ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting its support for private sector development in Turkmenistan by extending a US $2.1 million loan to the private transport company Avtotrans.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Canada-based Centerra Gold Inc., the largest Western-based gold producer in Central Asia which is also developing the Kumtor gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan, on February 4 announced that the Mongolian Parliament had passed a resolution setting the state ownership interest in the Gatsuurt Project at 34% and authorizing the Mongolian government to complete negotiations with Centerra on the terms of such ownership.
TASHKENT (TCA) — This year Uzbekistan will start production of potato chips. The project will be implemented at East West Invest enterprise in Tashkent, Novosti Uzbekistana reported.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Government of Tajikistan for the past six months has completed the process of accession to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents by taking further steps to implement the Convention in Tajikistan, the World Bank said in a press release.
ASTANA (TCA) — The standoff between Turkey and Russia is a big problem for Kazakhstan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said last Saturday during his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu in Astana, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
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