TASHKENT (TCA) — On August 13, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) led by its President Jin Liqun. On the same day, a joint roundtable discussion was held on the enhancement of practical cooperation and encouragement of new programs with AIIB funding in Uzbekistan, the official website of the Uzbek President reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The joint counter-terrorism exercises “Cooperation-2019,” held by the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force (PAP) and the National Guard of Kyrgyzstan, concluded on August 13 in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe co-supported the Pamir Invest Forum in Khorog and Ishkashim in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on August 6 and 7. The two-day forum brought together investors and foreign entrepreneurs to learn more about investing and implementing socio-economic programmes in the GBAO, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe reported on August 13.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, who surrendered to police last week after a deadly confrontation with security forces during his arrest last week, has been charged with murder and other serious crimes, Zamir Beishekeev, a senior official at the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General’s Office, said on August 13.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Uzbekistan, China, and Tajikistan plan to launch a new motor transport corridor along the route Termez (Uzbekistan)-Dushanbe (Tajikistan)-Kashgar (China), Tajikistan’s Avesta news agency reported on August 13 with reference to the Transport Ministry of Uzbekistan.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company presented Kazakhstan’s investment opportunities during the First Caspian Economic Forum held in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan on August 11-12.

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