BISHKEK (TCA) — Theoretically, Kyrgyzstan may withdraw from the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia as its regulations allow its member countries to do so, but the country would not have any good alternative, Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Pankratov told a press conference in Bishkek.
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — A growing number of commentators and other observers, both in the west and in the former USSR, are casting doubt on the distinction between “radicals” and “moderates” among “Muslim activists” both in Syria and the world outside it. If there is one place in the world that shows how justified such suspicions are to some extent, it must be Central Asia.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s imperfect legislation does not help attract investment in the country and even scares investors away, said experts at the recent roundtable to discuss the investment climate in the country.
LONDON (TCA) — May 22 is the date set for the final nod by the people of Tajikistan through a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the present head of state take part in presidential elections for as many terms as he wishes.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the results of a study of Turkish tourists, which showed there is a growing market for tourism based on Turkic cultural heritage in Central Asia. The study was funded by the United States through the USAID Business Growth Initiative (BGI), which works with partners in Kyrgyzstan to increase economic opportunities in the tourism industry, the US Embassy in Bishkek said.
LONDON (TCA) — In December 1992, seven months after the start of the sectarian Tajik Civil War, the Russian 201st Motor Rifle Division recaptured the Tajik capital of Dushanbe which had been held by the United Tajik Opposition, a coalition of Islamists, nationalists and democrats. The 201st Division was a unit of the Russian Army, stationed in Tajikistan after the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The 201st were the border guards on the periphery of the Soviet Union with the 810 mile long border with Afghanistan to the south and the turbulent Chinese province of Xinjiang to the East.
