TASHKENT (TCA) — The NATO Liaison Office in Central Asia will be closed early next year, Rosaria Puglisi, head of the Liaison Office, said in an interview with Fergana information agency. The liaison office is currently based in Tashkent but coordinates the alliance’s activities and cooperation with all the countries in the region.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — U.S. Ambassador in Turkmenistan Allan Mustard visited Lebap province today, November 18, to take part in a closing ceremony for the restoration and conservation of the Dayahatyn caravanserai, an Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project. He also reviewed the results of the conservation work done at the site. The ceremony was held at the Dayahatyn caravanserai with the participation of U.S. Ambassador Allan Mustard, as well as representatives of the National Department for Protection, Research, and Restoration of Historic and Cultural Monuments under the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat said.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan could create more jobs and reduce youth migration by attracting more investment into its agriculture, textiles, and tourism sectors, but investors will be looking for more stability, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) investment policy review of the country, presented this week.
ASTANA (TCA) — The favorable location of Chinese port city of Lianyungang and its good rail and maritime communication with large Chinese ports and cities assist in Kazakhstan’s integration with international logistics chains, Kanat Alpysbayev, head of Kazakhstan’s national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, said on November 16 at the international forum “Creation of an economic corridor of New Eurasian Continental Bridge” held in China’s Lianyungang, the company’s press service reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov on November 17 met with representatives of transnational agro-industrial company Inalca Eurasia, a member of Italy’s Cremonini Group, to discuss its participation in the investment project on the creation of a meat cluster (feedlots, meat-packing plants, distribution centers) in the Almaty region, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — In the next three years Tajikistan plans to attract foreign loans and grants worth more than $967 million, Finance Minister Abdusalom Kurboniyon said in parliament on November 16 during the consideration of the country’s program of foreign borrowings for 2017-2019, Avesta news agency reported.
