ASTANA (TCA) — With the support of Kazakh Invest national company for investment support and promotion, a Qatari business delegation led by the chairman of the Association of Qatari business people Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani visited the cities of Almaty and Astana, where they got acquainted with the investment projects in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Invest reported on May 14. This trip was the return visit of the Qatari business delegation after the meeting with representatives of Kazakh Invest in Doha in April this year.

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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.

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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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