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DEFENSE FOR OSD/P
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, KCRM, KJUS, PGOV, PREL, RF, TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: SUPPORT TO TAJIK DRUG LIAISON OFFICERS IN
AFGHANISTAN
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Dushanbe
requests INL Washington to conclude
an interagency agreement to provide $70,000 to the Drug Enforcement
Administration to support the Tajik Drug Control Agency drug liaison
officers in Afghanistan. Funding
will be available upon signing of
the next Amended Letter of Agreement with the Government of
Tajikistan. End summary.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
2. (SBU) The Tajik Drug Liaison Office, a unit of the Tajik Drug
Control Agency (the Agency), began operations in September of 2007
in the Takhar Province of Afghanistan.
The liaison office consists
of a team of four officers (Colonel, Lt. Colonel, and two lower
ranking officers) based in the town of Taloqan. According to the
Agency, this province is one of the most frequently utilized areas
in northern Afghanistan by major Tajik and Afghan drug trafficking
organizations responsible for shipping large quantities of Afghan
opiates via the Northern Route to Russia and other European
countries.
3. (SBU) Since commencing operations, the drug liaison office has
successfully recruited sources which have provided actionable
information that has led to seizures of heroin in Afghanistan. In
addition to seizures, the sources have assisted the officers in:
A. identifying significant traffickers operating in the region and
provided intelligence regarding the transportation methods and the
smuggling routes used by drug trafficking organizations;
B. identifying the owners of processing laboratories in Takhar
Province;
C. identifying corrupt Tajik public officials involved in
trafficking Afghan opiates;
D. providing the Agency with information about individuals targeting
U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan.
4. (SBU) Recently, the liaison officers developed a confidential
source which they later passed to the Kabul office of the Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA). Based upon the source’s
information and services, officers of the DEA Kabul office and
Afghan counterparts subsequently initiated an investigation of a
group of Afghan traffickers which resulted in the seizure of 20 kg
of heroin and the arrest of two traffickers.
DESCRIPTION OF LIAISON OFFICER SUPPORT OPERATION AND TIME FRAME
5. (U) Funding for this ongoing project should enable the Tajik
liaison officers to continue operations through the end of FY 2009.
The liaison office should be able to build upon past successes and
enhance cultivation of sources.
As the DEA Kabul office expands and
DEA FAST (Foreign Deployed Advisory Support Teams) deployments
increase in northern Afghanistan, the liaison office will become an
even more valuable intelligence collection asset. In addition to
the above DEA country offices, leads will also be sent to other
applicable DEA foreign and domestic offices, as well as the El Paso
Intelligence Center (EPIC) and DEA’s Special Operations Division
(SOD).
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
6. (U) Below are funding requirements to support liaison office from
January 1, 2009 through September 30, 2009. A spreadsheet has been
emailed to INL/AAE. Funding for
future support will be considered
when Congress completes FY 2009 appropriations.
Description
Quarterly Last 9 months Annual
QDescription
Quarterly Last 9 months Annual
of FY-2009 costs
Tajik DLO Officers
Salary & Bonus
11,100 33,300 44,400
Rent of House/Office
2,400 7,200 9,600
Fuel Expenses
for vehicle & heat
700 2,100 2,800
Communication Expenses 300 900 1,200
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Security Expenses
for House/Office 300 900 1,200
Afghan Visas Expense 240 720 960
Vehicle Repair/
Maintenance Expenses 300 900 1,200
Per Diem for DLO Officers
(Traveling Away from DLO) 2,000
6,000 8,000
Total
17,340 52,020 69,360
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TAGS: ELTN, PREL, TI
SUBJECT: DIP NOTE FROM MFA TAJIKISTAN CONCERNING PROPOSAL
TO CONSTRUCT SECOND PYANJ BRIDGE
REF: DUSHANBE 103
1. (SBU) Below is post’s translation of the text of the
dipnote passed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of
Tajikistan to the Ambassador on January 26, 2009 regarding
the GOTI’s proposal to construct a second bridge over the
River Pyanji at Kokul on the Tajik-Afghan border. In the
recent meeting with General Petraeus, President Rahmon had
asked that the U.S. build a second bridge connecting
Tajikistan with Afghanistan (reftel). Further matters raised
by the Minister are reported Septel.
BEGIN TEXT
No. 16-1 (931)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan
presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States
of America in the Republic of Tajikistan and has the honor to
inform of the following.
The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan highly appraises
the United States efforts directed at establishing stability
and security in Afghanistan, as well as the country’s
economic reconstruction. The
«Friendship» Bridge built on
the River Pyanj with the generous support of the Government
of the United States of America on the Tajik-Afghan border
shall, undoubtedly, serve achieving these aims.
In the context of the economic rehabilitation of neighboring
Afghanistan, building of another bridge over the River Pyanj
at Kokul settlement on the Tajik-Afghan border will be of
great significance.
