PREL KN TI
08DUSHANBE197	NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ALIMARDON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Murodali Alimardon briefed emboffs on his agricultural reform priorities and made a pitch for more donor financing. EmbOffs said new financing was unlikely, and suggested Tajikistan make better use of the funds it has now [...]	2008-02-06 13:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID EAGR PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE198	MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS APPEALS FOR AES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a January 30 meeting with several diplomatic missions and the regional AES representative, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi called on AES to stay in Tajikistan. AES did not change its decision to withdraw, but characterized its move as a suspension rather than closure. Tajiki [...]	2008-02-06 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TI
08DUSHANBE2	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS HELP TO REBUILD TAJIK [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister Kasimov summoned donor country representatives December 27 to request assistance for rebuilding the National Medical University, which had burnt to the ground the day before. Kasimov stated that primary responsibility for the emergency response re [...]	2008-01-02 11:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE210	Tajik Commercial Air Service Modernization - Baby Steps [...] (SBU) In the past six months Tajik Air, the state-owned national carrier, has acquired four Boeing aircraft, all on wet-lease. It's not quite the improvement that it seems. The first two aircraft acquired were 25-year old Boeing 737s. They are not allowed to land in Russia or the European Un [...]	2008-02-07 12:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAIR TI
08DUSHANBE215	Tajikistan's National Budget - The Best Parts are Hidden [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's 2008 budget is much larger than last year's, and assumes much greater revenues. Developed in a totally non-transparent manner, the document hides the true extent of presidential spending. End Summary. 2. (U) In November 2007 media conveyed a brief statement [...]	2008-02-07 12:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON TI
08DUSHANBE216	SHOOTOUT IN GARM: UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The killing of Oleg Zakharchenko, the head of OMON, the Interior Ministry,s elite police squad, appears to have been the result of a miscalculation by a local Interior Ministry official in Garm, who believed he could resist arrest and face down the consequences. We have been unabl [...]	2008-02-07 12:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER TI
08DUSHANBE217	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - DUSHANBE 02/08/08 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Department's request, Ambassador chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting February 8 to discuss preparations and next steps in light of the current weather and energy problems in Tajikistan. Regional Security Officer, Management Officer, Political/Economics Chie [...]	2008-02-08 10:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PTER TI
08DUSHANBE219	COMPLEX AND CHRONIC -- TAJIKISTAN'S EMERGING [...] Summary: President Rahmon instructed his top foreign policy and economic officials the week of Feb 4 to rally donors and multilateral agencies to assist Tajikistan in dealing with the increasingly evident shortfalls in energy supplies. As of February 8, the government has stopped short of i [...]	2008-02-08 16:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ENRG EFIN EAGR TI
08DUSHANBE222	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TAJIKS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo independence as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Foreign Ministry. Noziri said he would discuss the issue with his superiors, but he would not comment on Tajikistan,s position on Kosov [...]	2008-02-11 14:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU
08DUSHANBE223	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION [...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on Air Koryo flight JS-621 as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs of the Tajik Foreign Ministry. We passed a Russian version of the non-paper to ensure that there would be no miscommunication. Noziri said h [...]	2008-02-11 14:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TI
08DUSHANBE224	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION [...] (U) This message is being resent to correct the classification. 2. (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on Air Koryo flight JS-621 as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs of the Tajik Foreign Ministry. We passed a Russian version of the non-p [...]	2008-02-12 04:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM PREL TI
08DUSHANBE227	Ambassador Jacobson Declares Humanitarian Disaster in [...] Summary and action request: Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson declares a humanitarian disaster in Tajikistan due to severe food insecurity, exacerbated by a nationwide energy crisis and extreme winter weather. Ambassador and regional mission request that DCHA/OFDA immediately commit USD 50,000 to [...]	2008-02-13 11:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TI
08DUSHANBE228	TIFA 2008 - TAJIKS WON'T PLAY, UNLESS IT'S THEIR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan threatened to not participate in the 2008 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) conference, and in regional consultations with the EU Troika, unless one of these two meetings is held in Dushanbe. End Summary. 2. (C) In his first meeting w [...]	2008-02-13 12:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE240	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFENDING THE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the demarche on defending the U.S. Kosovo position in the OSCE to Muzafar Huseinov, the acting Head of Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to his deputy, Jamshed Khamidov. Huseinov said that Tajikistan was aware of Serbia,s [...]	2008-02-15 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE245	TAJIK-IRANIAN FRATERNAL RELATIONS RECONFIRMED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon visited Iran unexpectedly February 9-10. He returned with promises of some fuel oil to help Dushanbe in the ongoing winter power shortage, and "agreements" for Iran to consider undertaking more hydropower, power transmission, and tunnel improvement work. The vi [...]	2008-02-19 11:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IR TI
08DUSHANBE266	TAJIKISTAN: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered latest demarche (reftel) to Husrav Nosiri, the Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of American and European Affairs. He said that Tajikistan did not yet have a position on Kosovo independence, but the Government of Tajikistan was "discussing the issue seriously." [...]	2008-02-21 05:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV TI
08DUSHANBE269	SOMON AIR - "PRIVATE" IN NAME ONLY. [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6 EmbOff experienced the pleasure of flying Tajikistan's "first private airline," Somon Air, aboard its wet-leased Turkish Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800. Minor intercultural hiccups aside, the flight was normal, and an improvement on the standards of state-owned Ta [...]	2008-02-21 13:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAIR TI
08DUSHANBE338	TAJIKISTAN - REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] Following is post's response to reftel tasking. Begin Text: Transparency and accountability of government fiscal actions is poor in Tajikistan, and although the government has made efforts to improve this state of affairs since independence in 1991, progress is inconsistent. The Tajik econo [...]	2008-03-03 06:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL TI
08DUSHANBE375	TAJIKISTAN - SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: Post recommends that Tajikistan remain on the Special 301 Watch List. Tajikistan has taken some steps over the past year to improve protection of intellectual property, but much work remains to be done. End Summary. 2. Advances in the past year included: -- passage of a Law on [...]	2008-03-06 03:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETTC ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI
08DUSHANBE376	INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT HUMAN RIGHTS SECTOR IN [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan makes it difficult for NGOs to operate effectively in the human rights and democracy sector, and the NGO community has resigned itself to the fact that significant improvements are simply not possible in the current environment. The presence of intern [...]	2008-03-06 06:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE387	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on expressing support for Kosovo's independence at the ministerial summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to Jamshed Khamidov, Counselor in the Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Head of the Depart [...]	2008-03-07 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KV TI
08DUSHANBE432	MVD MINISTER TALKS THE TALK WITH HIS HAND OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a March 14 meeting with Ambassador, Tajikistan's Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov promised continued cooperation with Embassy security operations and security assistance programs and handed over a non-paper requesting $5 million in new assistance. He lamented Tajikistan [...]	2008-03-20 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE433	NDI SEES "SCORCHED EARTH" DEPARTURE FROM TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The National Democratic Institute's most recent application for registration was refused by the Tajik Government. With funding and patience running out, the Institute is considering exit strategies to implement by March 31. Their resident representative favors a "scorched earth" [...]	2008-03-23 06:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE444	TAJIKISTAN - SCENE SETTER FOR APRIL 1-3 VISIT BY [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit by DAS Pamela Spratlen. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan, and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Spratlen will confront during her visit. Political and Economic Overview ---------------------------- [...]	2008-03-31 03:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE457	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT [...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on the Air Koryo charter flight as instructed to Husrav Nosiri, the Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He understood the importance of the information we provided, and he said that he would pass the information on [...]	2008-04-04 10:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP ISN EAP NEA TI
08DUSHANBE490	TAJIKISTAN COTTON SECTOR HEADING FOR MORE TROUBLE, AS IS [...] Summary: Visits to cotton growing regions and conversations with contacts in the Government of Tajikistan and in the development community show that the Government, despite declarations of "freedom to farm," is continuing its usual practice of coercing farmers to grow cotton. The "profitabilit [...]	2008-04-09 07:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EINV ECON PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE492	TAJIKISTAN - SCA/ADAS SPRATLEN GETS A MIXED [...] (U) Summary: SCA A/DAS Pamela Spratlen told the senior presidential economics adviser that Tajikistan's misreporting to the IMF had seriously damaged the GOTI's credibility, and Tajikistan needed to act quickly to repair it. Her interlocutor indicated he understood her message and was aware o [...]	2008-04-09 10:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE493	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRAVEL RESTRICTION REQUIREMENTS IN [...] (SBU) PolOff and ConOff delivered the demarche on UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Yatimsho Musofirov, the Deputy Head of the Consular Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We gave Musofirov a non-paper detailing the points raised in reftel, and described the measures the United St [...]	2008-04-09 10:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR TI
08DUSHANBE494	TAJIKISTAN - A/DAS PAMELA SPRATLEN'S DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary: On April 2, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia and Public Diplomacy Pamela Spratlen told senior GOTI officials that the United States supported the OSCE Chairman in Office's (CiO) proposal as the basis for negotiation on renewal of the OSCE mandate in Tajikistan. H [...]	2008-04-09 10:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE512	TAJIKISTAN - CONVICTION OF PROMINENT ENTREPRENEUR [...] (SBU) On April 8, a court in Tajikistan convicted Marouf Orifov, the majority owner of the Orima supermarket chain, of tax evasion and bribery, and sentenced him to 8 years and 6 months imprisonment. The case is an example of the country's oppressive business environment, and the ruthless mann [...]	2008-04-10 09:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM EINV TI
08DUSHANBE515	THE ORIMA DEFENSE TEAM SPEAKS; BUT WHAT ARE THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post reported in reftel on the April 8 conviction of local entrepreneur Marouf Orifov, majority owner of the ORIMA chain of supermarkets, for bribery and tax evasion. Orifov's defense team corroborated the generally held view that the trial lacked basic elements of fairness. Wh [...]	2008-04-14 06:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EINV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE516	TAJIKISTAN - BACK IN THE USSR AT TALCO [...] (U) Summary: TALCO, Tajikistan's state-owned aluminum company, which accounts for perhaps one third of the country's gross domestic product, faces a number of challenges. During a recent visit to the plant, EmbOffs observed that the Soviet-style company remains dependent on electricity at belo [...]	2008-04-14 07:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE517	Tajikistan: Economic Tour de Table [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Attache Tom Lanier's March 24-31 visit highlighted several challenges the country's financial institutions and large enterprises face. Meetings with government officials, international organizations, and business leaders showed the economy in poor shape, but not a total l [...]	2008-04-14 07:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE521	TAJIKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY AND BUSINESS LEADERS NEED RULE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan's business advocates and civil leaders cited corruption and the lack of coherent laws and policies as the greatest impediments to business or reforming social institutions. In separate open and free- [...]	2008-04-15 07:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE522	FEED THE PEOPLE; STARVE EXTREMISM: CONTINUING NEEDS FOR [...] Embassy Dushanbe appreciates the opportunity for senior review of its Mission Strategic Plan via digital video conference April 10 (ref A). The robust attendance from representatives of State and other agencies clearly demonstrated a keen level of interest in several of our most pressing iss [...]	2008-04-15 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON PHUM PREL WFP TI
08DUSHANBE526	THE IMPACT OF NOT RIGHTSIZING EMBASSY DUSHANBE'S [...] Summary: Embassy Dushanbe's thoroughly inadequate management staffing means we have had to turn down important positions requested by the Drug Enforcement Agency, Office of Defense Cooperation, and USAID. We understand the need for "triage" in the current budgetary environment, but urge the [...]	2008-04-16 04:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID SNAR MASS PREL TI
08DUSHANBE527	TAJIK OFFICIAL SEES NO CALL FOR ALARM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, PolOff met with Mirzosharif Islomodinov, Isfara's parliamentary representative, to discuss border issues raised in reftels. Islomodinov did not think that the conflicts over water would amount to serious tension between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and he was confide [...]	2008-04-16 09:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TI KG
08DUSHANBE550	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] The following responds to Ref A's request to provide a short summary of the impact of food and agricultural commodity price increases and to catalogue previous reporting on the subject. 2. Rising food prices are having a direct and detrimental impact on all of Embassy Dushanbe's central st [...]	2008-04-22 13:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE573	TAJIKISTAN'S NORTH: OVEREDUCATED AND OVERLOOKED [...] (SBU) Summary: During multiple trips to the northern city of Khujand, Emboffs have noticed an increasing sense of disenfranchisement among the well-educated and cosmopolitan population. The near-complete absence of northerners in the Government, and the recent harsh winter conditions during wh [...]	2008-04-24 05:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE591	POLOFF GAINS ACCESS TO TAJIK PRISONS, VISITS [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, PolOff visited Sobit Vakhidov and Rahmiddin Sharopov, both returnees from Guantanamo now held in Tajik prison, pursuant to a 2006 agreement between the United States and Tajikistan. There were numerous bureaucratic complications in gaining access to them, and we were [...]	2008-04-28 06:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI
