ASTANA (TCA) — Transnational companies have established a consortium to implement the Eurasia project to develop super-deep hydrocarbon deposits in Kazakhstan’s section of the Caspian Sea, Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said after the signing of cooperation agreements between the Government of Kazakhstan and international companies on June 21, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The relationships between Moscow and Astana over Russia’s use of Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome have never been smooth since the Soviet Union’s collapse, but Moscow has always been consistent in its desire to remain at Baikonur. We are republishing this article by George Voloshin on the issue, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:

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ASTANA (TCA) — Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, took part in the Kazakhstan-Chinese business forum as part of the opening ceremony of China’s Jiangsu Province Week at the international exhibition EXPO-2017 in Astana, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on June 21.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan plans to issue government securities for a total of $1 billion for placing in international financial markets, Avesta news agency reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a mandate letter for the co-financing of a new solar power plant in Kazakhstan near the world-famous space centre in Baikonur, the Bank said on June 21.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have barred citizens under the age of 40 from performing this year’s annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.

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