In this connection, the Tajik side expresses hope that the
American side will with due attention consider the issue of
building a bridge over the River Pyanj at Kokul settlement.
The investment project is enclosed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan
avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of
the United States of America the assurances of its highest
consideration.
Dushanbe, January 26, 2009.»
END TEXT
2. (SBU) Post will email a
scanned copy of the referenced
investment project proposal to SCA and CENTCOM.
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date: 1/28/2009 11:15
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV, ECON, EFIN, EIND, ENRG, EPET, KTDB, TI, CH, IN, KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND
ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 4 — JANUARY
17, 2009
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1. Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the
Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy.
— New Refinancing Rate
— Update from Samruk-Kazyna
— Humanitarian Aid for Tajikistan
— Arcelor Mittal To Modernize Coal Mines
— China To Build A Gas-Fired Power Plant In Aktobe
— Sunkar Resources To Buy Tengiz Sulfur
— KazMunayGas Buys MangistauMunayGas
— ONGC To Develop Satpayev Block
— Railway To Be Built In Kuryk Sea Port
— Preliminary 2008 Energy Statistics
NEW REFINANCING RATE
2. On January 1, 2009, the
National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK)
lowered the refinancing rate from 10.5% to 10% per annum. According
to the NBK’s press release, this decision was driven by the
deceleration of inflation in 2008-2009 and the necessity to support
the banking sector with short-term liquidity. The lower refinancing
rate will help the NBK to maintain stability in the banking sector.
UPDATE FROM SAMRUK-KAZYNA
3. According to Kayrat
Kelimbetov, CEO of the Samruk-Kazyna
National Welfare Fund, the first auctions to purchase distressed
bank loans will be held in February.
He said that the management of
the Distressed Assets Fund has already started negotiations with
commercial banks to sell these loans, which will be categorized as
mortgages, credits for small and medium business, or corporate
loans. The government plans to
capitalize the Distressed Assets
Fund with $1 billion from the national budget.
4. On January 17, 2009, Kayrat
Kelimbetov and German Gref,
President of Russia’s Sberbank, met in Astana to discuss the
anti-crisis measures taken by both countries. They agreed that
Samruk-Kazyna and Sberbank should synchronize their actions and keep
each other informed on the implementation of their respective
anti-crisis programs.
5. The monthly salaries of
Samruk-Kazyna’s Kelimbetov and his
deputies Timur Kulibayev and Arman Dunayev do not exceed 1.3 million
tenge (approximately $10,731), the fund’s managing director Kayrat
Aitekenov said. Given the current
crisis conditions in Kazakhstan,
Samruk-Kazyna’s top managers received no annual bonuses at the end
of 2008, and fund employees will receive no raises in 2009.
HUMANITARIAN AID FOR TAJIKISTAN
6. Kazakhstan will pay off its
$12-million state debt to Tajikistan
in-kind by supplying it with wheat worth $5 million, diesel oil
worth $4 million, and fuel oil worth $3 million. The debt was
originally corporate debt which the Government of Kazakhstan took
over. In December, Kazakhstan
decided to redeem it in the form of
official humanitarian aid.
ARCELORMITTAL TO MODERNIZE COAL MINES
7. On January 8, ArcelorMittal
Temirtau announced plans to invest
$300 million in 2009 to modernize its coal mines.
CHINA TO BUILD A GAS-FIRED POWER PLANT IN AKTOBE
8. «Khabar» television
reported on January 6 that the Northern
China Company (NCC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the
Aktobe Regional Administration to build a 120-MW gas-turbine power
plant in Aktobe Oblast. The NCC
would invest $140 million to
complete the $200-million project by 2011.
SUNKAR RESOURCES TO BUY TENGIZ SULFUR
9. On January 13, Tengizchevroil
signed a protocol of intentions
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with Sunkar Resources Plc, a British-owned phosphate fertilizer
producer, to supply Sunkar’s sulfuric acid plant with sulfur
starting in 2011.
KAZMUNAYGAS BUYS MANGISTAUMUNAYGAS
10. On January 12, Kazakhstan’s
state oil and gas company
KazMunayGas (KMG) signed a contract to buy a 50% stake plus two
voting shares in MangistauMunayGas (MMG) from the Indonesian-based
Central Asia Petroleum Ltd. MMG
has recoverable reserves of 194
million tons of crude oil. With
the deal KMG also gains control
over the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant.
China’s national oil company
is widely expected to be awarded the remaining minority stake in
MMG.
ONGC TO DEVELOP SATPAYEV BLOCK
11. During President Nazarbayev’s
January state visit to India,
Minister of Energy Mynbayev signed a contract with India’s Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation Videsh (ONGC) to award the oil company a
30-40% stake in the Satpayev offshore block. KazMunayGas and ONGC
Videsh signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the oil field
jointly in February 2005. The
block holds an estimated 253 million
tons of recoverable reserves of crude oil.
