Emomali Rahmon

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş engaged in a series of high-level discussions in Turkmenistan with several global leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has announced that an agreement addressing the long-standing border dispute between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is set to be signed in March.

Turkey's Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum confirmed on Nov. 8 that preparation for an environmental cooperation agreement between Turkey and Tajikistan is close to being finalized.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not participate in face-to-face events for some time, but his self-isolation move won't impact the intensity of his work online, Kremlin told reporters on Tuesday.

"The self-isolation is not going to influence the president's work directly, there just won't be any face-to-face events for some time. his spokeman said.

Tajik officials say terrorism is being considered as a motive in the killing of four foreign cyclists who were attacked by at least one assailant with a gun and knife after being hit by a vehicle on a road in southern Tajikistan.

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon on Jan. 27 named his eldest daughter his chief of staff, in the leader's latest appointment of a relative to a top post.

The president of the impoverished central Asian country appointed his 38-year-old daughter Ozoda Rakhmon to the role after she served as deputy foreign minister since 2014, Rakhmon's office said.

Tajikistan's parliament is considering a proposal to allow President Imomali Rakhmon to run for an unlimited number of terms, cementing his grip on power as others have done in the  Central Asian region. 

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.

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.