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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The foreign-based independent website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports that officers from the 22nd motor rifle division of the Turkmen armed forces have been accused of disseminating non-traditional Islam and sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
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ASTANA (TCA) — China’s electronic trading platform Jumore plans to create a multifunctional trade and logistics complex in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. That was said after a meeting last week between Nurzhan Altaev, Deputy Chairman of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan and Mr. Li Hongxian, President of Jumore, Atameken reported on its website.
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KABUL (TCA) — China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have agreed to form a foreign ministers dialogue mechanism, said a joint statement issued by the three countries’ foreign ministries, after China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past weekend, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — For many critics, the EXPO-2017 which is going on in Astana represents just a glittering façade behind which lies the true, not green, energy sector and economy of Kazakhstan. We are republishing this article by Chris Rickleton on the event, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The President of Uzbekistan on June 21 signed the Resolution “On measures to further support domestic exporting organizations and improve foreign trade activities”, which is intended to motivate all producers of fresh fruit and vegetable products to participate independently in its supply to foreign markets, and abolishes the monopoly of specialized foreign trade company Uzagroexport in this area, the Jahon information agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Islamic State terrorists are seeking to shift the main focus of their activity from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan and neighboring countries in Central Asia, Russian Col. Gen. Andrey Novikov, the head of the Anti-Terrorist Center of the Commonwealth of Independent States said, RT reported on June 24.
