ASTANA (TCA) — Qatar is interested in importing food products from Kazakhstan, such as chilled lamb, vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, and honey, but there are no short ways to deliver these perishable products there, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported citing Kazakh Ambassador to Qatar Askar Shokybaev.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Sir Suma Chakrabarti visited Turkmenistan on 23 May, as part of a trip to three Caspian states – Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
BISHKEK (TCA) — All said, nothing done. Yes – the Aral Sea must be restored; no – not at our expense. This was roughly the goodbye message Kyrgyzstan gave to one of the (many) paper tigers bearing the banner of Aral preservation before slamming the door.
ASTANA (TCA) — A ground-breaking ceremony was held for construction of a solar power plant in the village of Kabanbai Batyr in the Akmola province, some 30 kilometers from Kazakhstan’s capital city, Astana, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Last year trade between Kazakhstan and Italy fell by 45 percent due to a decrease in Kazakh exports mainly caused by low oil prices, said Acting Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan Ruslan Sultanov, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on May 24 approved a US $20 million IDA credit for the Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre Project in Uzbekistan. The goal of the project is to improve the efficiency and accessibility of the real property registry and cadastre system as part of the national e-Government structure and services, the World Bank said.
