BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has ordered the government to review the country’s international border agreements signed by previous administrations, amid the ongoing tensions on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The lower house of the parliament of Tajikistan on August 24 passed a new law on mass amnesty proposed by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon last week in honor of the 25th anniversary of the country’s independence, Avesta news agency reported.
LONDON (TCA) — In Uzbekistan, the economy is currently growing thanks to the state’s continuing clout, the country may be at “crossroads” but that is where it can be expected to remain for some time to come.
ASTANA (TCA) — Serbia has gained Kazakhstan’s support concerning the issue of duty-free export of Serbia-made Fiat automobiles to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Serbian Economy Minister Goran Knežević and Kazakh National Economy Minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev said on August 23, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — During his working trip to the southern Zhambyl Region on August 23, Prime Minister Karim Massimov held a meeting on the development of the petrochemical industry, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the Mayor’s Office of Balykchy and the International Republican Institute on August 23 signed a memorandum of understanding to support a pilot project on improving municipal services delivery in the town of Balykchy, northern Kyrgyzstan, through a so-called “single window model”, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek said.