08DUSHANBE592	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT [...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on the Air Koryo charter flight as instructed to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ministry officials informed us on April 28 that they had sent the information on the flight to the State Committee for National Security, which is the responsible institu [...]	2008-04-28 13:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP TI
08DUSHANBE634	TAJIKISTAN - WHY AMERICAN CORNERS MATTER [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite widespread academic corruption and crumbling infrastructure, Tajik students and instructors are striving to achieve, as Public Affairs Officer and visiting Information Resources Officer learned during a [...]	2008-05-06 03:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE649	TAJIKISTAN - FOOD INSECURITY LIKELY TO WORSEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alanna Shaikh, EUR/ACE Central Asia Country Assistance Coordinator, visited Tajikistan from April 24 to May 1 to assess humanitarian assistance needs. She confirmed that food security problems persist (reftel A) and that they will worsen in the coming year without intervention b [...]	2008-05-07 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE650	TAJIKISTAN - FOOD INSECURITY LIKELY TO WORSEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alanna Shaikh, EUR/ACE Central Asia Country Assistance Coordinator, visited Tajikistan from April 24 to May 1 to assess humanitarian assistance needs. She confirmed that food security problems persist (reftel A) and that they will worsen in the coming year without intervention b [...]	2008-05-07 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE654	TAJIKISTAN - KHOROG'S QUIET DISCONTENTS [...] (C) Summary: During an April 24-25 visit to Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan encompassing the Pamir mountains, conversations with civil society, political figures, and administrators showed a region with severe economic difficulties, resentment of the [...]	2008-05-08 07:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE680	TAJIKISTAN - THE PRESIDENT'S MODEL GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In Tajikistan's impoverished Shahritus District, Ambassador met local government and NGO leaders struggling to make agriculture viable despite the harsh conditions. President Rahmon has publicly held up Kulmurod Rahmonov, the district governor, as an example for other governors [...]	2008-05-16 11:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE688	RAHMON CALLS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ARREST POWER FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his annual speech to Parliament, President Rahmon called for the transfer by 2010 of the power to issue preliminary arrest warrants from the prosecutors to the courts. Our contacts are uncertain whether this step will make much difference in the balance of power between the [...]	2008-05-20 07:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
08DUSHANBE69	TAJIKISTAN,S ISLAMIC REVIVAL PARTY: A FORMIDABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following his re-election in September 2007 as Islamic Revival Party Chairman, Muhuddin Kabiri promised to continue modernizing the party and increase party membership (reftel). Meetings throughout the country confirm that the Party has benefited from government policies that [...]	2008-01-10 06:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE691	TAJIKISTAN - SOWING SEEDS OF DEMOCRACY IN SHAHRITUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ambassador traveled to the Shahritus district in April to meet U.S. Government grantees who are incrementally raising the standard of living in the impoverished agricultural area. U.S. Government assistance has had a positive impact, especially in cultivating democratic deci [...]	2008-05-21 09:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE70	NGO SITUATION IN TAJIKISTAN - REREGISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2008, international and local NGOs have reregistered with the government, a process which has been full of difficulties but which many organizations have been able to complete successfully. Looking at the past year, some NGO contacts have seen backsliding by the gover [...]	2008-01-10 06:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE720	SHOOTOUT IN RAHMON'S CORRAL [...] (C) On May 27, Tajik Ministry of Interior and State Committee on National Security forces raided the home of Suhrob Langariev in Kulyab. When government forces secured a perimeter, Langariev and a group of fighters opened fire. During a lull in the shootout, Langariev's father attempted to co [...]	2008-05-29 05:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PGOV KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE731	TAJIKISTAN INL 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) For provision of goods, services, and technical assistance, the U.S. Government and the Government of Tajikistan (GOTI) signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) in 2003. For subsequent years, INL Dushanbe negotiates an annual Amendment to the Letter of Agreement (ALOA) when project funds are all [...]	2008-05-30 06:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE735	TAJIKISTAN - VISIT TO RASHT VALLEY HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] Summary: Ambassador spent two days in the poor but picturesque Rasht Valley this week, meeting with local government officials, U.S. Government grantees, and visiting villages receiving the final food distribution from the Food for Peace (P.L. 480) Program (FFP),through USAID implementing part [...]	2008-05-30 12:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID ASEC TI

08DUSHANBE751	TAJIKISTAN: WIDESPREAD DISSENT, BUT DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit by an INR analyst to assess Tajikistan's political situation found media, business, and religious figures increasingly willing to bluntly criticize President Rahmon, but also found a lack of consensus on when or whether rising discontent with his administration will [...]	2008-06-06 11:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE752	TAJIKISTAN'S TIES TO IRAN DEEPENING; EARLY STAGES [...] (C) Summary: Since President Rahmon's February 2008 trip to Tehran (reftel A),media reports have highlighted the deepening relationship between Iran and Tajikistan, spawning discussion of an emerging "Persian axis" which would include Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. The fact that the Tajik [...]	2008-06-06 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID TI
08DUSHANBE760	TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 16-19 VISIT OF [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of DAS George Krol. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Krol will confront during his visit. Political Overview - Cracks in the Facade --------------------------- [...]	2008-06-09 13:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE774	TOURISM IN TAJIKISTAN: COME EXPERIENCE OUR BEAUTIFUL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan has the essential attributes to compete for international tourism, but an unfriendly visa policy and lack of international air connections shut out foreign visitors and their ready cash, according to [...]	2008-06-11 07:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO CVIS CASC TI
08DUSHANBE781	UTAH DELEGATION VISITS TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the Utah State Senate visited Tajikistan from June 9-12 at the invitation of Tajik parliamentarians who participated in an Open World exchange program in December 2007. They received a warm welcome and several high-level meetings. This was one of the few visit [...]	2008-06-12 08:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE825	TAJIKISTAN: DAS KROL'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement meetings in Dushanbe, DAS Krol, accompanied by Ambassador, had introductory meetings June 16 with Foreign Minister Zarifi, and with Presidential Advisors on Foreign Policy and Economics Rahmattuloyev and Davlatov. Krol discus [...]	2008-06-18 04:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE829	TAJIKISTAN'S HASAN ASADULLOZODA - MAN, MYTH, LEGEND [...] (SBU) Summary: Hasan Asadullozoda (formerly known as Sadulloev),the 40 year old brother-in-law of President Rahmon, is Tajikistan's top business figure, and is often called the "third most powerful" man in the country (after Rahmon and Dushanbe mayor Ubaidulloyev). He controls or has substanti [...]	2008-06-23 04:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE830	TAJIKISTAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE - IT'S ALL ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajikistani Prsoecutor General's Office (which equates to the Attorney General's Office is the United States, but has substantial investigatory powers not possessed by American prosecutors) continues to oppose anticipated reforms to the Criminal Procedure Code that will bring [...]	2008-06-23 04:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE85	"DOES DEMOCRACY MAKE YOU GAY?" AND OTHER BURNING QUESTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Post's outreach program has provided an unprecedented opportunity for EmbOffs to reach out to Tajik youth under age 25, who comprise more than 50 percent of the population. These discussions have provided a window into the sheltered and increasingly conservative mindset of young T [...]	2008-01-14 03:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE851	TAJIKISTAN - KHOROG DEMONSTRATIONS SHOW MORE OF [...] (C) Summary: From June 18-20, residents of Khorog, in Tajikistan's Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Province, protested government security actions in the region. While the government was able to diffuse the situation, the incident shows yet again that the country's worsening economic conditions a [...]	2008-06-25 08:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE86	TAJIKISTAN PLEADS FOR HELP TO RESOLVE SELF-INFLICTED COTTON FINANCE CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon's top policy advisors, Erkin Rahmatulloev (Foreign Affairs) and Matlubkhon Davlatov (Economic Affairs),requested a meeting with the Ambassador January 4 to smooth the way for the Tajik delegation's meetings with International Monetary Fund and World Bank offi [...]	2008-01-14 06:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR PREF TI IMF
08DUSHANBE877	TAJIKISTAN - VISIT TO RASHT WARLORDS UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: In mid-June, the Embassy Regional Security Officer (RSO) traveled to the Rasht Valley to assess the security situation 4 months after a shootout between local and federal level Ministry of Interior forces (reftel). Local strongmen are not loyal to the central government, and are a [...]	2008-07-01 04:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ASEC PTER PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE879	TERRORIST FINANCE: PASSAGE OF RAJAH SOLAIMAN [...] On June 24, Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the addition of eight Rajah Solaiman Movement names to the list of individuals/entities associated with the Taliban or al Qaida, via dipnote to the Americas Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substant [...]	2008-07-02 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TI KTFN PTER EFIN CVIS KVPR
08DUSHANBE887	DEMOLITION OF TAJIKISTAN'S SYNAGOGUE: WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT'S [...] (U) Summary: In late June 2008, the Tajik authorities leveled what remained of the Dushanbe synagogue. The Jewish Community had fought plans to tear the synagogue down since 2003, sporadically garnering attention from the international media. The case demonstrates the Tajik Government's lack [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
08DUSHANBE888	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TAJIKISTAN NOT LIKELY [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered a demarche on Kosovo to Khusrav Noziri, the Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Noziri gave his standard response ) he will pass the information we provided to his superiors. 2. (C) PolOff prompted Noziri by obser [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI TI KV
08DUSHANBE891	TAJIKISTAN - IF YOU HAVE TO ASK HOW MUCH IT COSTS, YOU MUST [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassifed. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On June 24 Emboff and visiting USAID Economic Growth Officer met with the new Chairman of the Central Bank of Tajikistan, Sharif Rahimzoda. The Chairman gave a brief overview of economic conditions in Taji [...]	2008-07-07 07:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TI
08DUSHANBE895	2008 U.S.-CENTRAL ASIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourth meeting of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council, held June 17-18 in Dushanbe was marked by strong participation by the private sector and by Afghan observers. However, representatives from the TIFA members themselves failed to [...]	2008-07-08 08:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD USTR ECON PREL AF KG KZ TI TX UZ
08DUSHANBE906	PRESIDENT RAHMON'S "NEWS CONCEPT" -- A PUBLIC RELATIONS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon's chief information analyst announced plans to establish an "information center to manage the image of Tajikistan" and "a Ministry of Information to manage the licensing of electronic and print [...]	2008-07-11 08:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE907	TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency intends to move its Kazakhstan liaison office to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The Agency's annual counter-drug effort entitled "Poppy - 2008", is intercepting more marijuana than opium or heroin. The Ministry of Internal Affairs Counter-Narcotics Department [...]	2008-07-11 08:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE909	TAJIKISTAN'S MEDIA TO GOVERNMENT: GIVE US INFORMATION OR [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a June 26 roundtable to discuss government-media relations, journalists, media advocates, and spokesmen unanimously advised the government to talk to journalists to prevent the spread of rumors, such as [...]	2008-07-11 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KDEM PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE940	TAJIKISTAN: RFE/RL CONTROVERSY BOILING OVER IN DUSHANBE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: A personnel management dispute at the RFE/RL bureau headquarters in Dushanbe has spilled into the public domain and Tajik journalists are siding with the reporters. Two former employees - one was dismissed, th [...]	2008-07-17 03:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KDEM PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE947	TAJIKISTAN - CONVICTION IN SUPREME COURT BOMBING [...] (SBU) Summary: A Tajik court has sentenced Komiljon Ishonqulov to 22 years in prison for the bombing of the Supreme Court building on June 16, 2007 (reftel). The Chief Justice of Tajikistan's Supreme Court publicly accused the Uzbek National Security Service (SNB) of orchestrating the bombing [...]	2008-07-21 03:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PINR PGOV UZ TI
08DUSHANBE950	TAJIKISTAN - IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EMERGENCY PLAN IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions with the World Bank Dushanbe office, and with various government ministries, have revealed that the Government of Tajikistan is not implementing plans to avoid another winter po [...]	2008-07-22 09:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE980	TAJIKISTAN: ARREST OF SEVEN FILIPINO AND SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Since May 26, 2008, the Tajik Customs Service, Tajik Drug Control Agency (TDCA) and the Tajik State Committee on National Security (TSCNS) have arrested seven individuals (4 Filipino couriers, 2 Filipino facilitators and 1 South African facilitator) and seized approximately 13.5 kilograms [...]	2008-07-25 06:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TI
08DUSHANBE983	MUSLIM OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Muhiddin Kabiri, the Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party, does not believe that Tajikistan will implement significant changes to the country's electoral legislation without significant pressure from the international community. He believes that the Government's misguided policy [...]	2008-07-28 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE996	DESIGNTION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) On July 28th, Post delivered ref demarche regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to the Europe and Americas Desk at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substantive response separately. 2. Point of contact f [...]	2008-07-30 10:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR TI
08DUSHANBE997	TRANSFER OF TAJIK GTMO DETAINEE JUMMA JAN [...] (S) On July 29, 2008 PolEcon Chief delivered reftel demarche to Khusrav Nosiri, Head of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolEcon Chief specified that the date range for the transfer would be September 10-16, per email communication with [...]	2008-07-30 12:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	KDRG PHUM PINR PTER TI
08DUSHANBE998	TAJIKISTAN: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FINANCED ROAD [...] Summary: Ministry of Transportation and Asian Development Bank officials agree that the re-built A-372 road in the north-central Vaksh/Surkhob/Kizilsu valley between Dushanbe and the Karamik border crossing with Kyrgyzstan will attract freight haulers currently using the trans-Pamir route from [...]	2008-07-30 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL CH KG TI
09DUSHANBE100	Mission Mutual Understanding Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fourth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. In our mutual understanding goal all [...]	2009-01-23 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI
