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KABUL (TCA) — Afghan Taliban representatives say they have called off two days of peace talks with U.S. officials in Qatar, just hours after they had announced the talks would take place without any delegates from Afghanistan’s government, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The signing of an agreement on the involvement of a Belgian consultant by the Uzbek company Asia Tour Elite for the implementation of the project of Zangiata thermal health complex took place on January 5 at the Embassy of Uzbekistan to the Benelux countries, the Jahon information agency reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The president of Uzbekistan has issued a decree that allows unmarried couples to share rooms in hotels across the former Soviet republic in Central Asia, RFE/RL reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Some 300 activists gathered in the center of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on January 7 to protest against what they called the increasing number of Chinese migrants in Kyrgyzstan, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Six Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals living in Sweden have gone on trial in Stockholm after being accused of transferring funds to the extremist group Islamic State (IS), RFE/RL reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has introduced a visa-free regime for 30 days for Germany’s citizens in order to strengthen the cultural, scientific, and educational exchange between the two countries, improve the investment climate in Uzbekistan, and increase the tourist flow to the Central Asian country. The visa-free regime will enter into force from January 15, 2019, the official information agency Jahon reports.
