BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon will visit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan between October 24 and 29, the US Embassy in Tashkent said.
BISHKEK (TCA) — China’s southwest province of Sichuan signed nine documents with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on October 19 to strengthen cooperation in trade, tourism, education and health. The agreements were signed at the China-Central Asia Cooperation Forum held in Sichuan’s provincial capital Chengdu, which was attended by more than 200 officials, entrepreneurs, researchers and other representatives from China and Central Asian countries, Xinhua news agency reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan has established the State Investment and Export Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Economy.
BISHKEK (TCA) — From July through September 2016, the United States, through the USAID Agro Horizon project, sponsored a series of business growth events to connect Kyrgyz agricultural producers with local and international buyers. Food processors from Batken, Jalal-Abad, Naryn and Osh oblasts met with potential buyers during three large forums in Almaty, Bishkek, and Osh and through over 100 smaller meetings. These forums and meeting resulted in contracts and agreements that created new economic opportunities for Kyrgyzstan worth $5.4 million, the US Embassy in Bishkek said on October 20.
ALMATY (TCA) — Kazakhstan could become a regional hub for Turkish productions and companies for their further access to the markets of the Eurasian Economic Union, Central Asia, Russia and China, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov said at the 3rd session of the Joint Strategic Planning Group of Kazakhstan and Turkey held on October 20 in Almaty, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
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.
