BISHKEK (TCA) — On July 30, an annual Horse Games Festival will be held at the shore of Tulpar-Kol lake, which is located at the foot of Lenin Peak in the Pamir-Alai mountains in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said on July 21.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Tomorrow, July 22, the Kyrgyz resort city of Cholpon-Ata at Lake Issyk-Kul will play host to the 3rd Economic Forum “Issyk-Kul 2016”, said the press service of the Kyrgyz Economy Ministry.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Committee of National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan have signed a long-term agreement with the aim of increasing cooperation to support the country’s security sector, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek said on July 19.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The government of Tajikistan is considering the country’s accession of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Avesta news agency reported with reference to Abdufattokh Goib, the head of Tajikistan’s Customs Service.
ASTANA (TCA) — As part of the working visit of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev to China last week, the CEO of Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom, Askar Zhumagaliyev, met with the CEO of CITIC GROUP Corporation Chang Zhenming. The heads of the companies discussed further implementation of joint Kazakhstan–China projects as well as attraction of investments to the nuclear sector of Kazakhstan, Kazatomprom said.
TASHKENT (TCA) — On July 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan was handed over a letter of the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed to the Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kohir Rasulzoda with regard to information published on July 1, 2016 in the mass media of a number of countries on the conclusion of a framework agreement between Tajikistan’s JSC Rogun HPP and Italian company Salini Impregilo S.p.A for the construction of the Rogun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Tajikistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan said on July 19.
