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URUMQI, China (TCA) — The foreign trade volume between China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and countries along Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (B&R) totaled about 291.5 billion yuan (43 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, 13.5 percent more than in the previous year, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — On February 18, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Malaysia Ravshan Usmanov met with the Deputy Director of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) Faisal Iqbal. Following the negotiations, an agreement was reached on organizing a visit of the major palm oil producers of Malaysia to Uzbekistan in March 2019, the Jahon information agency reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s delegation led by the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Uzbek parliament, Sodik Safoyev, visited the State of Mississippi (USA). The delegation included representatives of ministries of Innovative Development, Investments and Foreign Trade, and Agriculture, the Jahon information agency reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The EU deployed a joint technical mission from the European Commission Directorate General for Trade and the European External Action Service in Brussels to Dushanbe to prepare Tajikistan’s possible accession to the GSP+, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Senior diplomats from permanent missions of eight countries to the United Nations Office in Geneva arrived in Beijing on February 15 and will pay a visit to China’s northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region through Tuesday, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban have called off a planned round of peace talks in Pakistan, saying that most of the members of its negotiating team are unable to travel because they are subject to U.S. and UN sanctions, RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal reported.
