ASTANA (TCA) — The Kazakhstan-Finnish Business and Investment Roundtable 2019 was organized by Kazakh Invest national investment support and promotion agency under the auspices of the Kazakhstan-Finnish Intergovernmental Commission on trade and economic cooperation. The Government representatives, Ambassadors and over 40 companies from both countries participated in the event, Kazakh Invest reported on March 1.

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KABUL (TCA) — Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has said that his country is coordinating efforts with Russia to expedite the peace process in Afghanistan, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The presidential succession is a topical issue in Kazakhstan and recent developments credibly point to the probability of an orchestrated power succession within the next 12 months or so. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by George Voloshin:

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ASTANA (TCA) — According to preliminary data for 2018, more than 8.4 million foreigners visited Kazakhstan, which is 10.2% more compared to 2017 and an increase of 32% compared to 2015. In 2018 the inbound tourism grew by 10% and domestic tourism — by 5%, Chairman of the Board of Kazakh Tourism JSC Rashid Kuzembayev said in an exclusive interview with PrimeMinister.kz.

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KABUL (TCA) — A Taliban negotiating team and US delegates, who continue their talks in Doha, have not yet reached any common understanding or agreed on a joint document, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on March 3, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reports.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A prominent Tajik opposition activist, who resurfaced in Dushanbe last month from self-imposed exile in the Netherlands, has returned to Europe, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.

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