BISHKEK (TCA) — Regional cooperation and integration has been a vitally important issue in Central Asia, as many problems faced by countries of the region — such as transboundary water management, for instance — can be solved only by their joint efforts. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by Farkhod Tolipov*:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Economic growth in Kyrgyzstan is expected to moderately rise in 2019 owing to gold production and fiscal expansion and reach about four percent in the medium term, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on June 28, after concluding the Article IV consultation with the Kyrgyz Republic last month.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — During his official visit to the United States on July 1-2, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov met with members of the US-Kazakhstan Business Association and held meetings with the CEOs of major American companies and corporations, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — As part of their efforts to support the peace process in Afghanistan, Germany and Qatar will convene an Intra-Afghan Dialogue Conference to be held in Doha on July 7 and 8, Germany’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Markus Potzel, said in a statement on July 2, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Eight international human rights organizations and media-freedom watchdogs have urged EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini and other EU officials to advocate for the immediate release of Kyrgyz human rights defender Azimjan Askarov from prison, RFE/RL reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — During a three-day workshop that began on July 1 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan becomes the first country in the Europe and Central Asia region to conduct pilot tests of a tool called the Progressive Management Pathway for antimicrobial resistance. The tool has been developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to assist countries in tackling antimicrobial resistance.
