BEIJING (TCA) — China plans to invest $2 billion in the creation of an industrial park in Syria that will initially bring together 150 Chinese companies, Qin Yong, the deputy chairman of the China-Arab Exchange Association, announced on July 9 during the first Syria reconstruction projects fair in Beijing, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported. Observers believe that by doing so, China has sent a strong signal about its geopolitical interests in Syria.

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ASTANA (TCA) — In the first half of 2017, transit traffic through Kazakhstan and Latvia increased by 15 percent, the head of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) Kanat Alpysbaev said at the international conference “Prospects of global transport communication. Eurasian potential”, held in Astana on July 10, KTZ’s press office reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — There are plans to start assembling Belarusian agricultural machinery in Tajikistan this autumn, Belarus’ BelTA news agency reported citing Ambassador of Belarus to Tajikistan Oleg Ivanov.

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ASTANA (TCA) — On July 10-12, the Minister of Agriculture of China Han Changfu is paying a visit to Kazakhstan. The visit included a Kazakhstan-China Agrarian Investment Forum in Astana, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has urged people in the predominantly Muslim country not to wear beards or hijabs, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on July 11 signed a law that bars people without previous government experience from running for the country’s president.

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