ALMATY (TCA) — From the beginning of this year, deposits in the national currency, the tenge, in Kazakhstan banks have increased by 43.8 percent while foreign-currency deposits have decreased by 12 percent, the press service of the National Bank of Kazakhstan said.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — From July 25, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan has fully stopped currency conversion for companies and organizations of all forms of ownership, Alternative News of Turkmenistan reported with reference to its sources in the Turkmen government.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of the annual ASEAN high-level events that took place in Vientiane, Laos on July 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke about prospects of holding negotiations between the Eurasian Economic Union and ASEAN as an organization.
TASHKENT (TCA) — According to the directorate of the 1st International Fruit and Vegetable Fair which was recently held in Tashkent, the most expensive agricultural export product from Uzbekistan is salted apricot kernels, whose price per ton varies between $3,100 and $4,000, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on July 26 agreed to develop training courses and coaching services related to techniques in agriculture, to improve the knowledge, livelihoods and food security of the poor and vulnerable across the country, the WFP Kyrgyzstan said.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Director of KOICA Uzbekistan Office Im Jeong Hee and the Deputy Minister of Health of Uzbekistan Laziz Tuychiev have signed a protocol on the implementation of a new project “Creation of a center of excellence of medical personnel of the Children’s Diversified Medical Center and the 4th-level highly specialized multidisciplinary clinic” in Tashkent, the Jahon information agency reported.
