New U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Elisabeth Millard (U.S. Embassy photo)
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Ambassador Elisabeth I. Millard has arrived in Dushanbe. She was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to Tajikistan on December 14, 2015 in Washington, DC, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said on January 25.
TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran’s mining sector now attracts more foreign investors, with companies from China and Europe lining up to take part in one of the least developed industries in the resource-rich country as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Italy and France between January 25 and 27, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Vietnam’s Petrovietnam Exploration & Production (PVEP) has suspended geological prospecting for oil and gas in Uzbekistan, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Investors from Finland plan to build a fish farm according to the latest technology in the North Kazakhstan province, said Kalver Kapper, director for business development at GENERAL FINLAND COOP, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — An Italian company will build a rapeseed processing plant in the North Kazakhstan province, the province’s Deputy Governor Mukhtar Mankeyev said, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
ALMATY (TCA) — A council to attract investors has been created in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty. The resolution on the council’s establishment was signed by Almaty Mayor Bauyrzhan Baibek, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
