TASHKENT (TCA) — Spain’s Innova Tax Free Group is ready to develop a shopping tourism development strategy for Uzbekistan, which also provides for introduction of a system for refunding value added tax in purchasing consumer goods (tax free system) in Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat on January 30 hosted a Board meeting of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), co-organized by the IFAS Executive Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Program of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia, State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — On January 31, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon received Pietro Salini, the Chief Executive Officer of Salini Impregilo, Italian construction conglomerate which won a $3.9 billion contract to build the Rogun hydropower plant and dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan, the president’s press service said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — At a press conference on January 31, the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) Governor Kairat Kelimbetov told about the prospects of the financial center and the date of its official presentation to the global investment community, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoev has dismissed powerful longtime National Security Service (NSS) chief Rustam Inoyatov, removing an influential insider who had been seen as his rival, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reports citing two senior Uzbek government officials.

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