ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s tourism industry is facing ambitious tasks — to increase the share of tourism from the current 1% to 8% of GDP by 2025 and to raise the employment from 390 thousand people in 2017 up to 660 thousand by 2025, Chairperson of the Tourism Industry Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, Mainyura Murzamadiyeva, said in an interview with PrimeMinister.kz.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The 14th meeting of the Kazakh-Chinese joint commission for cooperation in the field of industrialization and investment was held in Beijing on February 11, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — Army chiefs of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have visited Afghanistan amid concerns in Central Asia countries about the expansion of Daesh (Islamic State) in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The health of one of three jailed Kyrgyz opposition politicians who have been on hunger strike for several days is very serious, his lawyer has told RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan plans to launch an electronic trading platform, ZoodMall, in the first half of 2018. A Memorandum of Cooperation for this project was signed between National Postal Operator of Uzbekistan JSC Uzbekiston Pochtasi and Swiss company ZOODEL on February 8, the Jahon information agency reported.

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