09DUSHANBE1016	UPDATE ON TAVILDARA [...] (U) On Sunday August 23, the Regional Security Officer and FSNI embarked on a journey southward to observe the Tajik/Afghan border area and then northward to Tavildara and the Rasht valley area to assess the security situation. Host nation police and military units recently wrapped up anti-ter [...]	2009-08-27 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE103	CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander David Petraeus completed his introductory visit to Tajikistan on 17 January 2009. The meeting with President Emomali Rahmon, Foreign Policy Advisor Rahmattuloyev, Minister of Defense General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khai [...]	2009-01-26 10:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1046	TAJIK RESPONSE TO GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated August 20, 2009, the government of Tajikistan provided a short response to post's demarche seeking a new approach to food security in advance of the L'Aquila Summit. The note, in its entirety, reads as follows: Begin note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of [...]	2009-09-02 04:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL TI
09DUSHANBE105	TAJIKISTAN: SUPPORT TO TAJIK DRUG LIAISON OFFICERS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to conclude an interagency agreement to provide $70,000 to the Drug Enforcement Administration to support the Tajik Drug Control Agency drug liaison officers in Afghanistan. Funding will be available upon signing of the next Amended Letter o [...]	2009-01-26 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
09DUSHANBE1059	QATAR TO BUILD FIRST-CLASS RETAIL & RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company in Tajikistan recently announced plans to build a large office, retail and residential development in central Dushanbe. Office Manager Manuchehr Kurbonali said the project is the result of direct talks between President Rahmon and the E [...]	2009-09-04 10:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL EAID TI QA
09DUSHANBE1067	TAJIKISTAN - REQUEST BY PRESIDENT RAHMON TO MEET WITH [...] (C) On September 8 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North America and Europe Khusrav Nosiri gave PolEcon Chief a diplomatic note, dated September 8, requesting a meeting between President Rahmon and Secretary Clinton on the margins of UNGA between September 22 and 25. Nosiri said Rahmo [...]	2009-09-10 11:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP TI
09DUSHANBE1080	IS THERE IS A TAJIK DIASPORA? [...] (SBU) Post provides responses to reftel as follows: A) To what extent are diasporans from your host country an identifiable community? Are there existing diaspora networks, organizations or online communities available as platforms for outreach? -- There are relatively few Tajiks from Ta [...]	2009-09-15 05:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC PREL SCUL SMIG EINV TI
09DUSHANBE1088	TAJIKISTAN - DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On September 15 PolEcon Chief delivered reftel demarche to Dodhudo Pirov, Director of Asian and African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pirov said the Government of Tajikistan well understood that the electoral process in Afghanistan was not finished, and that there could be a [...]	2009-09-15 12:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AF TI
09DUSHANBE1094	TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute initial meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi complained to Ambassador Gross about Tajikistan's lack of success in obtaining high-level meetings with the USG, either in Washington or in Dushanbe. He also pressed for a second U.S.-funded bridge to Afghanistan, for more [...]	2009-09-18 11:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1105	IMF ASSESSMENT OF TAJIK ECONOMY AND REFORMS: CAUTIOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team recently completed a two-week visit to Dushanbe to assess economic and government performance before releasing a second tranche of funding under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Briefing donors, the team noted the Tajik government had met most of it [...]	2009-09-29 03:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1108	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Site Assessments a) On August 11, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. An initial invoice was approved by the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant as the Contract Offi [...]	2009-09-29 03:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE1112	TAJIKISTAN - BOEING MAKES A DEAL WITH SOMON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing has reached an agreement with Somon Air (which is controlled by the President and his family),to provide Somon Air up to six 737 aircraft by 2012. With the aircraft, Boeing will provide a comprehensive package of training for Somon pilots and maintenance staff and analy [...]	2009-09-30 11:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EAIR TI
09DUSHANBE1113	TAJIKISTAN NAMED TOP REGULATORY REFORMER -- NOW FOURTH-WORST [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan has been named a "top 10 regulatory reformer" by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC),after improving in five of the ten areas the Bank uses to compute its annual "Doing Business" rankings. Tajikistan now ranks 152 out of 183 countries, up from [...]	2009-10-02 04:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1121	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, 2009 Ambassador Ken Gross presented his credentials to Tajik President Rahmon. Rahmon thanked the U.S. for its assistance and singled out security, border and law enforcement assistance, while appealing for more economic assistance especially in hydropower, pitchin [...]	2009-10-05 12:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1132	ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE MUQUIT VOHIDOV (ISN [...] (C) Per Ref A request, on October 8, 2009, emboff visited Muquit Vohidov (AKA Sobit Vahidov) in High Security Penitentiary Number 1 in Dushanbe. The meeting took place in the Prison Commander's office, with Prison Commander Colonel Tabarali Inomov and two other prison officers present. [...]	2009-10-08 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI
09DUSHANBE1145	ON THE WINGS OF A GOAT: REMOTE PAMIR MOUNTAINS NOT REALIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous Region is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by hundreds of kilometers of bad roads and thousands of years of divergent history. Its predominantly Ismaili Shi'a inhabitants have long thought of themselves as distinct from the rest of the [...]	2009-10-16 04:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EINV TI
09DUSHANBE1149	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In an October 14 meeting, Ambassador discussed the content, format, and timing of Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABCs) with Presidential Foreign Relations Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloev. He also raised fiscal transparency, Trafficking In Persons (TIP),religious freedom, nuclear security, and [...]	2009-10-16 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE115	DIP NOTE FROM MFA TAJIKISTAN CONCERNING PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Below is post's translation of the text of the dipnote passed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Tajikistan to the Ambassador on January 26, 2009 regarding the GOTI's proposal to construct a second bridge over the River Pyanji at Kokul on the Tajik-Afghan border. In the recen [...]	2009-01-27 12:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1151	RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS ABOUT U.S. MILITARY IN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin asked Ambassador whether the United States was becoming directly involved in security on the Tajik-Afghan border, saying this would be a very sensitive development for Russia. Ambassador outlined our security cooperation with Tajikistan and [...]	2009-10-16 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1156	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus, and provides the following overview of recent developments and key issues in Tajikistan. Since your last meeting with President Rahmon on January 17, Rahmon met with Assistant Secretary of State Boucher in April and Assi [...]	2009-10-19 13:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1168	TAJIKISTAN: INL JUSTICE SECTOR PROGRAM SUMMARY [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy Dushanbe International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office justice sector program aids in the development of a well-functioning justice system. The INL program supports: --the drafting of a modern criminal procedure code (CPC),adopted 10/14 by Tajikistan' [...]	2009-10-21 06:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1170	FOREIGN MINISTRY ZARIFI INDOCTRINATES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 16 meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi rattled off a lengthy list of Tajikistan's desires for infrastructure projects, increased trade, a softer human rights report, assistance on trafficking in persons, and help on relations with Uzbekistan. This appears to have been [...]	2009-10-21 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1191	GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on October 26, President Rahmon pressed General Petraeus to help make Uzbekistan more friendly to Tajikistan, asked for additional bridges and dams, and urged that any post-election government of Afghanistan adequately represent Tajiks. Petraeus assured Rah [...]	2009-10-29 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MASS TI
09DUSHANBE120	TAJIKISTAN: INL PLEDGE FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to pledge $210,000 to the International Organization for Migration to fund an anti-trafficking project. Tajikistan has made progress in bringing its counter-trafficking national legislation in to alignment with international standard. Despite the [...]	2009-01-29 03:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1204	FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, approximately one million Tajiks out of a populati [...]	2009-11-05 05:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE1206	HIGHER EDUCATION IN TAJIKISTAN: HIGHER BRIBES, LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Education is one of the most corrupt sectors of Tajikistan's society. Bribes, rather than aptitude, often govern which students succeed. Prospective students must pay as much as $15,000 in bribes to enter the country's most prestigious universities, while even provincial colle [...]	2009-11-05 11:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL PGOV KCOR TI
09DUSHANBE1209	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER [...] Site Assessments a) On October 14 the EXBS Advisor and Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. They resolved several ongoing construction issues. They instructed the contractor to reinforce the inte [...]	2009-11-09 05:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE121	Power Situation in Tajikistan Worsens [...] (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan's national electricity carrier announced January 27 that, effective that day, Dushanbe residents would receive only 15 hours of electricity per day. Power rationing is far worse outside of the capital, with some towns receiving as little as one or two hours of electr [...]	2009-01-29 08:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EPET PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1210	RUSSIA'S ROLE IN TAJIK ECONOMY -- BIG FISH IN SMALL, MURKY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia is Tajikistan's largest trade and investment partner. Russian foreign direct investment in Tajikistan amounted to $325 million in 2008, although it has fallen off because of the financial crisis. Russian firms, many of them state-owned, are involved in the energy, banki [...]	2009-11-09 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL RS TI
09DUSHANBE1211	THE SUGHD REGION: HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCHES FOR ISLAMISTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A raid by government security forces on a house in Isfara on November 18 was the latest in a string of violent incidents in Sughd Oblast. Though Tajikistan's second largest city, Khujand, considered by many Tajiks to be the center of Tajikistan's intelligentsia, is in Sughd, [...]	2009-11-09 13:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON TI
09DUSHANBE1212	TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR VISITS THE RASHT VALLEY, WHERE FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 3-4 visit to the Rasht valley, an opposition stronghold during the civil war, Ambassador Gross met with local government officials, NGO and international organization representatives, and residents of a village which benefits from USG Food for Peace funding. De [...]	2009-11-09 13:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR KPAO TI
09DUSHANBE1215	TAJIKISTAN WARNS IT WILL CUT WATER SUPPLY TO UZBEKISTAN IN [...] (U) This is an Action Request - Please see Paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: With Uzbekistan leaving the Central Asian power system, the Government of Tajikistan is threatening to cut water supplies to Uzbekistan next summer if Uzbekistan does not allow transit of energy from Turkmenistan th [...]	2009-11-10 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR UZ TI
09DUSHANBE124	TAJIKISTAN: DECEMBER 2008 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Tajik law-enforcement authorities continued seizing significant amounts of narcotics in 2008, over six tons and drafted an interdiction and demand reduction plan through 2012. Border skirmishes continued unabated as Tajik border guards intercept armed traffickers from Afghanistan. D [...]	2009-01-30 03:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1241	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Komron Komilov in the General Section at the MFA on 13 November 2009. Komron agreed to deliver the demarche to the appropriate office though provided no substantive response, as the office responsible was, for the time being, short-staffed and unavaila [...]	2009-11-16 06:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE125	TAJIKISTAN'S INTRACTABLE WATER ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's plans to develop hydro-power projects on rivers that feed transboundary water systems remain at the center of its poor relationship with Uzbekistan. The debate about water use has intensified this winter, as Tajikistan has accused Uzbekistan of blocking energy impor [...]	2009-01-30 10:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR ENRG PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1263	2009 TAJIKISTAN INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) This is in response to Reftel request. 2. (SBU) The government of Tajikistan prosecuted 22 people for crimes related to TIP in the first half of 2009, according to a report released by the Government of Tajikistan's Inter-Agency Commission on TIP. The Inter-Agency Commission coord [...]	2009-11-17 04:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG TI
09DUSHANBE130	TAJIKISTAN: CORRIDOR REP OF NEW MVD MINISTER LOOKS GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, President Rahmon appointed Abdurahim Abdulahadovich Qahhorov from Khudjand as the new Minister of Internal Affairs replacing Mamadnazar Solehov. The appointment of Qahhorov, previously the police commander for Khujand, could be a merit based promotion because he m [...]	2009-02-02 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE1316	DEFENSE TEAM IN TAJIKISTAN TO LOOK AT PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A team of U.S. military purchasing specialists visited Tajikistan last week to investigate possibilities for procuring non-lethal goods on the Tajik market for delivery to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The team tentatively agreed to purchase bottled water from Tajik manufacturer [...]	2009-11-23 09:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MASS ETRD TI
09DUSHANBE1319	TAJIK TIP COMMISSION: EVOLVING DESPITE A SOVIET DINOSAUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent meetings on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) highlighted progress the Government of Tajikistan (GOTI) is making in fighting TIP, and the barriers -- mainly organizational and intellectual -- that impede progress. The GOTI's Inter-Ministerial Commission on Combating TIP is de [...]	2009-11-24 10:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI
09DUSHANBE1321	LET MY PEOPLE GO! POLITICAL PRISONERS LEFT OUT OF AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though the impetus for President Rahmon's November 6 announcement of a 10,000-prisoner amnesty was the dangerous overcrowding of the country's prisons, the amnesty was also the government's latest effort to bolster its populist credentials in advance of winter electricity shortages [...]	2009-11-25 05:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TI
09DUSHANBE1329	CULTURE CLASH AT ROUNDTABLE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a UN-sponsored roundtable to discuss the endemic problem of violence against women in Tajikistan, representatives of NGOs and the international community forcefully argued for passage of a comprehensive, national law against domestic violence. An American Bar Association (ABA [...]	2009-11-27 06:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI
