TASHKENT (TCA) — A facility to produce a valuable fertilizer, potassium sulfate, will be completed by the end of this year at the Navoi Electrochemical Plant in Uzbekistan with Chinese participation, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — A B2B meeting of Kazakh and Polish businessmen was organized by the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, the Chamber reported on July 14. The meeting was timed to the forthcoming official visit of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Poland.
The Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (UNESCO photo)
TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Heritage Committee has decided to add Uzbekistan’s Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz to the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the over-development of tourist infrastructure in the site, the Committee said on July 13.
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in Bishkek on July 14 (president.kg)
BISHKEK (TCA) — German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks with Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in Bishkek on July 14.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The first production unit of an oil refinery in the Dangara Free Economic Zone (FEZ) in southern Tajikistan is to be commissioned at the end of August, Avesta news agency reported with reference to the Dangara FEZ administration.
ASTANA (TCA) — The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana has been closed. An ambassador based in Oslo will be responsible for Norway’s relations to all the Central-Asian countries. The appointment should be clear soon, the Embassy said on its website.
