BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyz Tourism LLC has launched a new horse trekking tour in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The tour runs between two picturesque and popular destinations in Kyrgyzstan: the Suusamyr Valley and Son Kul lake. The tour lasts up to five days and follows expansive and picturesque Kyrgyz pastures including Oi-Kaiyn, Sary-Kol, Ok-Torkoi, the US Embassy in Bishkek reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s former Deputy Minister of Transport Azimkan Jusubaliev has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a bribery scandal for a road reconstruction project, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Azizbek Madmarov and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Jonathan Henick led a successful session of Annual Bilateral Consultations. This was the fourth round of Annual Bilateral Consultations and the first since 2015, the US Embassy in Bishkek said on July 31.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A package of interregional agreements on cooperation was signed at the 1st Forum of Regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan held on July 30 in Minsk, Belarusian BelTA news agency reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — At a press conference following the Government meeting on July 30, media representatives were told about the construction of the light rail transit (LRT) project in the capital city, Nur-Sultan, the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has again upheld the life sentence of imprisoned ethnic Uzbek human rights activist Azimjan Askarov, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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