RAILWAY TO BE BUILT IN KURYK SEA PORT
12. On January 13,
«Khabar» television reported that at the end of
2008, a group of private investors signed a contract with the
Ministry of Transport and Communications to build a 14-km railway at
the Kuryk seaport to transport crude oil. The construction of the
railway, with a projected throughput capacity of 5.5 million tons of
crude a year, is expected to be completed in 2011 in order to ship
crude from the Kashagan oil field when it comes on-stream.
APPOINTMENTS IN KAZMUNAYGAS
13. The Board of Directors of
KazMunayGas named Nurbol Sultan
Director General of KMG subsidiary KazTransOil; Bolat Nazarov the
Director General of KMG subsidiary KazTransGas; and Ardak Kassymbek
the Managing Director of KMG.
Prior to the appointments, Sultan
supervised the Corporate Finance Department of KMG, Nazarov was the
Deputy Director General of KazRosGas, and Kassymbek held the post of
the Executive Director of KMG.
PRELIMINARY 2008 ENERGY STATISTICS
14. According to preliminary
government estimates posted on January
12, Kazakhstan produced 70.6 million tons of crude oil and gas
condensate in 2008, an increase of 4.8% over 2007. Kazakhstan
exported 62.3 million tons of crude oil, 2.8% more than in 2007.
Kazakhstan produced 105 million metric tons of coal, an 11.2%
increase compared to the previous year.
National nuclear company
Kazatomprom produced 8,500.5 tons of uranium, an increase of 28%
over 2007.
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STATE FOR SCA/CEN (HUSHEK)
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JUSTICE (DUCOT)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, KJUS, KCRM, PGOV, TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: INL PLEDGE FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
PROJECT
1. Summary: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to pledge $210,000
to the International Organization for Migration to fund an
anti-trafficking project.
Tajikistan has made progress in bringing
its counter-trafficking national legislation in to alignment with
international standard. Despite
the positive steps undertaken there
still are gaps in counter-trafficking practices and knowledge. To
address these gaps, INL Dushanbe intends to fund a
counter-trafficking project implemented by the International
Organization for Migration. End
summary.
2. The Government of Tajikistan has been making efforts to
strengthen its institutional and operational capacities to combat
trafficking in persons through the establishment of an
inter-ministerial coordination body.
Tajikistan has adopted a
national program against trafficking.
The program includes
cooperation with the international community lead by the
International Office for Migration for training law enforcement
officers, conducting workshops for prosecution and defense lawyers,
conferences on counter-trafficking issues, and public awareness
raising campaigns through mass media and cultural programs.
3. Despite a concerted effort to bring its legislation and
regulatory acts into compliance with international standards,
Tajikistan does not prosecute and convict a sufficient number of
traffickers. To address this INL
intends to fund technical
assistance to government of Tajikistan on combating trafficking in
persons. This project will be
implemented by the International
Organization for Migration. The
project will analyse the current
legislation to identify issues related to human trafficking and
develop recommendations for additional improvements, add training
courses to the curricula of educational institutions for students,
police officers, prosecutors, judges, conduct study tours, round
tables, and conferences which will advertise the best practices in
combating trafficking.
6. INL Dushanbe assess that implementation of the project will
contribute to Government of Tajikistan’s effort to increase the
number of prosecutions and convictions in trafficking cases. The
project which will improve rule of law is included in Embassy
Dushanbe’s Mission Performance Plan.
The embassy Development
Assistance Working Group chaired by the Deputy Chief of Mission has
approved this project.
7. Fiscal data for the project:
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SUBJECT: Power Situation in Tajikistan Worsens
1. (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan’s
national electricity carrier
announced January 27 that, effective that day, Dushanbe residents
would receive only 15 hours of electricity per day. Power rationing
is far worse outside of the capital, with some towns receiving as
little as one or two hours of electricity a day and some rural areas
reportedly receiving no power whatsoever. The electricity company
placed the blame squarely on Uzbekistan’s refusal to permit energy
from Turkmenistan, with which Tajikistan concluded a deal last year,
to transit Uzbek territory.
Meanwhile, the Nurek Hydropower
Station, which generates 75% of Tajikistan’s domestic energy, only
has enough water in its reservoir to provide electricity for another
15 days. Tajikistan’s Deputy
Prime Minister Murodali Alimardon has
reportedly been dispatched to Tashkent in an attempt to free up the
energy, but most Tajiks are pessimistic that his visit will achieve
its goal. Some sources say the
Uzbeks will not release energy until
Nurek has been bled dry. End
summary.
Uzbekistan Refuses to Transmit Power; Rationing Starts in Dushanbe
2. (U) On January 27, Tajikistan’s national electricity carrier
Barqi Tojik announced that beginning that day, power would be
limited to 15 hours a day in Dushanbe.
In previous statements, the
Tajik government had assured residents that power rationing would
not be instituted in the capital, no matter how bad the situation
got in the rest of the country.