09DUSHANBE1330	SECOND ANNUAL RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE: SHOWING THE WAY, [...] SUMMARY. Dushanbe hosted the Second Annual Renewable Energy Conference on November 9, sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC),and the Renewable Energy Association of Tajikistan (REAT). Attendees came from all the [...]	2009-11-27 10:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON ZK TI
09DUSHANBE1333	EMBASSY DUSHANBE NOMINEES TO PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] Following is Embassy Dushanbe's list of ten nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (reftel). More background can be provided upon request for any nominee. Embassy notes that though most nominees are members of successful companies in Tajikistan, this is a very poor country, and [...]	2009-12-01 04:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TI
09DUSHANBE1335	TAJIKISTAN ELECTION COUNTDOWN - OPPOSITION PARTY SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of February, 2010 Parliamentary elections, Tajik opposition parties are initiating hopeful campaigns despite systemic obstacles and their own disorganization. The Islamic Renaissance Party plans to run an active, national campaign with appeal beyond its religious base [...]	2009-12-01 04:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1336	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER [...] Site Assessments a) On November 5 the EXBS Advisor, Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The EXBS funded construction of the calibration laboratory is mov [...]	2009-12-01 06:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE1348	RAHMON LAMBASTS UZBEK ENERGY GRID WITHDRAWAL, ASKS FOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon convened a surprise meeting of international donors in Dushanbe on November 20 to discuss the energy situation and request assistance in the face of an economic crisis compounded by Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the regional energy system. He lambasted Uzbekista [...]	2009-12-03 11:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV ENRG TI
09DUSHANBE1349	TAJIKISTAN - DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (U) On December 3, poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on defamation of religions resolution to Idibek Kalandarov, Deputy Chief of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Organizations. Kalandarov said he would advise the Minister of Foreign Affairs on USG vie [...]	2009-12-03 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNGA UN TI
09DUSHANBE1350	G/TIP VISIT: COMBATTING TIP ON A HALF TANK OF GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 30 - December 1 visit, G/TIP Tajikistan desk officer Megan Hall and emboffs met government officials and representatives of NGOs and IOs to discuss Tajikistan's progress in addressing trafficking in persons and forced labor during the cotton harvest. Government [...]	2009-12-03 12:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI
09DUSHANBE1362	G/TIP VISIT: COMBATTING TIP ON A HALF TANK OF GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 30 - December 1 visit, G/TIP Tajikistan desk officer Megan Hall and emboffs met government officials and representatives of NGOs and IOs to discuss Tajikistan's progress in addressing trafficking in persons and forced labor during the cotton harvest. Government [...]	2009-12-04 06:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI
09DUSHANBE1364	MESSY DIVORCE AS UZBEKS PULL OUT OF ENERGY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As of December 1, Uzbekistan has withdrawn from the unitary Central Asian power grid, precipitating an acrimonious war of words with Tajikistan. Dushanbe responded by promising to hold back as much water as possible from rivers feeding downstream Uzbekistan, saying it needed th [...]	2009-12-04 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1365	NEW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SIGNED INTO LAW DECEMBER 3, [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 3, 2009, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, signed into law a new criminal procedure code (CPC) that will go into effect on April 1, 2010. It enhances the power of the judiciary and introduces adversarial procedures to Tajik justice system. INL assistanc [...]	2009-12-04 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE1394	TAJIKISTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Other than geographically limited and small-scale hashish cultivation, Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics. It is a major transit country. Significant amounts of opium/heroin are trafficked north from the 1344-km Tajik-Afghan border along the established land-based routes and [...]	2009-12-09 11:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
09DUSHANBE1398	ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RAHMIDDIN SHARIPOV (ISN [...] (C) Per Reftel A request, on December 9, 2009, emboff visited Rahmiddin Sharipov in the Ministry of Justice pre-trial detention facility in Dushanbe where he is now held. The meeting took place in an office of the administration of the detention facility, with two officers of the facility pres [...]	2009-12-10 10:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI
09DUSHANBE1410	TAJIKISTAN RESPONSE: 2010 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) The Arab League Trade Boycott of Israel does not appear to have any impact on U.S. firms or products in Tajikistan (reftel). Very few U.S. products are on the market in Tajikistan, but this is due to the distance and small size of the market. The government of Tajikistan has not made any [...]	2009-12-11 04:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KBCT TI
09DUSHANBE1427	JIHAD DECLARED AGAINST OMON [...] (C) SUMMARY: OMON (Militia Special Purpose Detachment) Commander Colonel Makhmadshoev Khurshed believes that the IMU declared a jihad against OMON in retaliation for the killing of suspected IMU militants. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the RSO, Colonel Khurshed desc [...]	2009-12-15 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE143	TAJIKISTAN - FEB 11 HEARING ON RFE/RL TAX BILL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 11 the Economic Court in Dushanbe will hold a hearing regarding $110,000 in unpaid taxes that Tajikistan's tax committee alleges are owed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Tajikistan bur [...]	2009-02-04 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
09DUSHANBE1433	STATE COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY DEFENDS CIVILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on December 11, State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Deputy Chairman for Counterterrorism General Abdullo Sadulloevich Nazarov described the terrorist threats facing Tajikistan, argued that authoritarian measures were necessary to defend civilization agai [...]	2009-12-16 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TI
09DUSHANBE1434	TAJIKISTAN'S NORTH GETS BIGGER SLICE OF SMALL PIE [...] (SBU) Summary: Separated from the rest of Tajikistan by a formidable mountain range, and surrounded on three sides by an unfriendly Uzbekistan, Sughd faces a particular set of difficulties. Chief among these is finding enough energy for its agricultural, residential, and industrial needs. Th [...]	2009-12-16 18:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ENRG PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1435	TAJIKISTAN - MOST MINORITY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES COMPLETE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tajik Ministry of Culture says it will succeed in re-registering most of the country's 84 non-Islamic churches and 300 large Friday prayer mosques before a January 1, 2010 deadline imposed by the April 2009 Law on Religion. However, government officials admit that they will n [...]	2009-12-17 10:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE144	COTTON FORCED LABOR PROSECUTIONS IN THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors in Tajikistan's Khatlon Region have begun pursuing charges against officials for forcing students to participate in the cotton harvest. These are the first such cases filed in Tajikistan, and demonstrate that at least some officials are prepared to uphold the law. End [...]	2009-02-05 08:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR ELAB TI
09DUSHANBE1443	GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY - TAJIK GOVERNMENT USES THE HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government has launched an expansive campaign to browbeat the public into buying shares in the long-delayed Roghun hydro-electric project, which it considers to be a "life or death" initiative to achieve energy security. The President summoned the Tajik press corps to [...]	2009-12-21 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EINV TI
09DUSHANBE1445	TAJIKISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy Dushanbe for Tajikistan's Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Tajikistan's security forces confronted and neutralized members of extremist groups in Tavildara district in spring and summer 2009. Government forces killed several suspecte [...]	2009-12-21 12:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE1454	DRUG CONTROL AGENCY BENCHMARK REVIEW, JULY - DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, INL Dushanbe and DEA Dushanbe participated in an International Working Group (IWG) meeting at the Drug Control Agency (DCA). General Nazarov is exposing his executive staff to donors and DEA, a change in behavior. While donors made up a 23,000 USD shortfall in [...]	2009-12-24 05:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1455	AMBASSADOR VISITS KHUJAND: CONFLICTING VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 16-18 visit to Khujand, the capital of the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan, Ambassador met with local government officials, OSCE representatives, and several NGOs. Topics covered a range of issues but focused on the economy, energy, upcoming elections, agr [...]	2009-12-24 05:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD PTER TI
09DUSHANBE1456	NEW TAJIK BUDGET PRIORITIZES ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: President Rahmon signed the 2010 "anti-crisis" budget on November 14, three days after it was approved by the Parliament and a month earlier than previous practice. Despite the financial crisis, the new budget is Tajikistan's biggest ever, totaling over 6.5 billion somoni (about [...]	2009-12-24 05:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1457	TAJIKISTAN - H1N1 SITUATION, INFORMATION SCARCE [...] (SBU) Summary: About one fourth of all people in Tajikistan will contract influenza by February 2010, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) Adviser. This number includes all forms of influenza, not just H1N1. In a worst-case scenario, about 1,000 of those infected would die. There [...]	2009-12-24 05:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI EAID KFLU CDC WHO TI
09DUSHANBE1458	TAJIK ELECTIONS: IRPT CONGRESS; CRONY ELECTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmon set February 28 as the date for national Parliamentary polls and appointed mostly pro-government loyalists to the national commission overseeing the election. The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held its congress and nominated a party list of pa [...]	2009-12-24 05:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE146	TAJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS COOL, ONLY TO WARM AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Tajik-Russian relations seem to have hit a rough patch, mainly over perceived Russian support for Uzbekistan in Tajik-Uzbek water sharing disagreements. Resentments over mistreatment of Tajiks working in Russia and lack of work opportunities there has added to tensions. President [...]	2009-02-06 07:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TI
09DUSHANBE1464	COTTON IS DESPOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The past year has been a break point in Tajikistan's dysfunctional relationship with cotton. After losing money on cotton cultivation for years, no lender was prepared to front a single penny to finance cotton. The government responded by financing planting from the budget via [...]	2009-12-28 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EAID KCOR TI
09DUSHANBE147	TAJIKISTAN GOVERNMENT SHUFFLE - STRIKE A BLOW FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the annual Tajik government reshuffle, President Rahmon replaced the heads of major state enterprises and a variety of district heads and deputy ministers. Like last year's reshuffle, government changes were mainly at the district and deputy minister level. The only cabinet l [...]	2009-02-06 07:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE154	RAHMON INVITES AMBASSADOR TO "SEND A SIGNAL" [...] (C)Summary: For the first time during her two-and-a-half year tour, Rahmon invited Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting. He briefed Ambassador on: -- the argument with Russia over President Medvedev,s statement in Tashkent on water management, -- his recent visit to Moscow and Russian "ho [...]	2009-02-06 12:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS TI

09DUSHANBE156	TAJIKISTAN: JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM GRANT AWARD [...] Summary: Post requests INL Washington approve and sign a grant for $33,435 to the NGO Child Rights Center to implement a portion of the mission's overall justice reform program. The International Narcotics and Law office Dushanbe solicited proposals for grants to reform the Justice Sector. Th [...]	2009-02-10 03:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE157	ENERGY SITUATION WORSENS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Sanat Rahimov, the new chair of the national electricity company Barqi Tojik, dismissed as ridiculous the notion that Tajikistan either could or should hold back water in the spring to replenish its hydroelectric reservoirs. He said Tajikistan must "live within its energy means" a [...]	2009-02-10 10:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV ECON PREL UZ TI
09DUSHANBE166	RFE/RL TAX TRIAL BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: EmbOff attended the first hearing Feb. 11 in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty tax trial. Representatives of the State Tax Committee and the station presented their main arguments. The judge asked both sides to provide more information and set a date for the next hearing. After t [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM PHUM KPAO TI
09DUSHANBE167	RFE/RL TAX TRIAL BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: EmbOff attended the first hearing Feb. 11 in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty tax trial. Representatives of the State Tax Committee and the station presented their main arguments. The judge asked both sides to provide more information and set a date for the next hearing. After t [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM PHUM KPAO TI
09DUSHANBE174	RFE/RL TAX TRIAL BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: EmbOff attended the first hearing Feb. 11 in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty tax trial. Representatives of the State Tax Committee and the station presented their main arguments. The judge asked both sides to provide more information and set a date for the next hearing. After t [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM PHUM KPAO TI
09DUSHANBE184	HUMAN RIGHTS SECTOR MEETING COVERS A BLEAK WATERFRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions among international organizations and NGOs at the monthly OSCE-hosted Human Rights Sector Meeting on February 11 in Dushanbe revealed little movement on human rights issues. None of the organizations has been able to substantially engage the Government of Tajikistan [...]	2009-02-13 12:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON TI
09DUSHANBE185	KOSOVO RECOGNITION - NO TAJIK POSITION [...] (C) Pol/Econ Officer discussed reftel demarche with Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev, Second Secretary of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Higher ranking officials were unavailable because they were traveling with President Rahmon to Europe. Ubai [...]	2009-02-13 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV TI
09DUSHANBE2	PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...]	2009-01-02 09:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE201	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES LOSE AGAIN, BUT PRESS ON [...] (SBU) On February 12, Tajikistan's Supreme Military Court denied the Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal of the government's ban on their activities (reftel). The following day, the Ambassador met with Greg Olds and Mario Moreno, the group's U.S. lawyers who had flown in for the hearing. 2. (S [...]	2009-02-18 11:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF TI
09DUSHANBE21	Power Politics: Uzbeks Hold up Critical Winter Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan concluded an agreement to buy a critical 1.2 billion Kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity from Turkmenistan from November 2008 through April 2009. Although Uzbekistan agreed to transmit the first 400 million KWh through its grid in November and December, it has so far [...]	2009-01-08 03:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE224	A SLIGHT WARMING IN TAJIK-UZBEK RELATIONS? [...] (C) Summary: The meeting of an Uzbek-Tajik intergovernmental commission appears to have been a qualified success, with agreements on some of the power and water issues that have been dividing the two countries. This should pave the way for renewed transit of Turkmen electricity to Dushanbe. Bu [...]	2009-02-23 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UZ TI
