BISHKEK (TCA) — China’s State Power Investment Corporation plans to build a cascade consisting of four hydro electric power plants on the Naryn river near Kazarman in Kyrgyzstan’s Jalal-Abad province, the Kyrgyz governmental press service said after the meeting of Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Pankratov with the company’s representatives.
BISHKEK (TCA) — A project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has assisted five countries (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkey) in preparing high-quality rural investment project proposals, and increasing the number of feasible and sustainable rural investments designed to improve incomes, the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia said on April 4.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved the financing of US$10 million from the International Development Association for the Tajikistan Real Estate Registration Project, which will support the implementation of a unified registration system for immovable property, which should contribute toward the development of property market in Tajikistan, the World Bank said.
ASTANA (TCA) — Last year Kazakhstan’s export of agricultural products amounted to US $1.1 billion, increasing 1.3-fold over the last five years, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Kyrgyzstan at the closed-door meeting on April 4 decided to take back from Uzbekistan four resorts at Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz media reported with reference to the Government’s press service.
U.S. Consul General Mark Moody visits the Kokaral dam in the Northern section of the Aral Sea (U.S. Consulate photo)
ALMATY (TCA) — Mark Moody, U.S. Consul General in Almaty, Kazakhstan, observed notable progress toward the restoration of the Northern section of the Aral Sea during his visit to the Aral region from March 31 to April 2, the U.S. Consulate General in Almaty said.
