ASHGABAT (TCA) — On September 18, U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan Matthew Klimow will visit the historic site of the Dayahatyn Caravanserai in Lebap region to mark the completion of the second phase of the Dayahatyn Caravanserai preservation project, a partnership between the United States Embassy in Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, the embassy said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — In 2019, Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent for the first time became an official participant in the European Mobility Week, which takes place annually from September 16 to 22 and in which about 50 countries around the world take part. The initiators of the events within the framework of the European Mobility Week in Tashkent are the Hokimiyat (Municipality) of Tashkent city with the support of the Delegation of the European Union in Uzbekistan.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — More than 40,000 people living in small municipalities in Kyrgyzstan will benefit from a regular water supply and access to fresh drinking water following an €11.5 million investment program supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU), the EBRD said on September 16.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — A shoot-out on a disputed section of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the Ferghana Valley on September 16 left one border guard dead and more than 20 other people wounded, officials from both countries say, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan’s Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Amandurdy Ishanov, has been sentenced to an unspecified prison term on corruption charges just days after being sacked from his post, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Investment opportunities in Kazakhstan’s agriculture and measures of state support for investors were presented during a major agricultural forum in Rennes (France) last week. The event gathered over a hundred participants, including representatives of the government, agriculture associations, and business community of France, Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company reported.

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