According to a company press
release, however, the reduction in supply was necessitated by the
Uzbek government’s refusal, «above all, for political purposes,»
to
allow energy into Tajikistan.
Tajikistan had concluded an agreement
to import 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy from
Turkmenistan every winter through 2012, at a cost of 3 cents per
kWh. Uzbekistan had agreed to
transport the electricity through its
grid for an additional fee of 0.3 cents per kWh. Although the first
400 million kWh was transmitted during November and December as
planned, Uzbekistan has refused to allow the remaining power into
Tajikistan. Uzbekistan has also
refused to deliver an additional
600 million kWh this winter from its own plants, as provided for in
a separate agreement, in exchange for 900 kWh from Tajikistan during
the summer.
3. (SBU) Application of the power outages has been somewhat spotty
so far. Many Embassy local staff,
especially those living in
outlying areas of Dushanbe, report that their power has been cut
overnight as announced. Some
Embassy-leased houses in the center of
the city, however, have not experienced cuts, while others have.
There are credible rumors that powerful people live on the streets
where the power is left on.
4. (U) Without imported energy or rationing, the Nurek Hydroelectric
Station, which generates three-quarters of Tajikistan’s electricity,
will lose the capacity to produce power within two weeks. The water
level in the Nurek Reservoir currently stands at 863.38 m, less than
7 meters above the «dead point,» at which the level is too low
to
drive the turbines. Without
rationing in the capital, the reservoir
is losing approximately 0.5 meters a day. (Current outflow is 440
cubic meters per second, somewhat replenished by inflow of 122 cubic
meters per second.)
5. (U) According to Barqi Tojik, President Emomali Rahmon already
decreed that energy to the country’s largest single consumer, the
Talco aluminum plant in Tursunzade, was to be reduced by 6.5 million
kWh per day from the beginning of January. Although the Barqi Tojik
QkWh per day from the beginning of January. Although the Barqi Tojik
press releases says the plant is now operating at 30% of its
capacity, this appears to be a typo, and Talco is likely operating
at 70% of its capacity.
Situation Far Worse Outside of Dushanbe
6. (SBU) As bad as things may be in the capital, they are
considerably worse in the provinces.
Although official government
sources say that outlying areas are receiving three to four hours
per day, according to embassy contacts some areas in the north —
for example, on the outskirts of Isfara — are receiving no
electricity at all. Without any
power, residents without access to
automobiles have been unable to charge their mobile phones — for
many, the only kind of phone available — and are losing their
connections to the outside world.
Even in the regional capital of
Khujand, which receives some power, the local cardiology center has
stopped performing heart surgeries because its generator cannot
adequately heat and illuminate the operating theater. Dozens of
people requiring surgery have been forced to wait, for fear that
they might contract pneumonia if operations are conducted in
freezing temperatures.
7. (SBU) During Econoff’s visit to the north last week, some power
was being transmitted in the cities, although who received what and
for how long appeared to be highly dependent on the recipient’s
location, the importance of his or her business, and — most of all
— whether he had connections to local authorities. Some areas of
the city, even in the very center, already receive as little as 1.5
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hours a day, while others have power for as long as five or six
hours, according to Shoirahon Isomaddinova, who manages a chain of
supermarkets in Khujand. Before
the new year, residents had
regularly received 8 or 9 hours per day.
Isomaddinova said the
minimal power supply made it particularly difficult to operate
businesses in the food sector; while temperatures have been just a
few degrees above freezing over the past week, unseasonably warm
weather could ruin inventory. The
limited power has also made it
difficult for bakeries operating with electric ovens (some are
powered by natural gas, the supply of which has been much steadier).
8. (U) The situation was worse in the smaller cities outside the
regional capital. In Isfara,
Konibodom, and Istaravshan, residents
said they received only an hour or two of electricity in the morning
and evening. The curator of the
Konibodom city museum advised
against visiting in the evening, because the museum’s only light
came from the sun. In offices,
stores, and restaurants, people
huddled in sweaters and jackets.
For the most part buildings
remained freezing even when the power was on, because a local
ordinance forbade the use of electricity to run heaters.
But, Through Connections, Some Manage
9. (SBU) Despite the rationing, a number of residents nevertheless
found ways, some of them more legitimate than others, to keep the
power running. In Isfara, the
TajFruit dried fruit packing plant
was receiving round-the-clock power.
According to the director,
Zafar Abdullojonov, local authorities deemed his plant, which is
located within a bread production facility, a strategic enterprise
and kept the electricity on.
Despite this, the plant’s overall
production has declined by two-thirds because of reduced demand for
dried fruit in Russia — an effect, Abdullojonov said, of the world
economic crisis. The packing
machines now only operate two days a
week, down from six previously.
