Author: Togolok Shakirov

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov made personnel changes in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, he transferred Vepa Hajiyevfrom the post of Deputy Minister to the post of Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the UN office in Geneva. The post of Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office was held by Atageldi Khaljanov. He was dismissed “due to a transfer to another job” at a meeting on December 11. His new post is not specified. Berdiniyaz Myatiev was also dismissed from the post of Deputy Foreign Minister. It is reported that he was dismissed…

Brussels (4/11 – 25) It’s an old story, a broken record: war crimes in the Middle East, encouraged and stoked by outsiders with their own agenda. Israel, offended and humiliated by the 7 October attacks for which they had repeatedly been warned by Egypt. Hamas, encouraged and bankrolled by Israel initially, in its effort to undercut the appeal of Al-Fatah, has turned into Frankenstein’s Monster, breaching a border that was trumpeted as the most invincible in the world, with 24/7 surveillance, sensors to detect tunnels, full camera coverage and on and on – yet several thousand Hamas warriors parachuted in…

Kyrgyzstan’s Oscar selection committee has turned down the US Academy’s request to submit another title for the international feature film category following the rejection of Aktan Arym Kubat’s This Is What I Remember. The film from the Central Asian country did not make the final list as its release date fell outside the Academy’s release window. According to Oscar regulations, international feature film submissions must have received a local release between December 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023 in order to qualify. However, This Is What I Remember opened on November 18, 2022. It continued to screen in cinemas until April this year.…

Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Zhaparov proposed declaring the city of Jalal-Abad as the tourist capital of the Turkic world in 2025, Trend reports. He made this announcement at the 10th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Astana, Kazakhstan. The president emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation among Turkic organizations, such as the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY), the Turkic Academy, and the Foundation for Turkic Culture and Heritage. He called for increased efforts in developing the tourism industry. “We are always ready to contribute to the reliable development of the OTS, constructive and productive cooperation…

Attacks on journalists have become a frequent occurrence in Tajikistan in recent years. Why are those responsible for attacks on journalists remain unpunished? Berlin (23/11 – 67) November 2 is the “International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists”. The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination in Mali of Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, two French journalists, on November 2, 2013. The 2023 observance seeks to raise awareness of the main challenges faced by journalists and communicators in the exercise of their profession, and to warn of the escalation of violence and repression against them. Attacks on…

The “Green Economy 2023” regional discussion board can be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan beneath the theme “Common objectives for sustainable improvement of the Central Asian area” on November 16, 2023, Trend reviews. This is a singular platform for establishing shut cooperation between authorities businesses, the enterprise sector, and academic establishments of Central Asian nations on the event of the inexperienced financial system. The discussion board will cowl such precedence areas as inexperienced power, inexperienced transport, sustainable financing, and schooling for sustainable improvement. The ‘Green Expo 2023’ exhibition can be held as a part of this discussion board. The exhibition will…

The Kyrgyz Republic has the opportunity to become a logistics and e-commerce center for Central Asian countries, subject to the development of innovative logistics centers. Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan Nazarbek Malaev said at e-Commerce EXPO 2023, Azernews reports, citing 24.kg News Agency. According to him, we are striving to position the republic as the digital center of Central Asia and, from a policy and regulatory point of view, have achieved significant success. The official noted that the ministry is actively working to optimize government regulation, improve the quality of the institutional environment and create favorable conditions…

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline transported 3.820 million tons of Turkmen and Kazakh oil from January through September 2023, Trend reports. Data from the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan shows that this figure is 16.9 percent of the total volume of oil transported through the pipeline during the reporting period. The total volume of oil transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline from January through September 2023 amounted to 22.665 million tons. The remaining 83.1 percent (18.844 million tons) of the total volume of oil supplied through this pipeline was Azerbaijani oil. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan accounted for 76.2 percent of the 29.787 million tons of oil…

London, Dublin (1/11 – 66) Hamas is sheltered in a sea of civilians. Ostensibly a Palestinian political and military organization established in 1987, Hamas “governs” on the basis of having won a majority in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections – defeating Fatah, another Islamist terror combine – before forming a government in the Gaza Strip, described as “…the world’s largest open-air prison” for its Palestinian inhabitants. So why don’t the Palestinians, having been robbed of their ancient lands, simply up and move somewhere else? It is telling that none of the Islamic nations surrounding Israel care to admit any more…

Brussels (27/10 – 50) Just in September this year, ten “distinguished” people in Tajikistan have been awarded general ranks. The decree on conferring general ranks was signed by the country’s president, Emomali Rahmon, on September 7th. According to this decree, there are now three more generals in the Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption. The rank of Major General of Justice was awarded to the head of the Finance and Economic Department, Fazliddin Khodjazoda, the head of the Special Operations Department, Abdurakhmon Davlatzoda, and the head of the Agency for GBAO, Zoir Gafurzoda. The rank of Major General of…