09DUSHANBE225	ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN [...] (U) Summary: Programs that teach English language and develop the skills of local English teachers are among the most popular and necessary public diplomacy offerings in Tajikistan. Learning English is viewed as the key to a better life for many young Tajiks, and U.S. programs fill the gap crea [...]	2009-02-23 14:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO TI
09DUSHANBE228	NEW INTERIOR MINISTER AND THE AMBASSADOR ARE ON THE SAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Minister of Internal Affairs Abdurahim Kaharov revealed Tajikistan's new chief policeman wrestling with, but undaunted by, enormous challenges. Kaharov was trying to retain SWAT forces who were leaving for better paying jobs, train [...]	2009-02-25 13:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCRM EAID KJUS PINR TI
09DUSHANBE230	GOVERNMENT WORKS TO CRUSH FEW BRIGHT SPOTS IN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The poorest of the former Soviet republics, Tajikistan's development indicators wallow near the bottom of international rankings. Its agriculture is antediluvian; its infrastructure is inadequate; its heavy industry is heavily subsidized. There are nevertheless a few precious s [...]	2009-02-25 15:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV ELTN TI
09DUSHANBE231	USTRANSCOM MEETINGS WITH TAJIK OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on General Petraeus's Northern Distribution Network (NDN) discussions with President Rahmon in January (Ref A),Rear Admiral Mark Harnitchek, USTRANSCOM Director of Strategy, Policy, and Logistics, met with Tajikistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrohon Zarifi, Min [...]	2009-02-26 06:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL AF TI
09DUSHANBE233	TAJIKISTAN INITIAL INPUT TO AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) PolEcon Chief delivered Ref A points to Khusrav Nosiri, MFA Director for North America and Europe on February 20. Nosiri had no substantive reply at the time. On February 26 MFA North America Desk Officer Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev informed PolEcon Chief that the MFA had sent the points to the [...]	2009-02-26 11:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TI
09DUSHANBE234	TAJIKISTAN - REQUEST APPROVAL TO SEND DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON [...] (SBU) On February 20 Ambassador passed to Foreign Minister Zarifi a draft diplomatic note on transit of goods to Afghanistan (Reftel). On February 26 the MFA informed Embassy that Zarifi had agreed to an exchange of dipnotes to authorize transit of goods to Afghanistan as part of the Northern [...]	2009-02-26 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM EAID AF TI
09DUSHANBE241	TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMY IN DIRE CONDITION, INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are predicting a very difficult year ahead for Tajikistan as a result of the global financial crisis. Economists at both institutions say the situation is far worse than they had [...]	2009-02-27 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB TI
09DUSHANBE242	AN INSIDE LOOK AT TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior's investigation of an embassy employee's alleged involvement in a visa scam gave EmbOffs an inside look at how Tajik law enforcement officers conduct criminal investigations. The embassy employee was ultimately cleared of criminal liability, but the invest [...]	2009-03-02 12:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE245	FOOD DISTRIBUTION TENSE IN SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)provided Tajikistan with $3.35 million for emergency winter food distribution for the most vulnerable in Tajikistan. On February 26, visiting Assistance Coordinator Dan Rosenblum visited Hiloli village in a Khatlon province in Souther [...]	2009-03-02 12:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR TI
09DUSHANBE248	MISSION RIGHTSIZING GOAL [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fifth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look at what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. For our rightsizing goal all agencies [...]	2009-03-02 13:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KMPP ASEC EAID APER ABLD TI
09DUSHANBE250	KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students in a spi [...]	2009-03-03 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE251	TAJIKISTAN - POWER SUPPLIES FROM TURKMENISTAN RESUME, POWER [...] (SBU) On February 27 electricity from Turkmenistan resumed flowing to Tajikistan via Uzbekistan. Barqi Tojik lifted electricity rationing in Dushanbe, which had been instituted since January 27 in many parts of the city. Rationing in the provinces continues. Barqi Tojik sources told news med [...]	2009-03-03 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ENRG TI
09DUSHANBE290	TO WHOM DO TAJIKS LISTEN? MEETING THE IMAMS [...] (C) Summary: As the Government of Tajikistan's credibility deteriorates and economic conditions worsen, Tajikistan's independent imams are becoming increasingly popular. These imams are attracting thousands of worshippers during Friday prayers, expanding their mosques, and enjoying a degree of [...]	2009-03-04 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE301	BRINGING HOME NEW IDEAS -EXCHANGES IN ACTION [...] Summary: City planners, loan managers, librarians and hospital administrators - groups of each of these have visited the United States in the last seven months under the USAID-funded Community Connections program. This program for mid-level professionals provides many benefits. Participants g [...]	2009-03-10 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PCUL SOCI EFIN TBIO TI
09DUSHANBE302	TAJIKISTAN FINALLY TO TRAIN AFGHAN BORDER GUARDS [...] Summary: After months of deliberation and several public and private pronouncements by President Rahmon, General Gafarov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for National Security, told INL, EXBS and OSCE officers on March 2 that Tajikistan was prepared to go forward with joint training of Afgha [...]	2009-03-10 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV AF TI
09DUSHANBE306	WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS FARMERS PRACTICE GRASS ROOTS [...] (U) Summary: Assistance Coordinator for Europe Dan Rosenblum visited USAID-supported Water Users' Associations (WUAs) during a recent visit to Tajikistan. The WUAs are already known as assistance success stories in Central Asia. They have organized farmers to cooperate in meeting their irrigati [...]	2009-03-10 14:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE307	TAJIKISTAN: TWO TAJIK DCA OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2009, the acting head of the Tajik Drug Control Agency's (DCA) operational department provided a written report to the DEA Dushanbe Country Office regarding the Tajik DCA/Tajik Border Guard joint investigation and the events occurring on February 27-28, 2009. 2. (SB [...]	2009-03-11 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE308	FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS CHANGING THE FACE OF MEDICINE [...] Summary: The USAID-funded Zdrav-Plus program has been promoting family medicine in Tajikistan through Centers of Excellence, where family health practice is carried out and where doctors from nearby areas can receive training and support for practicing family medicine. There are four such cente [...]	2009-03-11 11:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO TI
09DUSHANBE316	FOOD DISTRIBUTION PEACEFUL BUT POVERTY STRIKING IN SOUTHERN [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) provided Tajikistan with $3.35 million for emergency winter food distribution for the most vulnerable in Tajikistan. On March 5, Ambassador Jacobson visited Vaksh village in Khatlon province in Southern Tajikistan to see food being [...]	2009-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR TI
09DUSHANBE334	TAJIKISTAN FACING DIRE FOOD INSECURITY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The food situation in Tajikistan remains precarious. The challenges the country has faced over the past year read like the Old Testament: after the worst winter in recent history, during which families fa [...]	2009-03-18 12:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE341	TAJIKISTAN - SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Post recommends that Tajikistan remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. While Tajikistan has made slight progress in improving IPR legislation, it has far to go in devoting resources and political will to stopping the widespread importation and selling of pirated goods in the c [...]	2009-03-19 10:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETTC ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI
09DUSHANBE345	TAJIKISTAN: MILITARY SUPPLY ROUTES AND BASE QUESTIONS SPARK [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The February negotiations with governments in Central Asia over supply routes for coalition military operations in Afghanistan put Western media on hair trigger alert, so much so that otherwise responsible, fa [...]	2009-03-19 11:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KDEM TI
09DUSHANBE346	THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...]	2009-03-19 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE347	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW LAW ON RELIGION - USHERING IN A NEW ROUND [...] (C) Summary: Parliament has passed a new Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations (Religion Law),and President Rahmon is poised to sign the bill into law. The law is full of internal contradictions, and codifies numerous restrictions that government officials have been preempti [...]	2009-03-19 13:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE354	TAJIKISTAN - ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) PolEcon Chief raised reftel matter informally with Khusrav Nosiri, MFA Director of European and North American Affairs on March 20. Nosiri said Tajikistan's position on Abkhazia and South Ossetia had not changed, nor was there much likelihood that the position would change. Tajikistan doe [...]	2009-03-20 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS TI
09DUSHANBE357	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REACHES OUT TO RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs and William Trigg, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor based in Bishkek, travelled to the Ferghana Valley in Northern Tajikistan to conduct outreach events with young people and members of the religious community. EmbOffs met students at a madrassa and worshippers [...]	2009-03-25 08:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
09DUSHANBE401	THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...]	2009-03-30 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE402	TAJIKISTAN - REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Following is post's response to reftel tasking: A. Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Yes. Tajikistan receives U.S. technical assistance, but not direct financial support, through USAID funded p [...]	2009-03-31 14:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL TI
09DUSHANBE404	TAJIKISTAN - CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) On March 30 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel information to Khusrav Nosiri, Chief of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nosiri had no immediate comment on the conclusions of the strategic review, but undertook to convey it to his superiors. He added t [...]	2009-04-01 06:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK TI
09DUSHANBE406	IF I WERE A RICH MAN - HASSAN ASADULLOZODA DONATES A [...] (SBU) Summary: The local and international press have reported that presidential brother in law - and purported mensch - Hassan Asadullozoda donated a building to Tajikistan's Jewish Community for use as a synagogue. The reports have painted the donation as an attempt to atone for destroying t [...]	2009-04-01 12:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
09DUSHANBE409	GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT [...] (SBU) ON 03/31/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHI FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF THREE NARCOTIC INVESTIGATIONS IN [...]	2009-04-02 05:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE413	FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who seek to leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, according to unofficial statistics, more th [...]	2009-04-03 10:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE416	GOVERNMENT SMOTHERS COVERAGE OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan continues to use smoke and mirrors in discussing its religious policy. Government officials deflected criticism of the new religion law (reftel A) at a March 30 press round table without providing any substantive basis for their comments. The governmen [...]	2009-04-06 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL TI
09DUSHANBE418	UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) REF: A) ON 04/03/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CU [...]	2009-04-07 09:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE419	GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT [...] (SBU) ON 04/03/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CURRENT D [...]	2009-04-07 09:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE42	Mission Law Enforcement and Stability Goals [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provides a good snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the first in a series of cables to provide a goal by goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. The Border and La [...]	2009-01-09 04:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID MASS PREL KCRM TI
09DUSHANBE423	IS TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY AT A CROSSROADS? [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's new religion law puts Tajikistan's Islamic Revival Party in a difficult position. The party's inability to influence either the legislative process or the government's religious policy, calls into question its reason for being. The party's silence on major issues cha [...]	2009-04-08 13:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE429	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S APRIL 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Boucher. Following is an overview of the key issues we face in Tajikistan. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ------------------- 2. (C) Tajikistan has been hit hard by the global recession. Remittances, which in 2008 were equivalent [...]	2009-04-10 05:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE43	Birth of Tajik Ag Working Group and Appeal to Donors [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government recently convoked the first meeting of a new agricultural working group, at which it made a number of not entirely convincing statements on agricultural reforms, especially in the cotton sector. Donors urged strict requirements on further lending for cotton [...]	2009-01-09 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON TI
09DUSHANBE44	TAJIKISTAN - NEWSPAPER EDITOR ATTACKED IN KULYAB [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Abdumumin Sherhonov, editor-in-chief of an independent weekly newspaper and a part time reporter for RFE/RL, was beaten by a group of young men in Kulyab January 6 when he tried to help two female journalism st [...]	2009-01-09 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
09DUSHANBE449	KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students [...]	2009-04-10 13:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE45	TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 17 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus. Following are an overview of the situation and key issues we face in Tajikistan. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (C) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan borders Afghanistan (1200 kilometers),China, Uzbekistan and [...]	2009-01-09 09:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE458	WHITHER TIFA? RETHINKING OUR DIALOGUE WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Given the new administration, the broad review of our engagement in this region, and the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld, this is a good opportunity to take a fresh look at the most effective way to engage in a meaningful trade and investment dia [...]	2009-04-10 13:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV BEXP PREL ENRG KIPR TI
09DUSHANBE46	Financial Crisis Could Make Bad Situation Worse [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to ref A, seeking information on the effects of the world financial crisis. The crisis is likely to affect Tajikistan via three routes: falling prices for its two largest exports, cotton and aluminum; declining remittances from Tajik migrant workers in Russia [...]	2009-01-09 11:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ETRD PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE466	DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS DELIVERED [...] (C) On April 6, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Husrav Noziri, the Head of the Americas and Europe Division of Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Noziri could not provide specific feedback on reftel requests, but he forwarded them to the individuals. It is unclear how and when the [...]	2009-04-15 09:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF TI
09DUSHANBE467	RUSSIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LOOK BETTER ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: According to the Russian embassy, Russia plans and implements its assistance to Tajikistan in a basic manner that is politically driven, does not take account of development needs, and relies excessively on the Tajik government for distribution. Russian diplomats share our frustra [...]	2009-04-15 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON RU TI