10. (SBU) Likewise, in Konibodom, a computer training center
operated by Musharaf Hasanova with support from different
international donors, including the United States, received
un-rationed power because of an exemption granted by the municipal
government. (Perhaps not
coincidentally, however, the power
provider occupied the floor above her center.) As the sun set she
was eager to turn the lights off in her office in order not to
provoke the jealousy of her neighbors.
Although the city power was
ostensibly off during Econoff’s discussion with Isomaddinova in
Khujand, the lights in her supermarket remained on. She did not
provide a direct response when asked how she had managed to keep the
power on, noting only that the amount was so minimal it could only
be used for lighting. Indeed, the
cash registers in her supermarket
were off, and there was no heat.
Shorauf Shorahmatov, the head of
an agricultural cooperative in the city of Istaravshan, was more
direct, saying he owed his electricity to his brother, who had some
influence through his work at the local telecom company. There were
even a number of exceptions to the no-heating rule. A restaurant
had no heat the first night Econoffs visited, some heat the second
night, and rather comfortable heat the third night.
11. (SBU) The outages are also a problem in the southern parts of
the country. The city of Kulob is
getting only 2.5 hours of power
per day, according to press reports.
As the home region of
President Rahmon, Kulob usually gets favored treatment.
Gas Getting Through
12. (SBU) In contrast to the electricity situation, residents in all
Q12. (SBU) In contrast to the electricity situation, residents in all
four northern cities noted above reported having a constant and
reliable supply of natural gas originating from Uzbekistan. The
Soghd region extends like a peninsula separating Uzbekistan’s
Andijan region from the rest of the country, and Soviet-built gas
lines connecting the two areas pass through it. Although Uzbekistan
reportedly is constructing a longer pipeline through its own
territory that skirts Soghd, for the moment it remains reliant on
the Soviet-built system. Although
residents were not entirely
certain just how that gas made it from the pipeline to their houses
— or whether it was part of an official agreement or merely
unofficial «leakage» — they said the gas has made the
difference
for many people between having some power and having none at all.
In the south, by contrast, gas supplies have been uneven in the wake
of the Uzbek decision to hike prices from $145 to $240 per thousand
cubic meters beginning January 1.
Comment
13. (SBU) The failure of Uzbek authorities to allow Turkmen energy
to reach Tajikistan lends some credence to the view that Tashkent
wants to bleed Nurek dry, reducing Tajikistan to the position of an
utter supplicant, before allowing any power through. While a few
residents with connections have managed to circumvent rationing, the
overwhelming majority of Tajiks are struggling with little or no
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power, which cripples commerce and makes ordinary life difficult.
That the lack of heating has not resulted in more serious problems
is simply an accident of unseasonably warm weather. There is more
winter ahead, however, and a plunge in temperatures could have
severe consequences. End comment.
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DEFENSE FOR OSD/P
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, KCRM, KJUS, PGOV, PREL, TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: DECEMBER 2008 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS
1. SUMMARY: Tajik law-enforcement
authorities continued seizing
significant amounts of narcotics in 2008, over six tons and drafted
an interdiction and demand reduction plan through 2012. Border
skirmishes continued unabated as Tajik border guards intercept armed
traffickers from Afghanistan.
Drug traffickers are kidnapping
border area Tajiks for ransom until their families pay ransom money
to clear debts for drug deals. A
regional Tajik court sentenced two
Afghan nationals to 24 years for drug trafficking and illegal border
crossing. The Drug Control Agency
burned the largest quantity of
drugs in its history, more than two tons. Afghan security services
handed over to Tajik authorities the reported head of the outlawed
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan/Turkestan (IMU/IMT). Border guards
and other law enforcement officers continue to seize notable amounts
of weapons including machine guns and grenade launchers. Not to be
overlooked, Customs officer in the north of Tajikistan seized a
large shipment of smuggled fireworks.
The Tajik Government is
developing a new AML law but very slowly, preferring to extend a
property registration amnesty law for another six months. The Tajik
Government submitted a draft law on freedom of conscience and
religious associations to parliament for its consideration. The
Tajik Anti-Corruption Agency said that corruption cost Tajikistan
some 89.6 million Somoni ($24 million) in 2008. OSCE conducted a
five-day training course on the rights of trafficked persons and
effective investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases.
End summary.
DRUGS SEIZURES 2008 SUMMARY
2. In 2008, 3.4 of the six tons of narcotics seized were opiates
including 1.6 tons of heroin and 1.7 tons of raw opium. Police
seized 2.7 tons, the counter narcotics agency seized 1.3 tons,
border guards seized 1.1 tons, security officers seized 841
kilograms, and customs officers intercepted 91 kilograms. Since its
founding nine years ago, the Drug Control Agency seized sixty tons
of drugs in Tajikistan, including more than twenty-eight tons of
heroin. This amount of heroin
could supply 30 million addicts if
had not been intercepted, however, of the 1.3 tons of narcotics the
DCA seized in 2008 only 368 kilograms was heroin, their lowest total
in the last three years.
