Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 16, 2019 – On Thursday, May 16, Tajikistan co-hosted a meeting of the C5+1 Security Working Group with representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the United States at the National Library in Dushanbe.  Mark Moody, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia at the U.S. State Department, led the U.S. ... Read More»

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 15, 2019 – In a ceremony with the Colonel-General Rajabali Rahmonali, Head of Border Forces, U.S. Ambassador John Mark Pommersheim transferred document examination equipment and immigration stamps to the Border Forces of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan.  This $100,000 donation is part of a $500,000 project to ... Read More»

Dushanbe, May 14, 2019 – U.S. Ambassador John Mark Pommersheim and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs major-general Navjuvonov Abdullo opened a newly-constructed Community Policing Center at J. Rahmon jamoat of Tursunzoda District bordering Uzbekistan. This Center and what it symbolizes is the result of successful cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the local community, ... Read More»

Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC May 5, 2019 On behalf of the U.S. Department of State, I extend best wishes to Muslim communities at home and abroad for a blessed Ramadan. For many Muslims, this month is an occasion to focus on spiritual rejuvenation, kindness and resilience, compassion for those less fortunate, ... Read More»