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.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — On July 1, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin held a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions of the EU member states to discuss further development of investment cooperation, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on July 1 approved a $50 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Strengthening the Social Protection System Project in Uzbekistan.

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KABUL (TCA) — The Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov in a meeting with Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in the northern Afghan province of Balkh on July 1 vowed to provide $45 million for a power transmission project in Afghanistan, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — On July 1, upon the invitation of the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov begins his official visit to the United States, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — According to the World Bank, Central Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to the effects of climate change in the Europe and Central Asia region. Today, there is already an increase in temperature, melting of glaciers, a reduction in water resources, and natural disasters such as droughts and floods occur more frequently. Taken together, this causes tremendous economic damage to the countries of Central Asia.

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