It was agreed to form a standing conference between the Georgian and Azerbaijani parliaments. The Senate also approved a continuation of the ban on U.S. aid to the government of Azerbaijan, which was introduced in 1992 in response to its blockade of Armenia. Remaining differences between the two bills will be reconciled on 31 July. The unnamed correspondent confirmed that Tajik government forces had regained control of the town on 12 July. The date has been disputed by the opposition which claims the government launched an offensive to reclaim the town after a ceasefire agreement had been signed in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Fighting continues in many of the villages surrounding the town.
Osimi was the leader of the Payvand organization which keeps in touch with Tajik communities around the world. He was not known to have been involved in any political activity. Security services in Tajikistan speculate the murder was aimed at further destabilizing the situation in the country but have no leads to the murderer. The project includes the development of a new bauxite deposit in Kostanai and new processing facilities at the main Pavlodar plant. Meanwhile, the U.S. is expected to continue exerting pressure on Bosnian Serbs to deliver indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic to The Hague-based war crimes tribunal.