Kyrgyzstan’s new parliament Speaker Chynybai Tursunbekov (photo from the parliament’s website)
BISHKEK (TCA) — The parliament in Kyrgyzstan elected Chynybai Tursunbekov of the pro-presidential Social Democratic Party as the parliament’s new speaker in the second round of a secret vote on April 27.
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov (official photo)
BISHKEK (TCA) — The new Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov announced new standards of his Cabinet’s work at the first meeting of his Government on April 25.
Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow (kremlin.ru)
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov believes that instability in Afghanistan may gradually spread to other countries of the Central Asia region and that Russia should be involved in peace talks in Afghanistan.
ASTANA (TCA) — A Kazakh-Spanish business forum was organized in Astana as part of the official visit of Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Manuel Garcia-Margalit to Kazakhstan, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on April 26.
ALMATY (TCA) — A delegation of the Taiwanese Council of External Trade Development has visited Almaty to establish business relations with partners in Kazakhstan, to set up joint ventures, consider investments, and develop distribution of Taiwanese goods in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — In partnership with the United States through the USAID Business Growth Initiative, Kyrgyz tourism companies in March promoted tourist destinations in Kyrgyzstan and signed several contracts for the 2016 season at two leading international travel exhibitions: Internationale Tourismus Börse Berlin (ITB Berlin) and the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT), the US Embassy in Bishkek said on April 26.
