[The impeding of rail traffic into Tajikistan threatens the viability of the American-planed NDN (Northern Distribution Network). Is this action really the work of the Uzbek government or is it another chess move by Putin? It seems that the enigmatic Russian leader has given us another piece to the puzzle. US plans for the former CIS countries are being countered by rising threat levels or violent actions, even while reciprocal acts of counter-violence are occurring almost daily in Russian regions. This may turn-out to be the most dangerous game that the Americans and Russians have ever played. Yet, on the other hand, within the game itself we see the seeds of a possible solution to the whole mess, coming from the Russian side–SEE:Ending the “End Game” In Georgia . In my opinion, the entire global “great game” would be ended, if everyone involved simply stopped playing. Much like the outcome of the movie “Wargames,” “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.” This is the bizarre place we find ourselves in today.] Tajikistan requested the OSCE to resolve the problem of delay Tajik goods in Uzbekistan
May 8, 2010, 12:38
CA-NEWS (TJ) – Tajikistan, appealed to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Kazakhstan, the presiding officer in this institution, to take “active and effective measures” against Uzbekistan, in which delayed railcars with shipments for Tajikistan. “Representative of Tajikistan once again appeals to the OSCE and Kazakhstan take the chair as part of its mandate, active and effective steps to meet the exercise of the OSCE principles and commitments in the field of transport security and the free border crossing,” – said the Permanent Representative of the Republic, Ambassador Nuriddin Shamsov permanent meeting Council of the Organization in Vienna. The statement published on the website of the Embassy of Tajikistan in Austria. According to the diplomat, “despite the unilateral efforts of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to carry out friendly consultation to discuss a wide range of issues of bilateral relations, the situation remains unchanged. “The Uzbek authorities continued to impede the transit of goods into Tajikistan through the railway station Amuzang”, – he said. According to him, now in Uzbekistan are delayed more than 2 thousand railway wagons with goods (fuel, wheat, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, machinery, equipment, etc.) for Tajikistan. Shamsov noted that due to delays cargo Tajikistan continues to face huge economic losses, which exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars. He recalled that the Tajik businessmen have already appealed to the international community to resolve the situation, which “will have negative consequences for the republic’s economy, social welfare and health, investment climate”.

[The impeding of rail traffic into Tajikistan threatens the viability of the American-planed NDN (Northern Distribution Network). Is this action really the work of the Uzbek government or is it another chess move by Putin? It seems that the enigmatic Russian leader has given us another piece to the puzzle. US plans for the former CIS countries are being countered by rising threat levels or violent actions, even while reciprocal acts of counter-violence are occurring almost daily in Russian regions. This may turn-out to be the most dangerous game that the Americans and Russians have ever played. Yet, on the other hand, within the game itself we see the seeds of a possible solution to the whole mess, coming from the Russian side–SEE:Ending the “End Game” In Georgia . In my opinion, the entire global “great game” would be ended, if everyone involved simply stopped playing. Much like the outcome of the movie “Wargames,”

“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.”

This is the bizarre place we find ourselves in today.]

Tajikistan requested the OSCE to resolve the problem of delay Tajik goods in Uzbekistan

May 8, 2010, 12:38

CA-NEWS (TJ) – Tajikistan, appealed to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Kazakhstan, the presiding officer in this institution, to take “active and effective measures” against Uzbekistan, in which delayed railcars with shipments for Tajikistan.

“Representative of Tajikistan once again appeals to the OSCE and Kazakhstan take the chair as part of its mandate, active and effective steps to meet the exercise of the OSCE principles and commitments in the field of transport security and the free border crossing,” – said the Permanent Representative of the Republic, Ambassador Nuriddin Shamsov permanent meeting Council of the Organization in Vienna. The statement published on the website of the Embassy of Tajikistan in Austria.

According to the diplomat, “despite the unilateral efforts of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to carry out friendly consultation to discuss a wide range of issues of bilateral relations, the situation remains unchanged. “The Uzbek authorities continued to impede the transit of goods into Tajikistan through the railway station Amuzang”, – he said. According to him, now in Uzbekistan are delayed more than 2 thousand railway wagons with goods (fuel, wheat, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, machinery, equipment, etc.) for Tajikistan.

Shamsov noted that due to delays cargo Tajikistan continues to face huge economic losses, which exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars. He recalled that the Tajik businessmen have already appealed to the international community to resolve the situation, which “will have negative consequences for the republic’s economy, social welfare and health, investment climate”.