Tajikistan and Qatar discussed “extradition of criminals”

The Attorney General of Tajikistan has called on the law enforcement agencies of Qatar to detain and extradite wanted Tajik citizens.

A meeting between representatives of the Tajik authorities and the authorities of Qatar took place during the visit of the Attorney General of Tajikistan to Doha on February 17-18 of this year.

During the meeting, Attorney General Yusuf Rahmon and his Qatari counterpart Issa bin Saad Al-Jufari An-Nuaymi “discussed issues related to strengthening bilateral cooperation for the practical implementation of international treaties on the extradition of criminals, the provision of legal assistance in criminal cases, and the return of convicted individuals to serve their sentences, signed in 2023.”

According to the press service of the Attorney General’s Office of Tajikistan, the parties discussed cooperation between the prosecution authorities of the countries in combating international terrorism, radicalism and extremism, human trafficking, the illegal drug trade, and other manifestations of transnational organized crime, and assessed the importance of uniting efforts in the collective fight against these phenomena.

In January of this year, the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the Majlisi Milli of Tajikistan (the lower house of parliament) ratified several international agreements between Tajikistan and Qatar, including the Agreement on the Extradition of Criminals, the Agreement on the Provision of Legal Assistance in Criminal Cases, and the Agreement on the Return of Convicted Individuals to Serve Their Sentences.

Details of these agreements have not been disclosed, but according to media reports, they pertain to the extradition and return of suspects who have been wanted and detained in another country.