BISHKEK (TCA) — Experiences and best practices of co-operation among regional organizations, particularly how to develop and strengthen synergies between the work and activities of the OSCE, the Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO) and the European Union (EU) in Central Asia, were the focus of a meeting in Vienna on July 10 of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, under the Chairmanship of Tajikistan, the OSCE reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Prime Minister Askar Mamin on July 10 took part in the signing of documents between the Government of Kazakhstan and American companies on cooperation in the field of agriculture, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Armed forces of Tajikistan and China will conduct joint military exercises in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region which borders Afghanistan, Orif Nozimien, head of the press office of Tajikistan’s Defense Ministry, told Avesta news agency on July 9.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Within the participation in the Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), held on July 8-9 in Slovakia, Kazakh Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov held talks with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban and a delegation representing Afghan society have agreed at talks in Qatar upon a roadmap for a future political settlement in what is seen as a major step toward ending Afghanistan’s nearly 18-year war, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has refused to obey a subpoena calling for him to report to the Interior Ministry in Bishkek for questioning in an unspecified criminal investigation, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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