Tajikistan and Commonwealth of Independent States

The Commonwealth of Independent States (hereinafter referred to as the CIS, Commonwealth) was created in December 1991 in order to facilitate the process of resolving the most important issues at the stage of formation of independent states and preserving the historical ties of the former Soviet republics. At the present stage, the CIS acts as one of the main platforms for strengthening cooperation between its participants on political, economic, social and humanitarian issues.

The Republic of Tajikistan attaches great importance to the stable development of bilateral and multilateral relations with the CIS member countries. Tajikistan is a member of 7 statutory bodies of the Commonwealth: the Council of Heads of State, the Council of Heads of Government, the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Economic Council, the Coordination Council of Border Force Commanders, the Interparliamentary Assembly and the Economic Court, and actively participates in the activities of more than 80 sectorial structures of the CIS.

Over the 33-year history of the Commonwealth, its supreme bodies have made more than 2807 decisions.

The chairmanship of the CIS is transferred from one participating state in alphabetical order of the Russian language and is carried out for one year. Thus, Dushanbe regularly hosts meetings of the highest statutory bodies of the Commonwealth countries. In particular, over the past period in Tajikistan took place
3 meetings of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS. During which were adopted important documents оf organization’s activities.

On October 5, 2007, at a meeting in Dushanbe, were adopted a number of significant documents, including the Concept of further development of the Commonwealth of Independent States for the period until 2020 and the Plan of main activities for its implementation.

On September 2-3, 2011, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Statement of the Heads of State, the analytical report “Results of the activities of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the 20s and tasks for the future” and the Interstate program “Cultural Capital of the Commonwealth” were adopted.

On September 28, 2018, during the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State in the capital of our country, were considered current issues of cooperation between the CIS member states. Also there were discussed the problems of ensuring security and taking urgent measures to combat modern global threats, terrorism and extremism, illicit drug trafficking and the proliferation of weapons, as well as solutions to problems related to ensuring security in the southern part of the CIS and other important topics of the international community, programs and plans for relevant activities.

The next term of our country’s chairmanship in the CIS, in accordance with the Decision of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth “On Chairmanship in the CIS in 2024”, adopted on October 13, 2023 in Bishkek, is scheduled for 2025.

Cooperation in the humanitarian sphere plays an important role in the multifaceted partnership of the CIS countries. Tajikistan is one of the active participants in humanitarian cooperation between the CIS member states. It was in Dushanbe, in May 2006, that the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as IFHC, the Fund) was created by the Decision of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth.

The Republic of Tajikistan is the initiator of the announcement proposal 2008 is the Year of Education and Literature in the CIS.

With the support of the IFGS, as part of the celebration of the 1150th anniversary of the founder of Tajik classical literature, Abuabdullo Rudaki, his works were published in three languages ​​and distributed in libraries of the CIS countries. In addition, Russian language textbooks have been published for schoolchildren in the CIS countries, including Tajikistan. The Foundation has published two volumes of the “Classical Literature of the CIS” series about the Republic of Tajikistan.

As part of the implementation of the Interstate program “Capitals of Culture of the Commonwealth”, the cities of Dushanbe and Kulob of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2021 and 2015, respectively, received the status of the Cultural Capital of the CIS and held a number of cultural, educational and humanitarian events, scientific and practical conferences and sports competitions.

Tajikistan attaches particular importance to strengthening good neighborly relations between the CIS member states and is interested in the further development and expansion of economic and social cooperation between the Commonwealth countries.

18.04.2025