ASTANA (TCA) — Representatives of the Government and international community gathered in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on February 19 to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the people of the Aral region and to look for ways of solving them together. The meeting was convened by the administration of Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda region and was supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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ASTANA (TCA) — The prosecutor in the high-profile trial of former Economy Minister of Kazakhstan, Kuandyk Bishimbaev, has asked a court in Astana to sentence him to 12 years in prison on charges of bribery and embezzlement, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reports.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The 8th meeting of the Kazakh-Italian Intergovernmental Working Group for Industrial and Economic Cooperation and Exchange (IWG) was held in Rome on February 16, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The results of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Union, as well as plans for the current year, were considered at the working meeting of Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov with the heads of diplomatic missions of the EU member states accredited in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.

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ALMATY (TCA) — Cooperation with the UN remains priority direction of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy from the first days of independence, Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said at the high-level meeting “Kazakhstan-UN: Experience, Achievements and Prospects for Cooperation” held in Almaty on February 16. The event was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the opening of the first United Nations office in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.

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