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ASTANA (TCA) — At the meeting of the Kazakh Government chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin on March 12, a draft State Program for the Development of the Tourism Industry for 2019-2025 was approved, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — For the majority of Islamic countries — including in Central Asia — their relations with China are far more important than any concern for Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by Roie Yellinek*:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) plans to build roads, railways, seaports and other trade infrastructure in dozens of countries in the Eurasian continent. The BRI aims to connect Asia to Europe, and the initiative has steadily expanded economic corridors and projects as far as Africa, the World Bank reported on its website.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan and India on March 11 opened another air freight corridor connecting Herat to New Delhi, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The late Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lived near a U.S. base in southern Afghanistan for years, a new book claims. Searching For An Enemy, by Dutch journalist and writer Bette Dam, says the fugitive leader never hid in Pakistan as was believed by U.S. and Afghan officials, RFE/RL reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan and France plan to organize an exhibition “Civilization and Culture on the Great Silk Road,” in the Louvre Museum in 2021, the Jahon information agency reported.
