ASTANA (TCA) — The 20th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia was held in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan region. The co-chairman from the Kazakh side was the First Vice Premier of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin, and from the Russian side — the First Deputy Prime Minister Anton Siluanov, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported on October 29.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Chingiz Aidarbekov, who visited the capital of Kazakhstan in his first working visit as head of the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry on October 27.

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ASTANA (TCA) — New challenges and approaches to regional and global security in Central Asia were the focus of an OSCE-supported international conference held in Astana on 26 October.

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KABUL (TCA) — Despite Pakistan having said on October 27 it will take part in the Moscow talks on peace in Afghanistan, the Afghan government has said no firm date has been fixed yet, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — On October 25-26, the XI Eurasian Economic Forum was held on “Innovation art: economics of trust and business diplomacy from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean”, in Verona, Italy. Uzbekistan’s delegation participated in the event, the Jahon information agency reported.

The business program of the event included discussions on development of economic cooperation between the countries of the Eurasian continent, prospects for development of international trade relations, the possibility of using modern financial instruments, qualitative changes in the energy industry, mining, mechanical engineering, improving logistics and infrastructure, information and digital technology.

The forum was attended by about 1.5 thousand representatives from 40 countries, including business and expert circles, public and political figures, diplomats, experts, journalists, as well as members of governments of Italy and other Eurasian states.

Uzbekistan delegation included the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis S. Safayev, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan A. Ikramov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Italy O. Akbarov, as well as 18 representatives of business community engaged in production of textiles, medical equipment, construction materials, leather industry, and tourism.

At the forum, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan and the Italy–Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce with the assistance of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Italy organized a special session dedicated to presentation of trade, economic and investment potential of Uzbekistan.

Bilateral meetings were held with Como Chamber of Commerce, as well as with heads of a number of large companies such as Nuovo Pignone, General Medical Merate, Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli Partners, Sytco, Stara Glass, Toscana Nastri, Wood, Techno Italia, ST&I Spa, Mitor consulting, Tesmec, and LPL logistics.

As reported by the Press Service of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan, following the meetings, a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Chambers of Commerce of Uzbekistan and the province of Como (Italy), as well as the Cooperation Agreement with the Italian textile company ST&I Spa, which provides for establishment of cooperation on development of textile industry in Uzbekistan, as well as introduction of advanced Italian experience in this sphere.