ASTANA (TCA) — Foreigners are actively investing in the Kazakh economy with a 25-percent on-year growth in January-July of this year. The share of foreign investment in the total investments in Kazakhstan remains stable and significant, staying within the range of 20-50 percent of the total over the past 2.5 years, Ranking.kz reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — In the upcoming marketing year (July 2016-June 2017), Kazakhstan plans to export 8.5 million tons of grain, Sabit Kashkimbayev, Deputy Chairman of National Company Food Corporation JSC said on September 8 at a briefing on the current state of the harvest campaign in the country, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Jordan intends to establish a pharmaceutical production in Kazakhstan for further export of products in the market of the Eurasian Economic Union, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Deputy Agriculture Minister of Kazakhstan Ermek Kosherbayev.
Karim Masimov
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on September 8 relieved Prime Minister Karim Masimov of his duties and appointed him chairman of the National Security Committee, the presidential press service said.
Shavkat Mirziyaev
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbek news agencies report that Uzbekistan’s parliament has appointed Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev as the country’s interim president after the death of longtime President Islam Karimov.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The government of Tajikistan and China’s Henan Zhong-Ya holding group have signed an investment agreement on reconstruction and commissioning of ammonia and carbamide production at Azot (Nitrogen) OJSC (formerly Tajik Azot), Avesta news agency reported on September 7.
