ASHGABAT (TCA) — On April 26 and 27, the World Bank Group, jointly with the Government of Turkmenistan, organized a high-level conference on Increasing Competitiveness.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek is hosting the 12th Central Asia Border Security Initiative (CABSI) Conference on April 27 and 28. The meeting results from the cooperation between the EU, the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior Border Management in Central Asia Programme (BOMCA) with the support of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union’s Delegation to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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.
