TASHKENT (TCA) — An outlet for the sale of fruit and vegetables from Uzbekistan was recently opened at Souq Al Jubail, the main shopping mall of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, the Jahon information agency reported.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $65.2 million in loan and grant financing for Tajikistan to improve road connectivity between the capital Dushanbe and Kurgonteppa, two major cities and economic hubs in the country, ADB’s country office in Tajikistan said on November 2.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov on November 2 agreed to boost cooperation between the two countries in a variety of fields, Xinhua news agency reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The parliament of Kyrgyzstan on November 2 by a majority of votes approved in the third and final reading the law setting the date for a national referendum on December 11 on controversial constitutional amendments.
ASTANA (TCA) — In 2016, the volume of high-speed container trains traffic from Asia to Europe via Kazakhstan is 100 times higher than the level of 2011, President of Kazakhstan’s national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Kanat Alpysbayev said at the Kazakh Government meeting on November 1, while reporting on projects to modernize the country’s transport and logistics infrastructure, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry plans to auction more than 60 subsoil areas in 2017, Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev said on November 1, while reporting on the country’s geological exploration, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