09DUSHANBE474	TAJIKISTAN: UPDATE ON POWER PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The power situation in Tajikistan has eased since the winter crunch. Water levels at the Nurek hydropower station remain low, although this spring's abundant rains may help. The fourth and final generator of Russian-built Sangtuda-1 is expected to go online in mid-May. Iranian-b [...]	2009-04-15 10:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE475	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR DAUSTR CLAUDIO LILIENFELD'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld. Following is an overview of key economic and trade issues in Tajikistan. Overview -------- 2. (SBU) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan is critically [...]	2009-04-15 10:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE476	REQUEST OF INFORMATION FROM DEA SOD REGARDING NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEA ASHGABAT COUNTRY OFFICE (ACO) IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A REGIONAL-RELATED TRAFFICKING PROFILE. THE PROFILE WILL BE USED TO ANALYZE TRAFFICKING INFORMATION DEVELOPED BY THE TURKMENISTAN STATE COUNTER-NARCOTIC [...]	2009-04-16 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE477	UI-09-0004/WEH1F/MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH SUMMARY [...] MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; DATE OF BIRTH: 1976; RESIDENT OF THE SHAURABADSKIY REGION, JAMOAT SARI-CHASHMA, SECTOR, KAVOK, TAJIKISTAN. MADAYOMOV WAS WANTED BY THE TAJIK AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO OTHER DRUG CHARGES. 2. KODIROV, RAJABALI GADOEVICH: [...]	2009-04-16 10:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE478	TAJIKISTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On April 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche and supporting documents to Muzafar Khuseinov, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations. Khuseinov said that the government was still considering our request for support. He said that Tajikistan had [...]	2009-04-16 12:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA
09DUSHANBE480	TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 04:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE485	TAJIKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] (U) Post has assigned Poloff William von Zagorski as Primary Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Econoff Daniel Kronenfeld as Alternate TFCO. Both officers are PCS at Post through the summer of 2010. 2. (SBU) Contact Information: Primary TFCO [...]	2009-04-23 11:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER TI
09DUSHANBE487	THE RICHARD BOUCHER FAN CLUB - TAJIKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT PRESS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) MFA Spokesman Davlat Nazriyev summoned PAO April 22 for questioning, along with his deputy and the director for Europe and North America, to discuss why the embassy's press office had failed to inform the official [...]	2009-04-24 09:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
09DUSHANBE488	UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) ON 04/21/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE COUNTER NARCOTICS UNIT CHIEF OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI) OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. (THE DCO H [...]	2009-04-24 10:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE489	BOUCHER FINDS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, BUT REFORM ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings in Dushanbe on April 20, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized several key issues with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi: -- the need for increased cooperation and engagement on Afghanistan; -- the need [...]	2009-04-24 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE50	Mission Economic Growth and Development Goals [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plans provided a good snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the second cable to provide a goal by goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. Work towards the Economic Growt [...]	2009-01-12 11:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR ELTN TI
09DUSHANBE508	ZARIFI BLOWS A GASKET OVER AUDIT OF NATIONAL BANK AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Helwig met with Foreign Minister Zarifi on April 24, to discuss elections, trafficking in persons, freedom of religion, economic reform, Afghanistan, and the work of the OSCE in the region. Zarifi made comments virtually identical to those he made to A/S Boucher on these [...]	2009-04-24 14:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE509	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS TELL BOUCHER THERE IS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) Summary: Three leaders of opposition political parties told South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher they had little hope for the development of democratic government in Tajikistan, then tried to blame this on lack of support from the United States Government. They offered no pl [...]	2009-04-27 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE51	TAJIKISTAN'S - ABILITY TO RESEARCH OR FREEZE ASSETS OF SUSPECT TERRORIST ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 07:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KCRM TI
09DUSHANBE510	DEPUTY ASST US TRADE REP FINDS TAJIK GOVT MORE INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld visited Dushanbe April 21-22 to review U.S.-Tajik trade relations and the status of the U.S.-Central Asian Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Matlubkhon Davlatov, the P [...]	2009-04-27 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL UZ TI
09DUSHANBE514	MIFFED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND VOTE, TAJIK FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: With the Tajik government highly annoyed that the United States dared to oppose a new IMF loan, Foreign Minister Zarifi called in the Ambassador April 27, accompanied by the DCM and RSO. In a departure from normal practice, Zarifi, who is comfortable in both Russian and English, i [...]	2009-04-27 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ASEC CVIS PHUM EAID TI
09DUSHANBE52	TAJIKISTAN: INL PROJECTS DECEMBER 2008 STATUS UPDATE [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe border security, policing, anti-crime programs, and justice sector reform projects update for December, 2008. INL Dushanbe provides the following status report on ongoing projects under Assistance Letters of Agreement 5,6,7,8. End summary. Border Security 2. INL [...]	2009-01-13 07:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
09DUSHANBE529	TAJIKISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. BID FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us by diplomatic note that the Government of Tajikistan will support the United States candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council. 2. Point of contact on this issue is Greg Naarden, NaardenGL2@state.gov. JACOBSON [...]	2009-05-05 11:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA TI
09DUSHANBE53	ROCKING DUSHANBE - MIDNIGHT EARTHQUAKE PARTY FINALLY BRINGS [...] (SBU) In a rare show of national unity, residents of Dushanbe and other large cities poured into the streets late on January 9, remaining outdoors in the tens of thousands until early morning, because of rumors that a powerful earthquake would occur between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. The Government, wh [...]	2009-01-13 09:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SENV TI
09DUSHANBE530	TAJIKISTAN: FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan drug traffickers killed two Drug Control Agency officers and wounded three Border Guards at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon's Shurabad district. Border Guards killed six Afghan drug traffickers in Shurabad district. The Drug Control Agency reported early 2009 seizure [...]	2009-05-06 11:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR TI
09DUSHANBE533	TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by the PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, RSO, DAO and EXBS. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2.VVP Coordinator [...]	2009-05-07 03:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE563	GFUI-09-9322/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE REQUEST FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) On April 29, 2009, The DCO received an official request from the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan (TDCA) for assistance in obtaining subscriber and toll data for the following three Afghani telephone numbers: [93] 7797567165, [93] 799146416 and [93] 700508066. [...]	2009-05-08 12:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE564	TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...]	2009-05-12 06:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE565	TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...]	2009-05-12 08:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE569	UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SAROV, NOSIR-FIRST DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) DURING MARCH 2009, THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO) INITIATED A JOINT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF TAJIKISTAN (MVD),TARGETING THE NOSIR SAROV DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). THE SAROV DTO IS BASED IN AFGHANISTAN AND TAJIKISTAN. THE MVD HAS IDENTIFIED [...]	2009-05-12 12:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE570	AUDIT OF TAJIK NATIONAL BANK REVEALS MAJOR FRAUD; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The recently-released executive summary of an audit of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) documents fraudulent and other questionable activities. The Bank's chairman personally approved hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and guarantees to entities in which he had a perso [...]	2009-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE571	UI-09-0003/YEH1K/NOSIRI, SARAF- DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE [...] (SBU) THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY DUSHANBE, INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTION (INL),HAVE COMBINED RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE APPLICATION OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MVD [...]	2009-05-12 12:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE575	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW SYNAGOGUE: BUSINESS, CENTRAL ASIA STYLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 11:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF KPAO SCUL ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE6	PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...]	2009-01-05 07:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE602	UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR - TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/15/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD),COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO TELEPHONE TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ONGOING WIRE INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIO [...]	2009-05-21 04:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE617	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]	2009-05-22 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE618	GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRISIS, BUT SHADOW OF [...] (C) Summary. Last week the Tajik government convened a donor meeting to discuss the effects of and potential responses to the world economic crisis. Little of the information was new. Tajik officials described the difficulties the country is facing -- falling remittances, sharply lower expo [...]	2009-05-22 12:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE619	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]	2009-05-22 12:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE62	Mission Investing in People Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the third cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. With our Investing in People goal we s [...]	2009-01-16 07:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI
09DUSHANBE620	DECLARATION OF DISASTER IN TAJIKISTAN FOR MUDSLIDES AND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT A SERIES OF DISASTERS CAUSED BY CONTINUOUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS SPRING IS BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, AND T [...]	2009-05-22 18:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE628	UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/20/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD),COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO THE JOINT DEA/MVD INTERCEPT INVESTIGATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). 2. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORI [...]	2009-05-22 19:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE64	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put significant research and effort into market development. Tajikistan, which lags behind most of its neighbors economically, remains not only the poorest of the former Soviet republics but one of the poorest co [...]	2009-01-16 08:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI
09DUSHANBE653	TAJIKISTAN ARRESTS MUSLIM MISSIONARIES: ARE THEY [...] (C) Summary: In April and May 2009, Tajik law enforcement officials arrested members of the Jamoat-i-Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group. Most of those arrested have been released, but an unknown number remain in custody, and it is unclear when or if criminal proceedings will be initiated agains [...]	2009-05-29 04:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE664	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) On May 28, the Regional Security Officer met with Colonel Khaidar Makhmadiev, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Interior and the former Chief of Staff, to get more information about the security situation in Tavildara (reftels). The Regional Security Officer has worked with Makhmadiev for [...]	2009-05-29 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE665	FY2009 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID TI
09DUSHANBE668	UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/20/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD) COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION/UI-09-0003/YEHIK (DTO). 2. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORIEV OB [...]	2009-06-02 11:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE669	UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR, TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/29/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD) COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO TELEPHONE TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ONGOING WIRE-INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION [...]	2009-06-02 12:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE670	AFTER Q1 FINANCIAL RESULTS, TAJIKS BEG DONORS FOR CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29 the Tajik Ministry of Finance briefed donors on the country's economic performance over the first quarter of 2009. With declining exports, falling remittances, and a weakening currency, budget revenues are expected to fall 20-25% short of initial projections. Official [...]	2009-06-02 18:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL TI

09DUSHANBE688	TAJIK IMAMS RETURN FROM UNITED STATES WITH NEW OUTLOOK ON [...] (U) Summary: On June 1 CAO and PolOffs met with Domullo Numonkhon and Mullo Abdurahim, two of the five independent Tajik imams who traveled to the United States on the International Visitor Leadership Program. Numonkhon and Abdurahim are both conservative, and both had criticized U.S. foreign [...]	2009-06-04 12:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KIRF KISL PINR TI
09DUSHANBE7	PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...]	2009-01-05 07:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE702	NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROPOSES CLOSER COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call on the Ambassador, the newly arrived Russian Ambassador said Russia's chief interest in Tajikistan was maintaining stability and asked about Tajik and U.S. concerns about possibly greater activity of the Taliban in the north. He proposed greater coordination and [...]	2009-06-05 12:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG TI RU UZ
09DUSHANBE703	MORE INDICATIONS THAT TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY IS AT A [...] (C) Summary: Mahmadali Hait and Vohidkhoni Qosiddin, Deputy Chairmen of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),maintain that their party ranks continue to grow because of the government's unpopularity, but there are still questions about their ability to lead an effective opposition pa [...]	2009-06-05 12:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE704	RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OFFICIALS IN TAJIKISTAN: WHO'S RUNNING THE [...] (C) Summary: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met with Tajik officials June 1-4 to discuss the country's religious policy. USCIRF has placed Tajikistan on a list of countries of concern because of government restrictions on re [...]	2009-06-05 12:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE712	ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS, NOT SUCH A BRIGHT IDEA [...] (SBU) Summary. In April President Rahmon signed a decree obligating all residential and commercial entities in Tajikistan to begin switching to energy-saving lightbulbs by May 1. The President said the change from incandescent lighting would save millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity annu [...]	2009-06-08 08:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD TI
