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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Duishenbek Zilaliev and Governor of Uzbekistan’s Andijon region, Shuhratbek Abdurakhmanov, as well as thousands of local residents on September 6 attended the reopening ceremony of a major checkpoint along the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — At a summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen on September 4, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which comprise the BRICS grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, issued a statement that for the first time named Pakistan-based militant groups “regional security concern”. We are republishing the following article by James M. Dorsey* on the issue, originally entitled ‘BRICS potentially strengthens Trump’s hand in tackling Pakistani support of militants’:
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ALMATY (TCA) — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs Activity in Central Asia) said it will host one of the region’s major international business events, the Seventh Annual Central Asia Trade Forum, ‘Future Growth: Trade, Transport & Horticulture’, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on October 18-19.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The 11th KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum will be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on September 7 and 8, and will be one of the key events of the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO-2017 ‘Energy of the Future’ being held in Astana from 10 June until 10 September.
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ASTANA (TCA) — At a press conference on September 5, the First Vice Minister for Investment and Development Alik Aidarbayev explained the reasons for the high energy intensity of Kazakhstan’s economy, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The Chairman of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, Timur Kulibayev, and Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Governor Kairat Kelimbetov on September 5 signed a Cooperation Agreement between Atameken and AIFC aimed at uniting efforts to bring Kazakhstan’s business to the level of international standards, Atameken reported.