3. The Tajik government is taking measures to stop drug transit.
The government recently designed a targeted comprehensive national
program to prevent drug addiction and counter drug trafficking in
Tajikistan for the 2008-12 period.
BORDER GUARDS’ 2008 RESULTS
4. On January 7, Colonel-General Khayriddin Abdurahimov head of the
State Committee of National Security, the parent organization of the
Border Guards, reviewed the results of 2008 and laid plans for 2009.
Border Guards officers reported
to him that during the last year
border guards and armed drug smugglers were involved in seventeen
skirmishes on the Tajik-Afghan border.
Border Guards killed ten
drug smugglers and wounded two others.
Overall, Border Guards
detained twenty-one drug couriers in 2008. Last year Border Guards
seized 916 kilograms of narcotics.
The total included 110 kilograms
of heroin, 752 kilograms of cannabis and 53 kilograms of raw opium.
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RECENT BORDER OPERATIONS
5. On December 29 Tajik Border Guards arrested two Afghan drug
dealers, Khairullo valadi Sulaymon and Sufinazar valadi Imomnazar,
in Khatlon’s Shurabad district who were taking Tajiks from border
villages and holding them hostage until their families paid ransom
money to clear debts for drug deals.
Border guards carried out a
special operation in the border village of Porvor in Shurabad. They
confiscated more than 100 kilograms of drugs and two Kalashnikov
sub-machine-guns. Reporting on
the border operations the Border
Guard spokesman said that Shurabad is the most vulnerable part of
Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan. (Note: Using UNODC as
an implementing agent, INL has rebuilt three border observation
posts in the Shurabad area and has several additional projects
underway. End note.)
AFGHANS LOCKED AWAY FOR 24 YEARS
6. A regional court sentence two Afghan nationals to 24- year jail
terms for drug trafficking at a sentencing hearing on December 16.
The Khatlon regional court sentenced Sultonmahmad valadi Gulokhon
and Rafiq valadi Shervali to in a high-security penal colony.
According to Ismatullo Rasulov, an official with the Khatlon
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regional prosecutor’s office, the sentence followed their conviction
on charges of involvement in drug trafficking and illegally crossing
the border. Border Guards
detained them in the Khatlon province on
September 17 carrying 14.8 kilograms of hashish.
DRUG CONTROL AGENCY BURNS TWO TONS OF NARCOTICS
7. On December 26 the Drug Control Agency burned more than two tons
of narcotics in the furnace at Tajiktekstilmash plant in Dushanbe.
It was the largest drug burning in the history of the Agency. The
total included more than one ton of raw opium, 390 kilograms of
heroin and more than 622 kilograms of cannabis. Officers from the
counter narcotics agency confiscated the drugs in the course of
2007-2008. The narcotics were
material evidence in 148 drug-related
criminal cases. According to the
Agency, they have burned more than
ten tons of drugs, including more than four tons of heroin since
2003, when the U.S. funded the UNODC project to establish the
counternarcotics agency began.
CRIME/TERRORISM
8. On December 27, Afghan security services handed over to the Tajik
government Anvarjon Qayumov, the reported head of the outlawed
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan/Turkestan (IMU/IMT) who had fled from
the Isfara in northern Tajikistan.
Afghan authorities detained the
41-year old Qayumov at the request of Tajik authorities who is
reported to have attempted to kill police officers and is suspected
in a number of other serious crimes.
Last November security
services of Tajikistan and Afghanistan initiated discussions on a
mutual extradition agreement and the State Committee for National
Security provided to the Afghan security service a list of wanted
Tajik nationals. On December 24 Tajikistan
and Afghanistan
concluded the agreement for the transfer of prisoners which resulted
in the handover of Qayumov to Tajik law enforcement authorities.
WEAPONS: BOTTLE ROCKETS AND GRENADE LAUNCHERS
9. On December 29 law enforcement
authorities confiscated 18
Kalashnikov machine-guns, ten pistols, six grenade launchers, 18
hand grenades, 17 hunting guns, and 2,000 bullets of different
calibers in the Kulob district of Khatlon province.
10. Sugd customs officers in northern Tajikistan seized nearly
37,000 pyrotechnics at the Khudjand Customs checkpoint. Customs
officers inspected a vehicle that came from Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
and found 35,600 firecrackers, 930 «salutes» and 332 other
items
among a shipment of fabric. The
preliminary investigation
established that the fireworks belong to an entrepreneur from the
Bobojon Gafurov district, Ms. Dilbar Ismoilova.
11. Border guards jointly with officers from other law enforcement
and security agencies carried out 79 special operations in 2008 that
led to the seizure of 36 firearms, including 14 Kalashnikov
sub-machine guns, 13 grenade launchers, six carbines, two pistols,
one machine gun, and 717 bullets of different calibers.
