GOVERNMENT
CONSIDERS DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2004
DUSHANBE, November 7, 2007 - Tajik Government session
has considered a draft budget for 2004.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov last Wednesday presided
a session of the Tajik Government to discuss the most
topical issues of socioeconomic and spiritual development
of the republic next year, presidential press secretary
Zafar Saidov told Asia-Plus. Tajik Finance Minister Safarali
Najmuddinov reported on this subject. Rahmonov speaking
at the meeting demanded unconditional fulfillment of expenditure
and revenue parts of the national budget for 2003 and
targeted use of assistance resources provided by international
community and donor organizations in the interest of Tajikistan
and its people, Zafar Saidov told Asia-Plus. "He
stressed has never reconciled and will never reconcile
to manifestations of social injustice and corruption of
government officials", presidential press secretary
said. According to Zafar Saidov, the session also endorsed
draft changes and additions to the RT Laws "On Social
Security of Invalids in Tajikistan" and "On
Veterans" as well as to the resolution of the Tajik
Cabinet of October 2, 1992 "On Measures to Strengthen
Social Security of Invalids under Conditions of Market
Economy". The session also considered it expedient
to make changes to the Regulations on pensions for special
services to the republic of Tajikistan. "According
to report of Gulchehra Bozorova, Chairperson of the Tajik
Social Security Fund, Rahmonov also gave series of concrete
commissions on creating favorable conditions for activities
of the Social Security Fund as well as pointed to an important
social role of trade unions in development of the republic
and strengthening of its international prestige",
Asia-Plus interlocutor concluded.
TAJIKISTAN
INTERESTED IN IMPLEMENTATION OF DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS
OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: RAHMONOV
DUSHANBE,
November 7, Asia-Plus - Last Wednesday, November 5, Tajik
President Emomali Rahmonov received members of the CISIntergovernmental
Agriculture Council, who had arrived in Tajikistan for
participating at the Council's session in Dushanbe. Zafar
Saidov, presidential press secretary, told Asia-Plus that
in the course of the talks the sides exchanged views issues
related to on a socioeconomic situation in territory of
the CIS as a whole and expansion of relations between
member countries of the CIS in the field of agriculture
and ways of solving existing problems. According to him,
Rahmonov expressed interest of Tajikistan in implementation
of draft documents and resolutions that had been submitted
for consideration to the session of the CIS Intergovernmental
Agriculture Council. "In particular, it means adoption
and implementation of resolutions on leasing agricultural
equipment, machines and mechanisms in the CIS countries,
a program for establishment and functioning of market
of grain and organization of circulation of vegetable-and-fruit
produce and potato on the market, which is of great importance
for all countries of the CIS", Zafar Saidov said.
According to presidential press service, President Rahmonov
expressed confidence in further expansion of mutually
beneficial cooperation and partnership between the CIS
countries. Deputy Russian Prime Minister also Minister
of Agriculture, who had presided the session of CIS Intergovernmental
Agriculture Council Aleksei Gordeyev took part at the
meeting with President Rahmonov. Gordeyev told journalists
following the meeting with the Tajik President that they
had discussed economic cooperation between the CIS countries.
According to him, a focus had been given to a state of
the market of agricultural output, including markets of
grains and sugar, cooperation on development of agricultural
mechanical engineering.
SESSION
OF TAJIK UPPER HOUSE TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 21
DUSHANBE, November 7, Asia-Plus - Next, 10th session of
the Tajik Upper House (Majlisi Milli) will be held on
November 21. It is supposed that members of the Majlisi
Milli will consider changes and additions proposed to
the RT laws "On Holidays", "On Bankruptcy",
"On Normative-Legal Acts" as well as draft resolution
of the Majlisi Milli on renaming some administrative-territorial
units and series of other issues.
'PROVISION
OF POPULATION WITH FARM PRODUCE IS THE MOST TOPICAL TASK':
RUSSIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
DUSHANBE, November 7, Asia-Plus - "Provision
of populations of the CIS countries with farm produce
is the most important task, implementation of which depends
on both bilateral and multilateral relations between the
CIS countries". Deputy Russian Prime Minister also
Russian Minister of Agriculture Aleksei Gordeyev made
this remark presiding a session of the CIS Intergovernmental
Agriculture Council that was held in the Tajik capital
last Wednesday, November 5. Deputy Tajik prime Minister
for Agriculture, Qozidavlat Qoimdodov noted that economic
growth and enhancement of quality of agricultural output
were the key components of the national policy of Tajikistan.
