Tajik Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov sent a message to his Uzbek counterpart, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, regarding Uztransgaz's decision to suspend natural gas exports to Tajikistan, Tajik Avesta reported Dec. 25.

More than 100 local and foreign websites were blocked in Tajikistan on Dec. 25 due to "routine maintenance," Tajik authorities said, Dushanbe reported.

The General Council of the World Trade Organization approved membership for Tajikistan on Dec. 10, and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy signed the country's accession protocol, Xinhua reported.

The defense ministers of Russia and Tajikistan on Oct. 5 signed a deal to prolong until 2042 Russia's lease on a military base in Tajikistan, Reuters reported.

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon encouraged Tajik citizens to store two years' worth of food reserves as an expected harsh winter approaches, AP reported Sept. 27.

Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will ensure stability in Central Asia after NATO withdraws from Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while visiting Kyrgyzstan, RIA Novosti reported Sept. 20.

Top Chinese and Tajik leaders attending the second China-Eurasia Expo in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have discussed a cross-border grid project to share electricity among Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, the chairman of China's Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co., Ltd. said, Xinhua reported Sept. 6.

Some Tajik troops will remain in the country's eastern Gorno-Badakhsan province until President Emomali Rakhmon has completed his upcoming visit to the region, according to local media, which cited the defense minister, Interfax reported Aug. 31.