DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s foreign trade amounted to US $2.895 billion in January-September 2016 and reduced by $250 million or 7.9 percent compared to the same period last year, Avesta news agency reports with reference to Tajikistan’s National Statistical Agency.
ALMATY (TCA) — A delegation from Switzerland headed by the Minister of Economy and Security of the Canton of Geneva Pierre Mode visited Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty to discuss large-scale investment projects with potential Kazakh partners, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website on October 19.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) are ready to co-develop and adopt their cooperation strategy for the period 2017-2019, Interim President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said during his meeting with President of the Islamic Development Bank Bandar Hajjar, the Jahon information agency reported.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov (left) and His Highness the Aga Khan (center) officially open the first campus of the University of Central Asia in Naryn (UCA photo)
NARYN, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The University of Central Asia (UCA), created to be a catalyst for social and economic development in the region’s mountain societies, on 19 October officially opened its first campus in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union and the Kyrgyz Republic held their fourteenth Cooperation Committee meeting on 18 October in Brussels, reaffirming the commitment of both parties to strengthen cooperation in a number of areas, the EU Delegation in the Kyrgyz Republic said.
TASHKENT (TCA) — The Angren special industrial zone (SIZ) in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan plans to launch seven new production facilities by the end of 2016, the Jahon information agency reports.
