ASHGABAT (TCA) — The tasks of establishing mutually-beneficial inter-regional cooperation between the countries of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the European Union lie at the foundation of joint efforts to update the EU Strategy for Central Asia, and also require increased exchanges of experiences and best practices in the security sphere and the development of common measures to fight terrorism and radicalization, ensure border security, and combat drug trafficking. This was the main conclusion made on July 9 in Turkmenistan’s capital during the 5th session of the High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Political and Security issues between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia, the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

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KABUL (TCA) — A high-level delegation led by Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov visited Afghanistan this past weekend and held talks with the Afghan president, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Taliban fighters to hold peace talks with the Afghan government, as he made an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital on July 9, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Russian ruble should be made the currency of settlements in the Eurasian Economic Union, Board Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Andrey Belyaninov recently said at a conference of the Russian TV business channel RBC “Window of opportunities: Investments and new projects in Eurasia”.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Japan has made a contribution of US$600,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support rural women in Kyrgyzstan in order for them to play a greater role in entrepreneurship and farming, the WFP said on July 9.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, in partnership with the Embassy of the United Kingdom, hosted a visit to Ashgabat by Professor Peter Frankopan of Oxford University as part of a program to promote dialogue on the historic legacy of the Silk Road.

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