Tajikistan

"Serbia wants cooperation, but not CSTO membership"

BELGRADE -- Milovan Drecun said on Tuesday that Serbia, a militarily neutral country, advocates cooperation with all alliances, including the CSTO.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary delegation to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Milovan Drecun, said on Tuesday that Serbia, a militarily neutral country, advocates cooperation with all alliances, including the CSTO.

The personal belongings of Ottoman soldier and politician Enver Pa?a, which were provided by his family and put up for auction by Istanbul Müzayede on April 5, were bought by the Turkish Ministry of National Defense.

Dacic on OSCE efforts in Central Asia

DUSHANBE -- Ivica Dacic said in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday that the OSCE was making great efforts in promoting security and stability in Central Asia.

DUSHANBE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic took part in a session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the capacity of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday.

DUSHANBE - Serbia and Tajikistan have friendly relations that should be developed to their full potential in the future, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday, during a two-day visit to Tajikistan.

Uzbekistan on March 29 declared its presidential ballot valid after more than the required third of voters turned out in an election that 77-year-old strongman incumbent President Islam Karimov is almost certain to win.
 

The main suspect in the murder of Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvatov has accused the victim?s bodyguard in his testimony, daily Hürriyet has learned.

Kuvatov, the leader of the Group 24 opposition movement in Tajikistan, was killed in a gun attack while walking in an Istanbul street late on March 5.

At least five people are feared dead after the Admiral shopping center in Kazan, South-Western Russia, went ablaze on Wednesday.

All the victims reported so far are citizens of Tajikistan.

Fifty-five have been injured, Russia's ITAR-TASS agency reports.

Over 650 people have been evacuated or rescued, but authorities say there are still people inside.

Three people suspected of involvement in the murder of a Tajik opposition leader in Istanbul, who had warned Turkish authorities of a possible assassination and asked to be given a security detail, were detained on March 9 by local anti-terror police, security officials have said.