TASHKENT (TCA) — Every two years, countries of Europe and Central Asia – a vast and diverse region of more than 50 countries – come together to set the agenda for issues related to food and agriculture. With the approval of José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General, it has become official that the next Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) will be hosted by Uzbekistan in early 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on June 24.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The fourth in a series of development dialogues gathered leading experts, representatives of international organisations, as well as state ministries and agencies of Kyrgyzstan to discuss “Industrial and Technological Development of Kyrgyzstan”. The half-day development dialogue took place in Bishkek on June 24, and was co-organised by the United Nations system in Kyrgyzstan and the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Institute of Public Policy and Administration (IPPA). These dialogues support work on a long-term national policy on key development issues for Kyrgyzstan.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Switzerland said it would send $133 million in seized assets linked to Gulnara Karimova to Uzbekistan, amid a continuing international struggle over the fate of more than a billion dollars tied to the elder daughter of the late President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, RFE/RL reported.

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KHOROG, Tajikistan (TCA) — Over 20 participants from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, India and the United States came together for the second international Summer University on Disaster Risk Management in Khorog, Tajikistan. Held from June 16-28, the Summer University is organised by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) and the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) and conducted in collaboration with the University of Bern of Switzerland and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Deputy Chairman of Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company, Rustam Issatayev, spoke about the measures for investment attraction at a press conference in Nur-Sultan on June 21, Kazakh Invest reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — At a June 21 briefing in the press center of the Government, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bakhyt Batyrshayev told about measures taken to attract foreign investment in the economy of Kazakhstan, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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