ASHGABAT (TCA) — Since restrictions on ATM cash withdrawals have recently been introduced in Turkmenistan, residents in the capital city, Ashgabat, have to stand in queues several times in order to withdraw cash from their accounts. A limit of 200 manats applies for a one-time withdrawal, whereas the cash withdrawal fee has increased from 0.68 to 0.75%, independent foreign-based news website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A meeting of participants of a project on creating the Netherlands Agrotechnology Center in Uzbekistan was recently held at the headquarters of the Netherlands’ Lely Company. Representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands and a number of leading companies discussed the practical aspects of the project implementation, the Jahon information agency reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the European Union on December 19 announced the disbursement of 9.36 million euro as part of the second tranche of the Human Development Support Programme II in Tajikistan, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said.

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KABUL (TCA) — The U.S. special peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says he had “productive” meetings in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) this week as part of efforts to encourage negotiations between the Taliban and Kabul to end the 17-year war in the South-Asian country, RFE/RL reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Speaking to journalists at his first annual meeting with the media as Kyrgyzstan’s president on December 19, Sooronbai Jeenbekov said that his major goal is “nothing but to work day and night for our people and our country,” RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kabul has long opposed Pakistan’s unilateral construction of a fence along the Durand Line along the country’s border with Afghanistan, rejecting Pakistan’s claims that the fence prevents militants and smugglers from slipping across the border. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Sudha Ramachandran*:

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