NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — More than 30 Kazakh national experts, representatives of ministries and industries learned from the European Union (EU) experience on water quality management. The three-day training this week was organised by the EU-funded project WECOOP in cooperation with International Green Technologies and Investments Centre (IGTIC) and aims to assist Kazakhstan in improving its water quality management capabilities, the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan reported on June 13.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The official opening ceremony of the Kazakh-Malaysian Business Council office was held in Kuala Lumpur on June 13. The event was attended by executives of government agencies, development institutions, mass media, national and private companies of the two countries, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The United Nations Human Rights Office has called on Kazakh authorities “to respect freedoms of peaceful assembly, expression and right to political participation” following the detention of hundreds of protesters during rallies since Kazakhstan’s June 9 presidential election.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Ahead of a two-day summit in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional grouping led by Moscow and Beijing, Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov on June 13 discussed bilateral ties and regional security issues with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, who is on a state visit to Kyrgyzstan.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — As close neighbors connected by mountains and rivers and a lasting bond of friendship between their peoples, China and Tajikistan have “set a fine example of friendship and cooperation between countries different in system, culture and size,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a signed article titled “Working Together for a Brighter Future of China-Tajikistan Friendship,” published on June 12 in Tajik media on the eve of his forthcoming visit to the Central Asian country, Xinhua news agency reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — On June 12, Prime Minister Askar Mamin took part in the ceremony of signing documents on the construction of new healthcare facilities under the public-private partnership mechanism with a Turkish company, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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