TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov has said his country has no plans to rejoin the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — a post-Soviet security alliance of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, which means that Uzbekistan’s policy towards the Russia-led bloc would remain the same despite a leadership change in Tashkent.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s authorities say that four close relatives of a former police commander who joined the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in 2015 have been killed in a clash with security forces, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The meeting of Kazakhstan’s Government on July 4, chaired by Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev, reviewed the course of implementation of the country’s Comprehensive Privatization Plan for 2016-2020, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first Universal Exhibition of Goods of the People’s Republic of China, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan jointly with the Ministry of Commerce and the Committee for Promotion of International Trade and the Government of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, opened in Ashgabat on July 4, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — A U.S. congressional delegation on July 4 warned that Washington will change its approach towards Pakistan if Islamabad fails to tackle militants effectively, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reported.

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