BISHKEK (TCA) — Security, stability and prosperity of Central Asia is imperative for peace and economic development in India and the region has been a priority area of interest for Indian policymakers, Sujata Mehta, Secretary (West) at India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said in her address to participants in the Fourth India-Central Asia Dialogue which took place in New Delhi on December 1 and 2.
KABUL (TCA) — The office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has expressed skepticism about a promise by Taliban militants to support and protect development projects in Afghanistan which benefit the country, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union (EU), one of the largest international donors to the Kyrgyz Republic, is providing investment grants to three projects co-financed and implemented by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
BISHKEK (TCA) — Amid the ongoing standoff between the ruling authorities and an opposition party in Kyrgyzstan, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
The Kok-Talaa – Pulgon road section of Osh–Batken–Isfana highway (photo from the Kyrgyz Government’s press service)
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on December 1 signed the financing agreement amounting to $95.1 million to rehabilitate a section of the North-South Alternate Road Corridor in Kyrgyzstan, ADB’s Country Office said.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The celebration of Navruz, the New Year holiday shared by 12 countries including in Central Asia, was inscribed on November 30 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, following the decisions adopted by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UNESCO said on its website.
