ASHGABAT (TCA) — Finance ministers and senior government officials from 11 countries in Central and West Asia gathered in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on November 15 for the 17th Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Ministerial Conference. The high-level strategy and policy body serves as a platform to discuss and debate important issues of regional relevance.

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SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan (TCA) — An unregistered Uzbek opposition group says it has been prevented from holding a two-day congress in southern Kazakhstan, where it had planned to establish itself as a political party to challenge the leadership in its home country, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officially launched a new five-year project, the Agribusiness Competitiveness Activity in Tajikistan, in Bokhtar City. Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy Kevin Covert and Deputy Governor of Khatlon Rajabov Rajabali welcomed more than 170 participants at the ceremony, including representatives from the Khatlon government, the private sector, and local entrepreneurs and traders, the US Embassy in Dushanbe said on November 14.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The population of Oskemen in East Kazakhstan will benefit from the introduction of modern energy efficient diesel buses, which will partially replace the city’s ageing public transport fleet with the help of a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) loan, the Bank said on November 14.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Scores of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Turkmenistan will benefit from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Advice for Small Businesses programme, funded by the European Union, the Bank said on November 14.

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