Ivo Petrov who is the special representative
in Tajikistan of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, traveled to Moscow on
17 January for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov on the implementation
of the 1997 Tajik peace agreement, of which Russia is one of the guarantors.
The final stage of the peace agreement entails parliamentary elections,
which are scheduled for 27 February. Petrov discussed the ongoing election
campaign in Dushanbe last week with President Imomali Rakhmonov, opposition
leader Said Abdullo Nuri, and Central Electoral Commission Chairman Mirzoali
Boltuev, Asia
Plus-Blitz reported. Those discussions
raised the question of extending the UN involvement in the Tajik peace
process after the election of the new parliament. Speaking in Dushanbe
on 17 January, Rakhmonov expressed confidence that the new parliament will
be "a truly professional supreme legislative body," ITAR-TASS
reported. LF
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