EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti meets Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on January 15 (EBRD photo)
BISHKEK (TCA) — China has become the 67th member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Following the completion of all the formalities, the announcement was made after a meeting between the EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on January 15, the EBRD press office said.
ASTANA (TCA) — Organic food can become a priority export niche for Kazakhstan, the country’s Minister for Investment and Development Asset Issekeshev said, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
ALMATY (TCA) — The National Bank of Kazakhstan said that the country’s international reserves, including gold and foreign currency reserves of the National Bank and assets of the National (Oil) Fund, in 2015 decreased by 10.6 percent, from US $102.452 billion down to $91.581 billion.
ASTANA (TCA) — Investors in Kazakhstan no longer need to apply to the government agencies for obtaining approval documents. They can now get all the necessary public services for implementation of investment projects in “one-window” service sectors operating at public service centers (PSC), the press office of Kazakhstan’s Ministry for Investment and Development said.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) President Sir Suma Chakrabarti is visiting Beijing on 15-16 January to finalize the details of China’s EBRD membership and to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the EBRD press office said.
Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon with his son Rustam Emomali and his family
DUSHANBE (TCA) — A group of members of the lower chamber of Tajikistan’s parliament have proposed an amendment to the country’s Constitution that would lower to 30 years the minimal age at which Tajik citizens are eligible to run for presidency in Tajikistan. Today persons not younger than 35 years old have the right to run for President in Tajikistan. The amendment was apparently proposed in favor of President Emomali Rakhmon’s son, Rustam Emomali, who will turn 33 by the next presidential election in Tajikistan in 2020, the Fergana information agency reported.