According to him, dehqan farms (farming units) have been
established in all districts of the republic and by the
president's edict 75,000 hectares of land has been distributed
to farmers. "Enhancement of quality of the agricultural
output is also promoting shift to new forms of management
and rational use of lands", said Tajik Deputy Prime
Minister, "Although cotton-growing is the main branch
of agriculture in the republic it is also necessary to
develop gardening, grain-growing, vegetable-growing and
viticulture as well". He pointed to the importance
of expanding links between the CIS countries. The session
also considered a draft concept of leasing agricultural
machines, draft program for organization and activities
of grain and sugar markets in the CIS, activities of non-government
coordinating council for seed-growing, etc. Heads of agriculture
ministries and relevant departments of the CIS countries
took part in the session's work.
INTENSIFICATION
OF STRUGGLE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM TO BE DISCUSSED
IN ST. PETERSBURG
DUSHANBE, November 7, Asia-Plus - Issues related
to expansion of interaction in struggling international
terrorism will be discussed at a session of special services'
heads from member nations of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) in St. Petersburg. The session is
scheduled for November 14. As Asia-Plus was told at the
Tajik security Ministry Major-General Khairiddin Abdurrahimov,
Tajik Minister of Security, will represent Tajikistan
at the session. Participants at the meeting are supposed
to adopt recommendations on expansion cooperation between
member nations of the Organization in struggling terrorist
groups.
EAEC
ENERGY MANAGERS' SESSION TOUCHES UPON ISSUE OF SETTING
UP INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONSORTIUM
DUSHANBE, November 7, Asia-Plus - The 4th session
of the Council for Energy Policy at the Integration Committee
of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) -- which includes
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan
- was held in the Tajik capital on November 5. The session
participants included heads and senior representatives
of some energy departments from member countries of the
EAEC. Participants at the session discussed issues related
to further expansion of cooperation between energy systems
of the EAEC on formation of a common energy market. It,
in particular, includes determination of a procedure of
organization, management, functioning and development
of markets of electric power, oil, natural gas and coal,
joint construction of power facilities, and joint working-out
of fuel-energy balance (correlation of volumes of fuel-energy
resources). As it was noted at the session appearance
of Russian on Central Asian market as a serious importer
of electric power would allow coming nearer to solution
of problems of rational use of water-and-energy resources
of Central Asia. Participants at the session also considered
draft protocols on conditions of transmission of energy
via and within the EAEC countries and on customs clearing
of transit transmission of electric power, a news release
issued by EAEC press service said. Adoption of this documents
will allow simplifying procedures of customs clearing
and control of energy resources and will promote rational
use of fuel-energy balance and increase in interstate
supplies of electric power. The Council for Energy Policy
proposes to work out the issue related to establishment
of the interstate consortium endowing it with authorities
of over-state water-and-energy controller in Central Asia.
This structure will be open for new members and Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan may join it. Participants at the session
also adopted a protocol on joining financing of Kyrgyzstan's
Kambar-Ata 2 and Tajikistan's Sangtuda power stations.
Executive organs of the two republics are to have submitted
their proposals on a procedure of the financing of construction
of the power plants by January 1, 2004. Besides the Council
ordered the commission for establishment of common electric
power market to prepare a draft protocol on joint construction
of energy facilities in member nations of the Community.
TAJIKISTAN
REACHES 81.4 PERCENT OF 2003 COTTON TARGET
DUSHANBE, November 7, Asia-Plus - Despite bad weather
conditions the republic's cotton growers are taking real
measures to gather a valuable textile raw material, Tajik
Agricultural Ministry says. Yesterday two other district
in Khatlon Province - Shahritus and Qabodiyon - met their
annual cotton targets having gathered 15,203 tons and
24,710 tons of cotton respectively. Southern Khatlon Province
has yielded so far to the state 305,391 tons of cotton,
which is almost 84 percent of the target. They have pledged
to produce 365,000 tons of cotton this year. Cotton-growing
farms in Sughd province have gathered 139,808 tons of
cotton by November 6, which is 73.6 percent of the target.
Their target is 190,000 tons. Districts of the Republican
Subordination in central Tajikistan have yielded so far
51,377 tons of cotton, which is 93.4 percent of their
obligation. The republic has yielded 496,500 tons of cotton
by November, which is 81.4 percent of the national target
that has been determined at 610,000 tons of cotton.
