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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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — About 20 men and women rallied outside a building housing several European countries’ embassies in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, demanding that the authorities immediately release jailed politicians and activists, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported on August 12.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on August 12 spoke at the First Caspian Economic Forum in Turkmenistan — his first public appearance since July 5 amid rumors that he had died or had slipped into a coma during hospital treatment.

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