BISHKEK (TCA) — For over 25 years, the United States has partnered with Kyrgyzstan on a diverse set of programs to ensure greater stability, prosperity, and security in the country, including programs for the protection of endangered species like the snow leopard, Kimberly Rosen, USAID Kyrgyz Republic Mission Director, said after Kyrgyzstan successfully hosted International Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Forum held in Bishkek August 23-25. The twelve snow leopard range-countries reaffirmed their strong support for the conservation of snow leopards and high mountain ecosystems and signed the Bishkek Declaration 2017: Caring for Snow Leopards and Mountains – Our Ecological Future.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — For the 25th consecutive year US Peace Corps Volunteers joined local English teachers, their counterparts to welcome students back to school at educational institutions across Kyrgyzstan as the new academic year started in the country on September 1, the US Peace Corps in the Kyrgyz Republic said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan jointly with the British Embassy in Uzbekistan on August 29 held a seminar entitled “Export of horticultural and agricultural products to the UK”. The event focused on issues of exporting local fruits and vegetables, agricultural products to the United Kingdom, the Jahon information agency reports.

The event was attended by representatives of the government and business entities, including 19 entrepreneurs who will take part in “Fine Food 2017” international exhibition that will be held September 2-5 in London.

In 2016, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Great Britain amounted to $151 million. There are 559 enterprises with participation of British investors in Uzbekistan. Representative offices of 68 British companies are accredited in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.

Companies such as British-American Tobacco for manufacturing tobacco products, WorleyParsons, specialized in project and engineering sphere, Rio Tinto, operating in the mining industry, as well as the well-known organizer of exhibitions, ITE, are working in the country.

The work of the Uzbek-British Trade and Industry Council plays an important role in bilateral trade and economic partnership. The most recent, 23rd meeting of the Council was held in November 2016 in Tashkent.

At the seminar, Uzbek exporting enterprises were provided with information on conditions for export of fruits and vegetables, agricultural products to the United Kingdom, and on requirements for imported products, and the overall potential of the market.

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Lead engineers and senior transport officials from member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program committed to accelerate the implementation of road safety initiatives at a meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 30-31 August, ADB’s country office in Dushanbe said.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan has opened a trade house in Mazari-Sharif city in Afghanistan’s Balh Province in an effort to expand the country’s economic cooperation with Afghanistan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Speaking at a festive event in Tashkent commemorating the 26th anniversary of Uzbekistan’s independence on August 31, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that building mutually beneficial cooperation with Central Asian states will remain the key priority of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy, Sputnik news agency reported.

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