The Tajik Embassy in Russia has issued a statement that claims Uzbekistan has imposed a transport and energy blockade that jeopardizes the Tajik economy. The statement claims Tashkent's restrictions on rail transportation and energy shipments to Tajikistan may cause “a humanitarian catastrophe” and are “aimed at destabilizing the socioeconomic environment.” Since 2010 Uzbekistan has “systematically carried out the transport blockade of the southern and central regions of Tajikistan,” the statement said. It has delayed railcars bound for Tajikistan and, since the end of 2011, Uzbekistan has stopped the transit of goods destined for Tajikistan's southern regions. Uzbekistan recently decided to halt gas deliveries to Tajikistan and no longer provides transit of electricity from Turkmenistan to Tajikistan.
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