ASTANA (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed loan agreements for loans equivalent to $80 million in Kazakhstani tenge with Samruk-Energy, Kazakhstan’s largest power generation company, to help increase its balance sheet flexibility by reducing foreign exchange risk, enhance its operational efficiency, and identify a renewable energy pipeline for the company, ADB’s Country Office said on November 12.

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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban stated it was ready to talk with Afghanistan’s government only after agreeing with the United States on a schedule for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, Sputnik news agency quoted Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov as saying.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov held a meeting with the new Ambassador of China to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiao on November 9 to discuss the state and prospects of bilateral political relations, issues of trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation, and interaction on security issues between Kazakhstan and China, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Representatives of well-known Netherlands companies Lely and TST Agro attended agricultural exhibition Agro Expo Uzbekistan/Agrotech Expo in Tashkent last week, the Jahon information agency reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — A Kazakhstan investment conference will take place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on November 23 and the Kazakh-German Business Council will meet on December 7. Organization of these events was discussed at a meeting of the Chairman of the Board of Kazakh Invest national investment support and promotion company Saparbek Tuyakbayev with the Ambassador of Germany to Kazakhstan Tilo Klinner in Astana last week. During the meeting the parties discussed cooperation in attracting German investments in priority sectors of Kazakhstan’s economy, Kazakh Invest reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan needs to boost productivity to reverse the slowdown in economic growth, says a new World Bank report released on November 8.

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