ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Askar Myrzakhmetov, met with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden, Sven-Erik Bucht, on October 4 in Astana to discuss the main directions and further prospects of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Sweden in the field of agriculture and rural development, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and Kazakhstan’s Baiterek Holding signed a cooperation agreement on export facilitation for Kazakh exporters in Astana on October 4, at the 13th Forum of Inter-Regional Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia, EDB’s press office said.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $30 million financial assistance including a $5 million grant and technical assistance from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) to boost agriculture production and food security by improving water resource management of the Pyanj River Basin in Tajikistan, ADB’s country office in Dushanbe said.
KABUL (TCA) — A donors conference on Afghanistan held in Brussels on October 4 and 5 brought pledges of €13.6 billion for the next four years and long-term political support from the international community, including €5 billion from the European Union and its member states, the European Union External Action Service reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Russia agreed on implementation of 27 investment projects in various sectors of the economy in the amount of about $4 billion during the 13th Kazakhstan-Russia Interregional Cooperation Forum held in Astana on October 4, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan has agreed to help the European Union forcibly return thousands of migrants by issuing travel documents and accepting them on return flights, RFE/RL reports.
