Tajikistan: Dushanbe May Stop Water Flow as Uzbekistan Pulls Plug on Power BY KONSTANTIN PARSHIN
For more than a decade Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have had a rocky relationship. But now, following an announcement by Tashkent that it is withdrawing from the Central Asian electricity grid, bilateral ties may take a dangerous nosedive.
Area: 143,001 sq km (55,213 sq mi)
Population: 7,011,556 Capital: Dushanbe 528,600
President: Imomali Sharipovich Rakhmon
Religion: Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% Life Expectancy: 64.47 years GDP per capita: $1,000
OSI NATIONAL FOUNDATION OFFICE:
OSI Assistance Foundation - Tajikistan
1 Firdowsi Str.
734 003 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tel: 992 372 21-19-58; 24-22-75; 243081; 243384
Fax: 992 372 51-01-42
Email: zuhra.halimova@osi.tajik.net
Executive Director: Ms. Zuhra Halimov
