TASHKENT (TCA) — A two-day international conference to discuss ways of boosting security and economic cooperation between Central Asia countries started in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent on February 19. The conference, “Central Asian connectivity: challenges and new opportunities,” was organized by Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA).

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Preliminary hearings have begun in Kyrgyzstan into a high-profile corruption case against eight close allies of former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was in power from 2011 to 2017, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Astana International Exchange (AIX) informed that on January 25, 2019 United Kingdom’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) granted AIX with ‘recognised stock exchange’ status under section 1005 Income Tax Act 2007, the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) said on February 18.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan take any steps to suppress and eliminate any dissent and opposition to the ruling regime — both inside the country and abroad. We are republishing the following article on the issue, originally published by Eurasianet:

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URUMQI, China (TCA) — The foreign trade volume between China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and countries along Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (B&R) totaled about 291.5 billion yuan (43 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, 13.5 percent more than in the previous year, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — On February 18, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Malaysia Ravshan Usmanov met with the Deputy Director of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) Faisal Iqbal. Following the negotiations, an agreement was reached on organizing a visit of the major palm oil producers of Malaysia to Uzbekistan in March 2019, the Jahon information agency reports.

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