TASHKENT (TCA) — A new report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan among the five worst offenders in terms of the number of people forced into modern slavery, RFE/RL reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — From June 1-3, Bishkek is hosting an exhibition-fair of Chinese goods, organized by the government of the Kyzyl-Su Kyrgyz Autonomous Region of China, the government of China’s Kashgar District, and the Economy Ministry of Kyrgyzstan.
ASTANA (TCA) — Expressing a strong belief in the role of inter-parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia, Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen, on May 31 called for greater unity and cooperation across the OSCE area in countering violent extremism.
The meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the EEU on May 31 in Astana (kremlin.ru)
ASTANA (TCA) — During a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on May 31 in the Kazakh capital, Astana, leaders of the EEU member countries agreed to start negotiations on a trade deal with China.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev has asked members of the land-reform commission to explain to the population that there are no reasons to be afraid of leasing Kazakh farmland to Chinese, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Support of exporters is a priority for the Kyrgyz government, Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov said on May 30 at the meeting of the Council for Development of Business and Investment under the Kyrgyz Government.
