ASTANA (TCA) — In the first quarter of this year, Kazakhstan attracted more than $2.5 billion of net foreign direct investments (FDI) in the manufacturing industry, the Chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan’s National Agency for Export and Investment KAZNEX INVEST Borisbiy Zhangurazov told a press conference on September 29, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — South Korea and Uzbekistan on September 29 signed a memorandum of understanding on Korea’s participation in building a new passenger terminal at Tashkent Airport.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The parliament of Kyrgyzstan on September 29 approved a draft law on holding a nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments, in its first reading.
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and notorious Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar signed a peace accord during a ceremony broadcast live on television on September 29, RFE/RL reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — More than two thousand licenses for the right to explore and develop mineral deposits have been issued in Kyrgyzstan but no more than 10% of them are active. Each year, about 200 companies coordinate their mining development programs and plans, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Union of Kyrgyzstan Eldar Tajibaev said.
ASTANA (TCA) — On September 28, Astana hosted the Kazakh-Chinese tourism forum.