LEGISLATION: AML LAW DELAYED; LAW ON RELIGION PASSED
12. The Tajik Government is developing a new AML law but slowly.
The current version of the AML law was drafted in 2007. Reportedly,
the government will adopt the law after the end of the extended
period of legalization of property.
President Rahmon reported
advocated extending the popularly titled amnesty law. Officially
Qadvocated extending the popularly titled amnesty law. Officially
Parliament postponed the deadline from December 31, 2008 to June of
2009 at the request of the people.
13. The Tajik Government submitted a draft law on freedom of
conscience and religious associations to parliament for its
consideration. It is anticipated
that the religion law will be
passed in the first half of 2009.
The draft law is viewed by many
as a continued attempt to control the increasing power of religion
in Tajik society. Authorities
view the power of religious groups as
a threat to the government, which is unable to solve socio-economic
issues in the country.
CORRUPTION
14. Anticorruption agency director, Sherkhon Salimzoda, announced
that corruption was widespread in government agencies and ministries
in Tajikistan at a roundtable meeting entitled «Specialized
Anticorruption Institutions: Experience of Europe and Central Asia»
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in Dushanbe on December 12. As
evidence, Salimzoda pointed to a
case where an investigator with the Prosecutor-General’s Office was
caught red-handed while taking a bribe.
15. The Tajik anti-corruption agency released a report that
corruption cost Tajikistan some 89.6 million Somoni ($24 million).
The Agency said it has taken disciplinary action against 1,145
officials and sacked 58 officials for corruption. Not surprisingly,
Tajikistan ranked 150th out of 180 countries surveyed in
Transparency International’s latest annual corruption perceptions
index (CPI).
TRAFFICKING
16. OSCE conducted a five-day training course on the rights of
trafficked persons and effective investigation and prosecution of
human trafficking cases on December 18.
The Dushanbe OSCE Office
said that the course brought together senior police officers,
prosecutors, and judges from Tajik law enforcement agencies that are
responsible for investigation of human trafficking crimes.
Lithuanian experts led the training course and comprised
presentations, interactive group discussions and a case simulation,
followed by a debriefing. Note:
INL coordinates U.S.
anti-trafficking programs with the OSCE and intends to conduct
additional courses for law enforcement teachers at the MVD Academy
using the same trainer. End note.
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SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN’S INTRACTABLE WATER ISSUES
REF: 08 Dushanbe 1030
1. (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan’s plans to develop hydro-power projects
on rivers that feed transboundary water systems remain at the center
of its poor relationship with Uzbekistan. The debate about water
use has intensified this winter, as Tajikistan has accused
Uzbekistan of blocking energy imports.
Russia has been dragged into
the fray, as Tajikistan lodged an official complaint about Russian
President Medvedev’s recent statement that appeared to support
Uzbekistan’s position. This issue
will continue to plague the
Tajikistan-Uzbekistan relationship, and there is little the
international community has been able to do to improve the
situation. End Summary.
SHARING IS CARING
2. (SBU) During the Soviet period, Tajikistan provided energy to
Uzbekistan in the summer, when its hydro-power resources were at
their peak. In return, Uzbekistan
provided energy to Tajikistan in
the winter, when it could draw from its gas resources. Uzbekistan
relied on water flows from Tajikistan for irrigation and still does.
This arrangement has broken down
with poor relations between the
countries since independence.
Uzbekistan argues that Tajik water
and hydropower projects threaten downstream water supplies that feed
Uzbekistan’s cotton industry. Tajikistan
argues that Uzbekistan
regularly fails to send energy in the winter and blocks transiting
supplies — despite existing agreements — in order to blackmail and
weaken Tajikistan.
3. (SBU) Under a 2007 agreement, Turkmenistan was to provide
Tajikistan with 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of energy every winter
through 2012; Presidents Rahmon and Karimov signed a pact, renewed
in October 2008, providing for that energy to be transmitted through
Uzbekistan’s power grid. Since
the beginning of 2009, however,
Uzbekistan has prevented the Turkmen energy from reaching
Tajikistan. Uzbekistan has made
vague claims that the energy is
being held up due to technical problems on the power line, but most
Tajiks believe Uzbekistan is blocking the energy for political
reasons. Tashkent also has failed
to transmit an addition 600
million kilowatt-hours of electricity provided for in a separate
bilateral agreement between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. In response,
on January 21, Tajik Foreign Minister Zarifi announced that
downstream Central Asian countries would likely suffer water
shortages in the spring because Tajik hydro-electric facilities
would have to produce extra power to compensate for lack of imports,
and in the spring would need to hold back water to replenish the
reservoirs.
TAJIKISTAN HOLDING FAST
4. (SBU) This dispute is only the latest in the ongoing
upstream-downstream conflict between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The
international community, including the OSCE, UN, and EU, has
sponsored or hosted conferences aimed at achieving a regional
agreement over the last few years.
