ADB President Takehiko Nakao (left) and Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, President of Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao met with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov earlier this week in Ashgabat to discuss the country’s development priorities and reiterate support for the government’s efforts to diversify the economy, ADB’s press service said.
TASHKENT (TCA) — A project to establish Uzbekistan’s first plant for the production of conveyor belts, agricultural and automobile tires is currently in progress in the Angren special industrial zone (SIZ). The new plant is scheduled for commissioning in the third quarter of 2018, the Jahon information agency reports.
ASTANA (TCA) — In 2017, the government of Kazakhstan plans a phased increase in excise duties on alcoholic beverages and tobacco, the Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev said at the conference “Actual problems of taxation” on September 22, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.
ASTANA (TCA) — The government of Kazakhstan plans to introduce tax incentives for subsoil users under conditions of the economic crisis, Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev said at the conference “Actual problems of taxation” on September 22, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.
KABUL (TCA) — The government of Afghanistan has signed a draft peace accord with notorious exiled warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, paving the way for his return after years of fighting the Afghan authorities, RFE/RL reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — On October 5 Bishkek will host a Kyrgyz-Japanese forum on infrastructure development, the press service of Kyrgyzstan’s Economy Ministry said.
