DUSHANBE (TCA) — Creation of a Tajik-Chinese free trade zone will benefit Tajik entrepreneurs, Khudoiberdi Kholiknazar, director of the Center of Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, told journalists on July 11, Avesta news agency reported.
ALMATY (TCA) — The Council of Businesswomen of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Almaty and Shinhan Bank Kazakhstan (subsidiary of Shinhan Bank of South Korea) have agreed on cooperation, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on July 11.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
LONDON (TCA) — Recep Erdoğan’s “mea culpa” and his attempts to get Turkey back on the political scene have been met with mild tolerance – but with less enthusiasm than he might have hoped for. The maneuver could restore “business as usual” between the former USSR and Turkey, but the latter is now under close watch by virtually everybody and “rebuilding mutual trust” is no matter of words but of deeds, the ball remaining in Turkey’s camp.
ASTANA (TCA) — Irrigation systems in four regions of Kazakhstan will be reconstructed through loans from international financial institutions, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported with reference to National Economy Minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev.
ALMATY (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s international reserves, including gold and foreign currency reserves of the National Bank and National Fund assets, amounted to $96.2 billion at the end of June 2016, the press service of the National Bank said.
ISLAMABAD (TCA) — Pakistan has reacted towards Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s remarks at the NATO Warsaw summit in Poland where he raised concerns regarding the distinction between good and bad terrorists, Khaama Press reported on July 10.
