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TASHKENT (TCA) — A top U.S. official said that the White House will urge Uzbekistan President Shavkhat Mirziyoev to continue reforming the economy and improving human rights in the Central Asian country when he visits the United States for the first time this week, RFE/RL reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As China is reviving the new rail Silk Road for the transportation of its goods to Europe, Kazakhstan is well-situated to become a key transit hub along this route. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by John C. K. Daly, originally published by the CACI Analyst:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The University of Central Asia’s Mountain Societies Research Institute has announced the World Mountain Forum 2018, to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from October 23 to 26.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan Allan Mustard will visit Mary province on May 16 to take part in the closing ceremony for restoration and conservation of the Greater and Lesser Gyz Gala monuments in Ancient Merv, supported by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). The ceremony will be held at Gyz Gala, with the participation of embassy officials, representatives from the National Department for Protection, Research, and Restoration of Historical and Cultural Monuments under the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, and local officials.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Russian Social and Industrial Foodservice Institute have opened a greenhouse at secondary school No. 15 in the Proletar village of the Vakhsh district in Tajikistan.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has freed an opposition and human rights activist after imprisoning him for more than four years in a case that watchdogs called politically motivated, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reported.