Such an agreement would require
Tajikistan to recognize that major rivers such as the Vakhsh (on
which it has planned major hydro projects such as Roghun) are parts
of a transboundary water system, and that any project that could
affect water flows would have to have the consensus of downstream
countries (such as Uzbekistan).
Proponents of this position,
including UN representatives, argue that international law requires
Tajikistan to recognize this fact.
5. (SBU) Tajikistan, however, rejects this view. Government
officials have regularly argued that rivers such as the Vahksh are
wholly within the territory of Tajikistan, and that Tajikistan’s
water projects are matters of national, not regional, interests.
Qwater projects are matters of national, not regional, interests.
They also claim that many of the proposed projects would not have
the serious downstream impact that Uzbekistan fears. Government
officials have publicly said that Tajikistan needs to develop its
water resources unilaterally, and that water is a commodity, like
gas or oil (see reftel). The OSCE
Office in Dushanbe recently hired
a Water Management Advisor to implement regional water projects. In
a discussion with EmbOffs on January 27, she lamented that she would
have to change the terms of reference for her job to strictly
domestic projects, because the Tajik authorities would not approve
any project involving regional cooperation.
WHAT DOES RUSSIA SAY?
6. (SBU) In reporting on President Medvedev’s visit to Uzbekistan
last week, Tajik media outlets quoted him as saying that
«construction of new hydropower stations should be approved by all
the Central Asian countries. A
country cannot act in an isolated
way; this will not lead to any results, or it will create tension
which would be resolved by political, not economic, measures, not to
mention more dangerous possibilities.» Tajikistan interpreted this
comment as Russian support for Uzbekistan’s position.
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7. (U) This week, the Tajik Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest
to the Russian Embassy in Dushanbe, calling the comments a
«contradiction of Tajik-Russian agreements, including one on
Russia’s involvement in the construction of the Roghun power station
on the Vakhsh River.»
Komersant, a Russian newspaper, reported that
in response to the note, the Tajik Ambassador in Moscow was
«summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he
received a scolding.»
Tajikistan’s Ambassador in Moscow has denied
this report.
8. (SBU) Comment: The Tajikistan-Uzbekistan battle over water
resources is intractable; neither side will budge. The Tajik
government’s stance on water issues — particularly in relation to
Uzbekistan — is one of the few issues on which it can count on broad
public support. The fact that Uzbekistan often implies that if given
a say it would not approve of any new projects on Tajik rivers
almost certainly hardens Tajikistan in its position. Meanwhile
Uzbekistan’s annual contribution to turning out the lights in much
of Tajikistan each winter only makes the need for more hydro
projects more urgent for Tajikistan.
Efforts by the international
community to bring the parties closer to an agreement have been
fruitless, and it does not appear as though a solution is likely in
the near term. End comment.
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SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: CORRIDOR REP OF NEW MVD MINISTER LOOKS GOOD
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, President Rahmon appointed
Abdurahim Abdulahadovich Qahhorov from Khudjand as the new Minister
of Internal Affairs replacing Mamadnazar Solehov. The appointment
of Qahhorov, previously the police commander for Khujand, could be a
merit based promotion because he made his way through the ranks of
the ministry and is considered as a competent professional
policeman. He is, notably, the
first head of a «power» ministry
(i.e. security related) to come from northern Tajikistan. End
summary.
NEWS LEAKS AT NIGHT
2. (SBU) Late in the night on January 28, word filtered out that
President Rahmon had appointed Abdurahim Abdulahadovich Qahhorov as
the new Minister of Internal Affairs.
He replaced Mamadnazar
Solehov who had been in the job since December 1, 2006. Neither the
Presidential Administration nor the press offered any reasons for
the change in leadership although the end of January is
traditionally the time for change-over in the major ministries in
Tajikistan.
3. (SBU) Independent political analyst, and Islamic Renaissance
Party of Tajikistan member Abdullo Hakim Rahnamo, speaking to the
press said that the new minister was a step in binding Tajikistan
together. He described Qahhorov
as a skilled and competent
professional and said the appointment was a real step towards
providing participation of all regions in the rule of the country.
4. (SBU) Press reports of the appointment are favorable. The
positive reviews of presidential actions are not surprising in the
tightly controlled media environment of Tajikistan. Usually the
media refer to the changes in the government as «another
shuffling»
because the same people in the government rotate with no new faces
being introduced.
QAHHOROV’S BACKGROUND
5. (U) From 2006 until his recent appointment, Qahhorov was a
regional commander in Khudjand, reportedly sent there at the
direction of then new Minister Mamadnazar Solehov. Prior to this,
Qahhorov was First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs to then
Minister Khumdin Sharipov. From
1993 Qahhorov headed the Ministry’s
Police School and was instrumental in upgrading it from Institute to
Academy status. He is the son of
Abdulahad Qahhorov — former
Prime-Minister of the Soviet Republic of Tajikistan from 1961
