ASHGABAT (TCA) — The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Central Asia, Austrian parliamentarian Roman Haider, is in Turkmenistan this week, where he has attended the OSCE Regional Meeting of Heads of OSCE Field Operations in Central Asia and a conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the opening of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat. He has also met with Turkmen officials and members of the international community.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon have vowed to continue their countries’ security cooperation, RFE/RL reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A meeting of the Kazakh Government on April 16, chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin, discussed the issues of promoting non-primary exports and the implementation of the national export strategy. For the further development of the country’s export potential, the Kazakhstan Industry and Export Center has been established, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Micro, small and medium-sized companies in Kazakhstan will benefit from a syndicated loan of up to US$ 50 million arranged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the country’s largest micro-finance organisation, KMF, the Bank said on April 16.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — On April 16, the U.S. Department of State released the Kyrgyz and Russian language translations of the 2018 Kyrgyz Republic Human Rights Report. This year the report highlights significant achievements by the Government of Kyrgyzstan and civil society in the human rights sphere, the US Embassy in Bishkek said in a press release.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Institute of Public Policy and Administration (IPPA) of the Graduate School of Development organised a meeting in Bishkek to discuss the current situation of the mining sector in Kyrgyzstan with representatives of state agencies, mining companies, experts and researchers, as well as international organisations and institutions.

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