TASHKENT (TCA) — To promote U.S. business opportunities in Uzbekistan, a U.S. trade mission and a business roundtable with the Government of Uzbekistan were organized between March 22 and 24.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon on March 24 officially launched the Naftrason oil refinery in the city of Konibodom in the Sughd province, the president’s press service said.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon on March 23 inaugurated a new cement plant of LLC Huaxin Ghayur Sugd Cement in the Bobojon Ghafurov district in the Sughd province, the president’s press service said.
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The article below, originally published by Stratfor, highlights the border dispute problem that since the collapse of the Soviet Union has systematically emerged between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, which share the densely populated Ferghana Valley. The dispute, territorially end economically based, is still an ongoing factor of unrest and tense relations between the three countries. Here below is the analysis of Stratfor, entitled “Engineered Volatility in Kyrgyzstan”.
Adil Toiganbayev (photo from his personal website)
BISHKEK (TCA) — Adil Toiganbayev, the son-in-law of former Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev, has been detained in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on the request of Kyrgyz authorities.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have placed armored vehicles and soldiers near a disputed border area as heightened tensions have prompted the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to meet in Moscow, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