09DUSHANBE723	JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM GRANT RECIPIENTS [...] Summary: Via recently launched Justice Sector Reform program, INL Dushanbe Issued eight grants totaling $300,000 to Tajik non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to carry out programs in court monitoring, legal aid to indigents, legal education, legal representation of minors, and third party arb [...]	2009-06-09 04:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE724	TAJIK AUDIENCE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND RECEPTIVE TO OBAMA [...] (U) Summary: In Tajikistan, an extremely poor country where 97% of the population is Muslim, few people watched the speech, either because it was broadcast in English or because it was available only via satellite and few had receivers. An audience of 40 came to watch the speech at the embassy [...]	2009-06-09 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KISL KDEM PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE725	UNIVERSITY HIJAB BAN: STUDENTS SPEAK OUT, OFFER VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Administrators at the National University of Tajikistan in Dushanbe recently expelled several students for failing to comply with a ban on wearing the hijab in class. On May 28, EmbOffs spoke to four students -- two men and two women -- who criticized the government's heavy-ha [...]	2009-06-10 12:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
09DUSHANBE727	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT - MAY 2009 [...] Site Assessments a) On May 15, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Program Assistants visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to examine the recently installed luggage x-ray equipment at the pedestrian passenger terminal. An end-use review of EXBS donated equipment was also conducted and it wa [...]	2009-06-11 04:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE737	TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on June 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, DATT, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOf [...]	2009-06-15 03:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE741	TAJIKISTANI GOVERNMENT INFORMED REGARDING UPCOMING [...] (C) On June 1, Poloff delivered points in reftel, concerning negotiations with Moscow about potential transport of materiel via Russia to Afghanistan, to Khusrav Nosiri, head of the Department of European and American affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nosiri clearly appreciated [...]	2009-06-16 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV EFIN TI
09DUSHANBE742	TAJIKISTAN - INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (IRENA) [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organization Affairs Muazzafar Husseinov on June 16. Husseinov said Tajikistan's Ambassador to Egypt would represent Tajikistan at the Egypt meeting, and that Tajikistan supported the United Arab Emirate [...]	2009-06-17 03:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KGHG SENV TI
09DUSHANBE743	TAJIKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) DEMARCHE [...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche and Tajikistan TIP narrative to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe and North America Khusrav Nosiri on June 16. Emboffs outlined a possible anti-TIP action plan for GOTI consideration, and discussed Tajik participation in a Digital Video Conferenc [...]	2009-06-17 03:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP TI
09DUSHANBE774	TAJIKISTAN FACES ONGOING FOOD INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan continues to face serious food insecurity. According to the World Food Program (WFP),1.4 million of Tajikistan's 7 million inhabitants are food insecure, half of them chronically so. The global financial crisis has exacerbated the situation, as have rising food pric [...]	2009-06-23 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE782	TAJIKISTAN: MAY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jacobson and Tajik Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrokhon Zarifi signed Amendment 9 to the INL Letter of Agreement which provides almost $9.5 in additional counter-narcotics, law enforcement, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan, and a Memorandum of Understandi [...]	2009-06-24 04:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE785	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...]	2009-06-25 10:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE786	WHO KILLED FORMER TAJIK INTERIOR MINISTER SOLEHOV? [...] (SBU) Summary: Competing explanations have emerged regarding last week's death of former Tajik Minister of Internal Affairs Mahmadnazar Solehov. Initial reports indicated that Solehov, for whom an arrest warrant was issued the day before his death, killed himself to avoid arrest. The governme [...]	2009-06-25 12:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PGOV SOCI KCRM TI
09DUSHANBE792	HEAVY RAIN AND MUDFLOWS THREATEN RURAL LIVELIHOODS, TAJIK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Heavy rainfall in recent months has left several communities in Tajikistan under water or mud. Districts in Khatlon province south of Dushanbe have been hardest hit. The situation will have several short-term effects on health and local hygiene. Damage to crops and livestock pos [...]	2009-06-30 09:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SENV SOCI TI
09DUSHANBE798	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE [...] Site Assessments a) To monitor EXBS and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) equipment end-use, and to get information on additional equipment and training needs, the EXBS Advisor, EXBS Program Management Assistant, Director, ODC, and the ODC Program Management Assistant (hereafter the EX [...]	2009-07-01 10:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EAID MNUC PARM PREL KSTC SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE824	TAJIK RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) Tajikistan responded to our reftel request for assistance in Afghanistan by diplomatic note on June 11. Tajikistan replied to our request that they extend operations of the Nizhny Pyanj bridge to 24 hours a day saying that an agreement is currently pending with the Afghan side to increase [...]	2009-07-08 03:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS SMIG ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TI
09DUSHANBE828	TAJIKISTAN - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING [...] (SBU) Tajikistan scores poorly across the board on implementation of human dimension commitments. In response to reftel, post suggests highlighting the following issues in a demarche on OSCE human dimension implementation: -- Law on Religion: Tajikistan's recently enacted "law on freedo [...]	2009-07-09 10:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE831	THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION AND BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Extreme levels of outmigration from Tajikistan have left the country with few skilled citizens to address its complex problems, and at the same time, is warping the social fabric in ways that have serious consequences for future stability. While skilled professionals leave with t [...]	2009-07-10 11:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON SOCI EAID AMGT RU TI
09DUSHANBE840	TAJIKISTAN - A/S BLAKE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In Dushanbe on July 6, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Robert Blake gave an overview to President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of Tajikistan in this effort. He proposed the Unite [...]	2009-07-13 12:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE845	TAJIKISTAN - FORMER UTO COMMANDER ZIYOEV KILLED [...] (C) Summary: On July 11 former United Tajik Opposition (UTO) commander and Minister of Emergency Situations Mirzo Ziyoev was killed in mysterious circumstances in Tavildara district. He was with the armed group led by Ne'mat Azizov and Mullo Abdullo in the week preceding his death. There are [...]	2009-07-14 12:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER KCRM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE846	AGRICULTURAL REFORMS IN TAJIKISTAN: MORE MANURE? [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of May President Rahmon signed a decree calling for writing off over half a billion dollars in debt owed by cotton farmers to agricultural investors and, ultimately, the National Bank of Tajikistan. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) required the passage of a debt [...]	2009-07-15 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PGOV EFIN TI
09DUSHANBE855	HOLLYWOOD IN TAJIKISTAN: L.A. MOVIE WORKER SEES FLEDGLING [...] (U) Summary: Jon Green, a film industry worker from Los Angeles, met with local movie enthusiasts on a recent trip to Dushanbe. Green's discussions yielded insights on local culture, the effects of endemic corruption on the development of fledgling industries, and Tajiks' impressions on Americ [...]	2009-07-16 13:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI TI
09DUSHANBE865	TAJIKISTAN: LINKS BETWEEN FOOD INSECURITY AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan faces serious ongoing food insecurity, and the situation may worsen as the year progresses. While the link between poverty and political instability is not simple, experts here agree that a decline in the availability of food in Tajikistan will contribute to political [...]	2009-07-20 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM EAGR ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE866	TAJIKISTAN ASKS FOR ANOTHER BORDER ACADEMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Deputy of the State Committee for National Security requested U.S. assistance to construct a new Border Guard Academy on the grounds of a soon-to-be-handed-over Russian military base near Dushanbe. End summary. 2. (SBU) First Deputy of the State Committee for [...]	2009-07-21 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM EAID PINR MASS TI
09DUSHANBE869	TAJIKISTAN - ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (U) On July 8, per reftel, Post sent a request for information regarding Tajikistan's plans to send high-level officials to this year's United National General Assembly. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post by diplomatic note on July 14 that four Tajik officials plan to attend. [...]	2009-07-22 11:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA TI
09DUSHANBE877	WITH NEW ONE-STOP-SHOP, U.S. BUSINESS OPENS IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan, which consistently ranks near the bottom of most comparative business rankings, with assistance from USAID recently instituted a "one-stop-shop" business registration process. Several days after the law's passage, an American citizen, Sanjeev Sonar, successfully took [...]	2009-07-23 12:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE886	JOINT ODC/EXBS END-USE MONITORING TRIP REPORT [...] Summary: Monitoring results of U.S. funded communications equipment in Tajikistan are positive. The equipment is being used along the porous Tajik-Afghan border as intended and is being maintained to the highest degree of serviceability. Some issues were identified, but could be easily overco [...]	2009-07-24 10:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID MASS ECPS TI
09DUSHANBE899	CAIRO SPEECH FOLLOW UP: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM [...] Summary: To share President Obama's vision of partnership and opportunity here in Tajikistan, we will have to overcome the country's extreme poverty and isolation. While urban youth and educated elites were generally receptive to his June 4 speech, they represent a small minority of Tajiks. T [...]	2009-07-27 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SOCI TNGD TSPL TI
09DUSHANBE900	TAJIKISTAN: JUNE 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik border guard wounded and Afghan drug trafficker killed in a skirmish on the border in the southern Khatlon province. Counter Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seized 101 kilos of heroin in Sugd. Traffic Police Officers seized 50 kilos of heroin in a [...]	2009-07-27 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE932	FLYING BY NIGHT: TAJIK AVIATION ILL-EQUIPPED, UNDER-FUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's aviation sector faces many challenges: lack of capacity and oversight, limited flights, high costs, poor planning, aging infrastructure, and unrealistic expectations. During a recent visit to Dushanbe by senior Moscow-based Federal Aviation Administration representa [...]	2009-07-31 10:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL TI
09DUSHANBE944	AFGHAN, PAKISTANI, RUSSIAN, AND TAJIK PRESIDENTS CONVENE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Russia descended on Dushanbe July 28-31 for bilateral and multilateral meetings, where they discussed energy, trade, security, military cooperation, and other issues. The most substantive news to emerge from the summit was a possible [...]	2009-08-04 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ETRD TI RS AF PK
09DUSHANBE945	THE IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION ON EMBASSY TURNOVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The high rate of emigration, especially of those with marketable skills as reported reftel, results in a very high level of staff turnover at Embassy Dushanbe. Though for the purposes of setting salaries we look to local employers, our real competitors are employers abroad, in R [...]	2009-08-05 10:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ELAB SOCI AMGT TI
09DUSHANBE95	TAJIKISTAN BANS THE SALAFIS - WHO'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: The Tajik Supreme Court pronouncement outlawing the Salafis is the latest step in the government's attempts to reduce the influence of religion in Tajik politics. The measure may reduce the influence of the group, primarily because ) unlike other government restrictions ) traditi [...]	2009-01-23 08:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE954	CHINESE INTEREST IN TAJIKISTAN INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's largest and most powerful neighbor, China plays an increasingly central role in Tajikistan's economic development. It has made massive state-led investments in Tajikistan's infrastructure, including roads and energy transmission lines, and Chinese imports increasin [...]	2009-08-07 10:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG ELTN TI CH
09DUSHANBE955	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 14-16 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 10:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE957	PROMINENT FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER TURAJONZODA SHARES VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Embassy PolOffs and two DRL representatives met with Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a charismatic religious leader who was among the top leaders of the United Tajik Opposition during Tajikistan's civil war. Despite his continued harsh criticism of President Rahmon, Turajonzod [...]	2009-08-07 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL TI
09DUSHANBE966	TAJIK RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff met on August 10 with Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Larisa Kislyakova to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on October 8 (ref A). She said her ministry supports the dr [...]	2009-08-13 08:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EINV EFIN TI
09DUSHANBE968	TAJIKISTAN - POST CONCURRENCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (C) Embassy Dushanbe concurs with reftel listing of Cotton produced in Tajikistan as being subject to E.O. 13126. Per the annual Trafficking in Persons report for Tajikistan, and other post- and department-generated reports, children continue to be forced to participate in the cotton industry [...]	2009-08-13 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TI
09DUSHANBE969	TAJIKISTAN -- IMF SEES PROGRESS BUT STILL NOT SURE GLASS IS [...] (C) Summary: After initial assurances that the financial crisis would not affect Tajikistan, government officials now frequently cite dropping remittances, exports, and imports as serious signs of the crisis here. International Monetary Fund Resident Representative Luc Moers said the situation [...]	2009-08-13 12:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV TI
09DUSHANBE970	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY [...] Site Assessments a) On July 15, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The EXBS-funded renovation of the laboratory is moving forward and the contractor has made substantial pr [...]	2009-08-17 10:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE971	TAJIKISTAN: JULY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A clash between government forces and an unknown armed group took place in Nurobod. Results of the first phase of the Poppy 2009 anti-drug operation are summarized. Drug control officers seize a large amount of hashish in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. Two Tajiks suspected of sup [...]	2009-08-17 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE99	TAJIKISTAN - COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that it has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor (ref A). The evidence supports the inclusion of Tajik cotton on the list (refs B and C). We would like to add some context [...]	2009-01-23 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB KTIP TI
