BISHKEK (TCA) — With the signing of the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan now has an opportunity to diversify its natural gas exports to Europe through the proposed Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline project. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Ilgar Gurbanov*:
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ASTANA (TCA) — A greenhouse complex for growing vegetables using an innovative hydroponic method will be built in the Sairam district of Kazakhstan’s Turkestan Oblast with support of Kazakh Invest national investment support and promotion company. Polish company Polcotton and Kazakh Invest have signed a corresponding memorandum in Astana, the Kazakh company said.
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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.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The International Entrepreneurship Forum held earlier this month in Tajikistan has demonstrated a widespread recognition of the potential effectiveness of a reform program that would provide the private sector with sufficient space and security for more dynamic business activities, states Jan-Peter Olters, World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan, in the following opinion article, originally published on the World Bank website:
