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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $35 million grant to reconnect Tajikistan’s electricity system to the Central Asian Power System (CAPS) through interconnection with the Uzbekistan system. This will help expand regional energy trade and improve regional energy efficiency among countries connected to CAPS, ADB’s Country Office in Dushanbe said on November 15.
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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.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan aims to become a regional transport hub, and for this purpose, Tashkent has suggested several trans-Afghanistan railway projects. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Fozil Mashrab:
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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.