09DUSHANBE990	TAJIKISTAN - MANAGING AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's leadership wants stability in Afghanistan, and sees President Karzai as the country's best bet to continue toward that goal. The Tajik government insists it takes no sides in the election, and is not interested in meddling in the ethnic power balance in Afghanistan. [...]	2009-08-20 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF TI
09DUSHANBE996	FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES APPROACH EMBASSY, REQUEST [...] (C/NF) On August 12 Shafi Rakhimovich Salikhov (as spelled in his Tajik passport) walked into the embassy, and asked to speak with an embassy officer. Local guards briefly interviewed him, then referred him to the Assistant Regional Security Officer. Salikhov explained to the A/RSO that he had [...]	2009-08-24 12:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI
09DUSHANBE997	IRAN'S ROLE IN TAJIKISTAN: LIMITED BUT INCREASING? [...] (SBU) Summary: After a slow start, Iran has become a major economic player in Tajikistan. The vast bulk of Iranian investment in Tajikistan is direct state loans and grants for major infrastructure projects, including the Sangtuda-2 hydropower station, the Istiqlol tunnel, and several highway [...]	2009-08-25 11:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL TI IR
09SQCTION02OF02DUSHANBE143	TAJIKISTAN - FEB 11 HEARING ON RFE/RL TAX BILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE103	INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AGREE ON UNIFIED ROGHUN MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gross convened a meeting of heads of diplomatic missions in Dushanbe to discuss a common approach to the government of Tajikistan's campaign to force its citizens to contribute to the construction of the Roghun dam. Attendees agreed on a two-pronged strategy: They wou [...]	2010-01-21 12:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE104	TAJIKISTAN: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 06:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI
10DUSHANBE107	UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSPORT -- OFF THE RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A tit-for-tat over rail shipments highlights the Tajik rail system's dependence on Uzbekistan for its international transport. After Uzbekistan delayed Tajik railcars carrying construction materials for hydroelectric projects, Tajikistan responded by holding up Uzbek trains. Tas [...]	2010-01-25 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PREL ETRD UZ TI
10DUSHANBE108	TAJIK ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY LEADER PRAISES PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Deputy Chairman of the ruling People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT),Safar Safarov, told Ambassador Gross that his party is ready for February 28 parliamentary polls and pledged to run a fair campaign. Safarov is "ready for debates" but set conditions t [...]	2010-01-26 03:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE112	TAJIK ELECTIONS: CCER PROMISES FULL ACCESS FOR MONITORS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) Chief Mirzoali Boltuev promised to enforce President Rahmon's call for free and fair elections in a January 25 meeting with Ambassador Gross. Boltuev said foreign and local election observers would have full access to monito [...]	2010-01-26 11:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE113	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe delivered points in reftel on January 22 to Farhod Salim, Director of the North America and Europe Department at Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Salim said the MFA had no immediate comment on the U.S. goals at the London Conference on Afghanistan, but he had ma [...]	2010-01-27 03:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF TI
10DUSHANBE117	A CASE-STUDY IN ROGHUN EXTORTION [...] (C) Summary: The experience of the U.S. micro-finance institution FINCA offers a case study in the subtle and not-so-subtle efforts by the Tajik government to extort funding for the Roghun hydroelectric dam. Employees at all but one of FINCA's 34 offices in Tajikistan have been told to contri [...]	2010-01-27 12:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR EFIN PGOV PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE123	TAJIK COURTS EXTORT, JAIL ISLAMISTS AND THEIR PLUMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik courts issued stiff sentences to individuals convicted of membership in two outlawed Muslim fundamentalist organizations as members of a third banned group stand trial. Dushanbe city court convicted seven individuals who follow the banned Salafiya movement, although the c [...]	2010-01-29 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL TI
10DUSHANBE143	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY [...] Site Assessments a) On January 20 the EXBS Staff and the ODC Counter Narcotics Program Manager visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to meet the new Customs Port Director. The EXBS Staff examined the EXBS funded Rapiscan luggage x-ray scanner at the passenger processing terminal and the [...]	2010-02-02 11:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
10DUSHANBE149	INTERIOR MINISTER - THAT'S NOT MY ANTI-AMERICAN SCREED [...] (C) Summary: Following the issuance of a pamphlet claiming that the United States Government intentionally supported the narcotics industry in Afghanistan during the 1980s to destroy the Soviet Union, the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) told Ambassador that the pamphlet was unauthorized and [...]	2010-02-03 11:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TI
10DUSHANBE150	RELIGIOUS MINORITY GROUPS FACE RED TAPE, NOT CLOSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Most of Tajikistan's previously registered religious groups and nearly all mosques completed mandatory re-registration with the Department of Religious Affairs (DRA) before their January 1, 2010 deadline. The Dushanbe synagogue was not able to re-register because of a land owne [...]	2010-02-03 14:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KRFR TI
10DUSHANBE156	MEDIA CRACKDOWN: OFFICIALS SUE NEWSPAPERS FOR MILLIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik judges, a Ministry, and a government agency hit five of Tajikistan's independent newspapers with separate lawsuits in what could be the death knell of media freedom in the country. On January 25, three judges sued three newspapers for publishing a defense attorney's statem [...]	2010-02-04 11:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM SCUL TI
10DUSHANBE157	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy delivered the demarche on distracted driving on January 29 by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and provided a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. The Ministry did not have immediate answers to the questions posed in the demarche. Post will [...]	2010-02-05 07:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU TI
10DUSHANBE165	TAJIK ELECTIONS: THE CAMPAIGN THAT WASN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pro-Rahmon parties and MPs are well-positioned to expand their dominance of the Majlisi Namoyandagon in February 28 parliamentary elections. Opposition parties have waged lackluster campaigns, mostly relying on local officials to arrange their meetings with constituents. Indepe [...]	2010-02-09 03:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TI
10DUSHANBE170	2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Enclosed is Embassy Dushanbe's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report. As outlined in reftel, we have paraphrased the text of each question and then provided answers based on discussions with non-governmental organizations, Tajik authorities, and other relevant officials. [...]	2010-02-10 12:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP TI
10DUSHANBE171	IMPACT OF ROGHUN CAMPAIGN ON U.S. ASSISTANCE GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government stresses electricity shortfalls as a serious threat to living standards and economic growth, and rightly so, but refuses to confront key causes of the shortfall, or to pursue to the most effective solutions. Instead, it insists that building mega-hydro-proje [...]	2010-02-11 10:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON SOCI PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE172	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...]	2010-02-12 10:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE173	CORRECTED COPY - TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight rights, [...]	2010-02-16 13:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE176	IMF TAKES STAND ON ROGHUN; SOME SAY NOT STRONG ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team recently completed a two-week visit to Dushanbe to assess economic and government performance before releasing further funding under its Extended Credit Facility (ECF). A central issue was the government's campaign to fund the Roghun hydroelectric dam. The IMF outl [...]	2010-02-17 08:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PHUM IMF TI
10DUSHANBE203	TAJIK ELECTIONS: IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The week before parliamentary elections, opposition party leaders reported an uptick in government harassment of their activities and a concurrent increase in local officials' support for People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT) candidates. Security officials briefly det [...]	2010-02-18 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE207	S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: Post nominates four projects, in order of priority, to be considered for funding under the Women's Issues Small Grant Initiative. From highest to lowest priority are the following projects: Tradecraft Training for Girls (NGO New Generation); Guaranteeing Women's Land Rights (NGO B [...]	2010-02-19 12:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON TI KWMN PREL KPAO
10DUSHANBE215	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS RELIGION AND ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullo Yuldashev summoned Ambassador Gross on February 25 to discuss a range of religious, economic, and political issues. On May 18-20, Tajikistan will host an Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Foreign Ministers summit in Dushanbe and will invite U.S. Spec [...]	2010-02-25 11:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI
10DUSHANBE223	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a one hour forty five minute meeting on February 20, President Rahmon reiterated his commitment to supporting U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and complained at length about Uzbek efforts to obstruct regional cooperation. Ambassador Holbrooke urged Rahmon to work with President [...]	2010-02-26 08:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EINV AF PK UZ TI
10DUSHANBE229	NEWSPAPERS STAND FIRM IN COURT, EMBASSY ISSUES STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preliminary court hearings in Dushanbe, editors in chief of four independent newspapers called libel lawsuits filed against them by government officials "groundless". On February 23, representatives of Asia-Plus, Farazh, Ozodagon and an attorney, Solijon Juraev, appeared in [...]	2010-02-26 11:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI
10DUSHANBE23	FOOD SECURITY UPDATE FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] The food security situation in Tajikistan has been slightly better through the first ten months of 2009 compared to 2008, according to World Food Program's December update. Surveys showed that as of October 2009, 22% of households were moderately food insecure and 9% were severely food insecu [...]	2010-01-05 06:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ELAB SOCI TI
10DUSHANBE26	TAJIK ELECTIONS: MONITORS TO BE DEPLOYED, BUT OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) USAID, the European Commission (EC),and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are funding election observation, party training, and voter education projects for the February 28 elections to the Tajik lower house of parliament (Majlisi Namoyandagon). USAID imple [...]	2010-01-05 12:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE27	TAJIK ELECTIONS: RAHMON SHOWS RULING PARTY WHO'S BOSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the pre-election congress of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT),which dominates both houses of the Tajik Parliament (Majlisi Oli),President Rahmon won unanimous re-election as PDPT chairman and installed his son on the party's central committee. He dismissed [...]	2010-01-05 12:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE29	TAJIK ELECTIONS: LE GRAND BLEU: KABIRI'S PRAGMATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Muhiddin Kabiri, Chair of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),expressed pessimism that the Tajik government would follow through on President Rahmon's repeated promises to run a free and fair February 28 parliamentary election, during a meeting with Ambassador Gr [...]	2010-01-06 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE37	AHMADINEJAD IN TAJIKISTAN, CALLS TIES "STRATEGIC" [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a 24-hour state visit to Dushanbe. He signed economic and social agreements with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, few of which were new or substantive. The Iranians committed to provide $6 million to complete the long-delayed Istiqlol [...]	2010-01-07 11:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON TI IR
10DUSHANBE4	TAJIK EARTHQUAKE IMPACT LESS SEVERE THAN REPORTED [...] Summary: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan on the morning of January 2. Embassy contacts and others with direct knowledge of the area said a few hundred households have been affected by the earthquake, far short of the 20,000 figure widely reported in the international medi [...]	2010-01-04 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM CACS TI
10DUSHANBE44	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2009 [...] Site Assessments a) On December 15 the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Ass [...]	2010-01-08 12:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
10DUSHANBE51	TAJIK GOVERNMENT BLOCKS WEBSITES, THEN BACKS DOWN [...] (SBU) On January 11, the Tajik government ordered Internet providers to block access to two Internet news sites: centrasia.ru and ariana.su. The providers immediately implemented the order. The next day, the sites were back up. The brief blocks are a sign that government would like to silenc [...]	2010-01-12 16:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE52	DAM IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON'T: ROGHUN PRESSURE MOUNTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Tajik government inaugurated nationwide sales of shares in the Roghun hydroelectric dam project, using extortion and intimidation to pressure individuals and organizations to buy stock. As part of an unprecedented multi-media campaign, all four state televisio [...]	2010-01-13 09:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PHUM ENRG EINV TI
10DUSHANBE55	TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]	2010-01-13 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE67	TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION (*** CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]	2010-01-14 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE82	MAYOR MEETS AMBASSADOR, CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a platitude-ridden meeting, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev said upcoming elections would be free and fair, that contributions to the Roghun Dam were voluntary, and that the losses suffered by the United States in Afghanistan were felt by Tajiks as their own. Ubaidulloev [...]	2010-01-15 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE93	BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following are post's responses to reftel regarding transparency of the government of Tajikistan's central budget. -- Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? 2. (SBU) Yes. The U.S. government is expected to provide assistance to the central gover [...]	2010-01-20 08:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL TI
10DUSHANBE95	TAVILDARA - THE MOST STABLE PLACE ON EARTH? [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the Tavildara District, scene of fighting between government forces and militants from May-July 2009, contacts described the area as stable and identified the absence of international development groups and lack of jobs, rather than security concerns, as the main [...]	2010-01-20 09:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR TI
93DUSHANBE1266	THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: THE AFGHANISTAN CONNECTION [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: WE KNOW LITTLE OF INDIGENOUS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF NON-AFGHAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZATIONS ("IKHWAN") OPERATING IN AFGHANISTAN USUALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE [...]	1993-10-05 09:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PINR PTER AF
94DUSHANBE2006	FORMER PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAJANOV NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT IN WHAT IS SHAPING UP AS A REAL HORSERACE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE LENINABAD REGION HAS OVERWHELMINGLY NOMINATED FORMER PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAJANOV FOR PRESIDENT. HE JOINS PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN RAHMONOV IN THE RACE WHICH WILL BE DECIDED IN THE SEPTEMBER 25 ELECTION. ABDULLAJANOV, WHO SERVED BOTH THE OPPOSITION [...]	1994-08-08 03:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM TI RS PGOV

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