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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Preparatory work is ongoing for a project to improve the Obigarm-Nurobod bypass road section in Tajikistan, which is also located on the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) corridors 2, 3, and 5, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) country office in Tajikistan said on January 22.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — On February 21-23, Uzbekistan will host the first International Forum on ziyorat-tourism (pilgrimage tourism). The organizers of the forum are the State Committee of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development, state administrations of Bukhara and Samarkand regions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Committee on Religious Affairs with the assistance of diplomatic missions of Uzbekistan abroad, the Jahon information agency reported.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov held a video-conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan on January 18 to discuss with the members of the Government draft documents and objectives of development of the main sectors of the country’s economy, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture Umirzak Shukeyev and Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov recently discussed the promotion of Kazakh agricultural exports and investment attraction into the country’s agricultural sector, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has registered as a candidate for Afghanistan’s presidential election later this year, setting up a rematch with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, RFE/RL reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Next week, Kyrgyzstan will declare a unilateral open skies policy and the fifth air freedom in the country.
