BISHKEK (TCA) — China wants to enhance strategic trust with Kyrgyzstan and “will increase high-level exchanges and step up interactions and cooperation at various levels between our governments, legislatures, political parties and local authorities,” Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote in his signed article entitled “May China-Kyrgyzstan Friendship Thrive Like an Evergreen Tree,” published on June 11 in Kyrgyz media ahead of his state visit to the Central Asian country, Xinhua news agency reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — At the Government meeting on June 11, Kazakh Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev reported on the development of the country’s oil and gas industry in January-May 2019, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Government meeting on June 11 chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin summed up the results of the country’s socio-economic development for January-May 2019, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s delegation took part in Russia’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2019) last week. During the event, representatives of Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company held a series of meetings with leading companies and organisations in Russia, Kazakh Invest said.

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Reports from Kazakhstan say authorities have been arresting demonstrators in some districts of the country’s largest city, Almaty, after hundreds of people gathered to protest the official results of the June 9 presidential election, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.

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