BISHKEK (TCA) — Geopolitically, Kyrgyzstan is in between Russia and China, and the Central Asian nation has been maneuvering to take a maximum advantage of its two great neighbors’ interest in this small but strategically located country. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by John C. K. Daly:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Macroeconomic Review prepared by the Directorate for Research at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) forecasts Kyrgyzstan’s medium-term economic growth at 3.5–3.9%, the Bank said on April 11.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The high-level European conference “Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases” was held in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat this week under the World Health Organization (WHO) aegis, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban have announced a “ban” on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in areas the extremist group controls in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbek authorities have rejected Amnesty International’s allegations that former Prosecutor-General Rashidjon Qodirov, who is on trial on corruption charges, is at risk of being subjected to torture, RFE/RL reports.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s First President and Elbasy (Leader of the Nation) Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired a meeting of the Security Council on April 10 to review the results of the country’s socio-economic development in the first quarter of this year, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
