BISHKEK (TCA) — The fourth meeting of the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund (RKDF) Council held in Moscow last month decided to soften the Fund’s lending terms. The decision is extremely important for further development of Kyrgyzstan’s economy during the next decade, RKDF Board Chairperson Nursulu Akhmetova said this week in Bishkek.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — During February 29 – March 4, the World Bank held a practical training course on Financial Programming and Policies in Ashgabat. The workshop was attended by officials from the Turkmen Government agencies, including representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy and Development, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, the Main State Tax Inspectorate, and the State Committee on Statistics, the World Bank’s press office said.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s Navoi Free Industrial and Economic Zone (FIEZ) has attracted more than $40 million of foreign direct investments from China, Singapore, South Korea, India, Italy, the UAE, and Great Britain, Novosti Uzbekistana news portal reported.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Sirojidin Aslov and Chargé d’Affaires of the Japanese Embassy in Tajikistan Takashi Kamada on March 2 signed exchange notes for the project “Improvement of equipment for the maintenance of roads in the Sughd province and eastern part of the Khatlon province” in Tajikistan, Avesta news agency reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s economy has been hurt by the economic slowdown in China and recession in Russia, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said during his meeting with the heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Astana on March 2, RFE/RL reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — The National Bank of Kazakhstan’s interventions in the form of foreign currency purchases amounted to $474 million in February or 20 percent of the total currency trade, National Bank Chairman Daniyar Akishev said in the Kazakh Parliament on March 3, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
