ASHGABAT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s presidential press service said that Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov spoke by telephone with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev on July 24 to congratulate him on his birthday. The statement was the first official report about activity by Berdymukhammedov since July 21, when rumors on social media and unconfirmed reports by Russian news outlets claimed he had died.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s former President Almazbek Atambayev, who faces five counts of criminally abusing his office when he held power from 2011 to 2017, has left Kyrgyzstan aboard a private jet headed to Moscow, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The isolated and reclusive nature of Turkmenistan’s regime caused the situation in which false reports appeared over the past weekend of the Turkmen president’s death. This happened as Turkmenistan has experienced a severe economic crisis and has found itself in the center of geopolitical rivalry between the West, China, and Russia. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by Paul Goble:

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Over 19,000 citizens of the Kyrgyz city of Cholpon-Ata will have regular access to safe drinking water and improved wastewater services thanks to a joint investment in the amount of €5.1 million provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Union, the EBRD said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — On July 22, New York hosted an investment forum “Opportunities in the capital markets of Uzbekistan”, organized by the Uzbek Capital Market Development Agency and the Embassy of Uzbekistan in the United States, the Jahon information agency reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The European Union provides a €2 million grant towards a UNDP program that will enable Afghan women to graduate from universities in neighboring Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan said on July 22.

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