DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan says China plans to finance and build several outposts for Tajik border guards along the Tajik-Afghan border, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports.
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — On September 27 the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is organizing a business forum in Batken in southern Kyrgyzstan to establish direct links between Batken farmers producing dried apricots and buyers from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and other countries. Participating farmers will learn about requirements of apricot buyers, present samples of their products and negotiate prices with potential buyers, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting its support for private sector development in Turkmenistan by helping one of the leading companies expand its product line. A US $2.8 million loan will help Berk group, a successful brewer, to expand into the segment of salty snacks, which will complement its core business, the EBRD press service reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The new World Bank Director for Central Asia, Lilia Burunciuc late last week visited Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan for introductory meetings with the two countries’ governments, the World Bank press service reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Prominent English and Turkish language bloggers visited Kyrgyzstan from August 30 – September 9 on a tour organized by the United States through USAID’s Business Growth Initiative in order to promote Kyrgyz tourism. Fourteen bloggers travelled throughout the country on tours that highlight the country’s potential in culture and adventure tourism, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said on September 23.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Eurasian Fund for Stabilisation and Development (EFSD) Council members have supported an investment loan to Kyrgyzstan in the amount of US $110 million to be funded with EFSD resources with the aim to finance the project of Commissioning of the Second Hydroelectric Generating Unit at Kambarata hydro power plant (HPP) 2. The decision was made at the meeting of the EFSD Council on September 23 in Moscow. It was attended by members of the EFSD Council – Ministers of Finance of the EFSD member states – and chaired by Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. The range of the meeting participants also included experts, as well as representatives of Eurasian Development Bank, the Fund’s Resources Manager, the EDB Media Centre said.
