TASHKENT (TCA) — Russian oil company LUKOIL has started the construction of Kandym Gas Processing Complex (KGPC), a key production facility in development of the Kandym group of gas condensate fields located in the Bukhara Province in the southwest of Uzbekistan, the company said on April 19.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The tender for construction of a coal-fired electric power plant at the Kara-Keche coal deposit in the Naryn province of Kyrgyzstan did not take place due to the absence of applications, KyrTAG news agency reported citing Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Pankratov.
ASTANA (TCA) — In accordance with the Land Code of Kazakhstan, agricultural land in the country will not be handed over to foreigners and repatriates to Kazakhstan, or for private ownership. It can only be rented for up to 25 years, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Construction, Housing and Utilities Services and Land Management under the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan, Baurzhan Smagulov, told a media briefing on April 19, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
KABUL (TCA) — Only economic development may help people get out of poverty and through employment acquire the dignity every person deserves. Afghanistan’s chronic situation matched by the never-ending war and endemic corruption driven by unstable governance and lack of security can be resolved not only with the support of the International community but first and above all by cooperation between Afghanistan and neighboring countries of Central Asia. Here below we are republishing an article from Khaama Press, related to a study conducted by Samuel Hall at the request of the IOM on the potential and opportunities of cross-border trade between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Switzerland is donating 17 million Kyrgyz soms to 17 rural municipalities in Kyrgyzstan’s northern Chui province to solve their local priority issues, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said on April 19.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The government of Tajikistan is negotiating a first loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Avesta news agency reported with reference to the country’s Finance Ministry.
