ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan now has a surplus electricity generation capacity of around 4-5 thousand MW a year and the country is considering the possibilities of electricity export and transit, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Bakytzhan Kazhiyev, chairman of the Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company (KEGOC).
ASTANA (TCA) — The Strategy for the development of the international transport corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) for 2016-2026 was adopted on June 1 during the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) TRACECA held in Odessa (Ukraine), the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — A new report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan among the five worst offenders in terms of the number of people forced into modern slavery, RFE/RL reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — From June 1-3, Bishkek is hosting an exhibition-fair of Chinese goods, organized by the government of the Kyzyl-Su Kyrgyz Autonomous Region of China, the government of China’s Kashgar District, and the Economy Ministry of Kyrgyzstan.
ASTANA (TCA) — Expressing a strong belief in the role of inter-parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia, Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen, on May 31 called for greater unity and cooperation across the OSCE area in countering violent extremism.
The meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the EEU on May 31 in Astana (kremlin.ru)
ASTANA (TCA) — During a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on May 31 in the Kazakh capital, Astana, leaders of the EEU member countries agreed to start negotiations on a trade deal with China.
