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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — During his official visit to the United States on July 1-2, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov met with members of the US-Kazakhstan Business Association and held meetings with the CEOs of major American companies and corporations, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — As part of their efforts to support the peace process in Afghanistan, Germany and Qatar will convene an Intra-Afghan Dialogue Conference to be held in Doha on July 7 and 8, Germany’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Markus Potzel, said in a statement on July 2, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Eight international human rights organizations and media-freedom watchdogs have urged EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini and other EU officials to advocate for the immediate release of Kyrgyz human rights defender Azimjan Askarov from prison, RFE/RL reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — During a three-day workshop that began on July 1 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan becomes the first country in the Europe and Central Asia region to conduct pilot tests of a tool called the Progressive Management Pathway for antimicrobial resistance. The tool has been developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to assist countries in tackling antimicrobial resistance.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — On July 1, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin held a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions of the EU member states to discuss further development of investment cooperation, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on July 1 approved a $50 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Strengthening the Social Protection System Project in Uzbekistan.
