ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Over 80 experts from five Central Asian countries gathered on November 19 in Almaty to discuss how to improve and modernize irrigation practices in Central Asia. The two-day workshop, entitled Towards Regional Initiatives for Modernizing Irrigation in the 21st Century brought together regional and international irrigation practitioners, experts, policymakers, representatives of research institutions and civil society, the World Bank said.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — On 18-19 November in Nur-Sultan, the European Union and Kazakhstan held their 17th Subcommittee on Justice and Home Affairs and 11th Human Rights Dialogue. This year the annual meetings took place at a time of political change for Kazakhstan and a pivotal moment for EU-Kazakhstan bilateral relations with the ratification by all EU Member States of the EU-Kazakhstan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA), the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan said.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — An information and analytical portal is being created to provide a wide range of services for both prospective and active exporters in Kazakhstan, Deputy Chairperson of QazTrade Center for Trade Policy Development Assel Egemberdiyeva said in an interview to PrimeMinister.kz.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin and Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov on November 19 attended the ceremony of launching the construction of the TransCaspian Fiber Optic in Aktau, Kazakhstan. The fiber-optic communication line between the two countries will be laid on the bottom of the Caspian Sea, the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, during his visit to Nangarhar province on November 19, said the “elimination” of Daesh (Islamic State) in the province is a major achievement for Afghanistan, the region and the world. In recent years, Nangarhar has been named a key Daesh base in Afghanistan, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Four Kazakh activists have been sentenced to one year of freedom limitation — a sentence with parole-like restrictions — for supporting a banned opposition movement, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.

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