TASHKENT (TCA) — During the first nine months of this year, Uzbekistan exported fruits and vegetables for almost 1 billion USD, and the government’s goal is to bring the volume of export of fruits and vegetables to 5 billion USD a year. This was said at a government meeting President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired on October 16 to discuss priority tasks for developing livestock and horticultural sectors, according to the president’s official website.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — France’s Air Liquide on October 16 said it had signed a new long term agreement with Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries (KPI) in accordance with which Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases will build, own and operate a new nitrogen unit in the growing chemical basin of Karabatan, close to the Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Top Chinese legislator Li Zhanshu on October 16 called on China and Turkmenistan to strengthen the synergy of their development strategies for mutually beneficial cooperation, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has amended some government regulations to allow foreign citizens who invest US $3 million in the country’s economy to get a 10-year residence permit, Xinhua news agency reported with reference to the Uzbek Justice Ministry.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon has proposed that parliament adopt a law on a mass amnesty affecting some 20,000 people, including foreign nationals, to mark the 25th anniversary of the country’s constitution, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan William Moser in an interview to RFE/RL said Washington is “strongly encouraging” Kazakhstan’s government to improve the human rights situation in the Central Asian country.

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