ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan’s petro-authoritarianism is likely to continue to be fuelled by a combination of its large natural gas reserves, small population and steady global demand for natural gas, Annette Bohr writes in the report “Turkmenistan: Power, Politics and Petro-Authoritarianism”, released earlier this month by Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London.
The new U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Elisabeth Millard (U.S. Embassy photo)
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United States supports Tajikistan’s goals of security, democratic reform, and economic growth, the new U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Elisabeth Millard wrote in her introductory Op-Ed “Tajikistan and America: A Partnership for a Bright Future,” posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe on March 16.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan exported 12.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas last year, Galym Nurgaziyev, director of the Gas Industry Department at Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry, said on March 18, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — On March 21 the world marked the International Day of Forests, a day to raise awareness of the importance of forests and trees to all life on earth. The theme selected to mark this year’s celebration is Forests and Water, to highlight forests’ crucial role in contributing to water and food security, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) in Tajikistan said on March 21.
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev casts his ballot in the March 20 parliamentary elections (official photo)
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s election authorities say President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s Nur Otan party has won 82.15 percent of the votes in the March 20 parliamentary elections, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on March 18 approved a financing of US $12 million equivalent for the Urban Development Project in the Kyrgyz Republic. $6.6 million of this financing is a concessional credit and $5.4 million is a grant, the World Bank said.
