Author: Soliya Karimova

Paris, Frankfurt (27/10 – 20) Indonesian Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and Vice Presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka registered on Wednesday, Oct 25, the last open day, with the General Election Commission, the recently-forged Prabowo-Gibran team accompanied by millions of sympathizers; there were lengthy traffic jams. Prabowo-Gibran thus complements the two other teams of presidential and vice presidential candidates who registered on the first day: Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD. The three couples have undergone medical tests and the results will come out this afternoon (Oct 27). Since the advent of what is known as Reformasi, or a “reform…

Paris (27/10 – 40) An independent investigation done by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has found that the little-known daughter of Tajikistan’s president has built a medical empire that is generously supported by the state with finance and PR, and her husband, who is ambassador to Turkey, provides her with lobbying services. Parvina Rakhmonova – fifth daughter of the president Emomali Rahmon. Many relatives of the head of Tajikistan became owners of large fortunes or took high government positions after he came to power more than thirty years ago. Unlike Emomali Rahmon’s other children, Parvina is almost unknown to the general public.…

“The general public of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan will see the results of today’s negotiations in the practical implementation of projects both in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan,” said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in a press statement following talks with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, News.az reports. “I am sure that the joint investment fund, which we created some time ago with an authorized capital of $500 million, will very quickly master this amount and we will even need to increase the capital. All this indicates again that we are on the right track, that everything the presidents have outlined is being carried out,…

If you ask what drives Sam Burkhan, founder and CEO of ITF Group, he would tell you, at the core of it, it’s helping people. Though Sam’s background was in finance, through his experience working as a dispatcher for a small trucking company 13 years ago, he was introduced to the world of logistics. It was where he discovered that he could make a positive impact in solving drivers’ and shippers’ problems each day. As building strong relationships is of such importance in the logistics industry, it seems natural that Sam is now leading his own full-service transportation company where every…

Exports Minister Lord Offord is in Uzbekistan to expand on UK-Uzbek relations and find untapped business opportunities. With the wider Central Asian region expected to grow by 5.4 per cent in 2024, Uzbekistan offers clear and tangible opportunities for UK businesses. During a three-day mission to Uzbekistan, the Minister will meet government counterparts and business leaders and focus on infrastructure and mining opportunities for UK exports to boost our trade relationship. Lord Offord will also visit Almalyk Mine and gold processing facility to identify areas for UK cooperation and export. Mining in Uzbekistan offers huge opportunities to the UK market…

More than 40 senior U.S. military officers sent a letter supporting the Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA) to Congressional leaders yesterday. The letter urges lawmakers to pass the AAA, which would provide a pathway to permanent residency for Afghans who have served alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Included in the signatories were former commanders of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A), including General Stanley McChrystal, USA (Ret.), General David McKiernan, USA (Ret.), General John R. Allen, USMC (Ret.), and others. The military leaders state that the Afghan Adjustment Act would, “Assure that the American commitments will be honored.”…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has removed and appointed the following ambassadors in accordance with a decision from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, according to a statement from China’s top legislature on Monday. Wu Wei was appointed ambassador to Micronesia, replacing Huang Zheng. Yu Jun was appointed ambassador to Uzbekistan, replacing Jiang Yan.

Brussels (12/7 – 30.77) International investigators interviewing survivors of a mountain massacre that occurred in May 2022 in Tajikistan have collected evidence that government security services carried out a planned massacre of peaceful protestors as part of a larger ethnic cleansing campaign targeting the peaceful Pamiri indigenous people of the mountainous eastern region of the country. Numerous witnesses described how heavily armed troops from both the Ministry of Internal Affairs (VKD) and the intelligence service (GKNB) gunned down Pamiri demonstrators in the town of Vamar/Rushon on 18 May 2022. The non-violent protests had erupted in various cities of the Gorno-Badakhshan…

Russia and Uzbekistan have had historically close ties, with economic and geopolitical rationale pushing the two countries to seek closer ties. For Russia, Uzbekistan arguably has the most strategic location in the Central Asian region, as the country shares borders with all Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) in addition to Afghanistan, and sits on a big part of the agriculturally rich Fergana Valley, with a sizable population as well as oil and natural gas deposits. This has resulted in, at times, difficult phases in bilateral relations between since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Yet,…

According to Fedor Rybalko, international consultant of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and EastFruit expert, relatively low peach and nectarine yields are expected in Uzbekistan in 2023, but farmers are expecting larger sizes of fruits. Accordingly, many fruit traders and growers in Uzbekistan are expecting higher prices for peaches and nectarines. Interestingly, at the moment, wholesale prices for peaches in the Uzbek market are much higher than in Tajikistan – $2.2 per kg versus $0.7 per kg, respectively. However, this situation is typical for Uzbekistan, where prices usually reach “normal” levels in the first ten days…