The board  (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a draft law on currency regulation and control at an April 15 meeting, presided over by the Majlisi Namoyandagon Speaker, Shukurjon Zuhurov.

Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, says the bill was formulated with the aim of regulating payments and foreign exchange.

Speaking a the meeting, Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Committee on Economics, Budget, Finance and Taxes, Mr. Safarali Rajabov, noted that the law has been drafted for the purpose of achieving goals of the country’s monetary and credit policy in the context of Tajikistan’s joining the World trade Organization (WTO) as well as the actual situation in the country’s economy, finance, currency system and foreign trade.

According to him, the new law determines legal foundations and principles of currency regulation and control in Tajikistan.

The board also considered bills requiring amendments to the country’s laws on drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors, traditional handicrafts, etc.

Some of these issues will be considered at a regular sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon that will take place on April 17, Sutlonov said.