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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The National Bank of Tajikistan says it will auction the properties of two troubled banks — Tajprombank and Fononbank, Avesta news agency reported on June 29.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Fifteen countries participating in NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan have expressed their willingness to increase the amount of troops in the country, while commitments from other nations are pending, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said before a NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 29, Sputnik news agency reported.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The fleet of Turkmenistan’s national airlines company Turkmenhowayollary has been replenished with a new passenger airliner Boeing-737-800, which landed at Ashgabat International Airport on June 28, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan, especially its southern part in the Fergana Valley shared with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, faces a potential threat of extremism and terrorism that may spill over into the country from neighboring Afghanistan. In this situation, it is a vital issue for Bishkek to strengthen its armed forces in the south of the country, including with Russia’s help and even military presence. We are republishing this article by Joshua Kucera on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov and the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Siyarto attended the official opening ceremony and raising of the flags of Hungary and the European Union over the building of the Hungarian Embassy in Tashkent on June 27, the Jahon information agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On 30 June the southern Kyrgyzstan city of Osh will host a round table “On the protection of lawyers’ rights and ethical standards of the legal profession”, organised by the EU-Central Asia Rule of Law Platform, in cooperation with the Kyrgyz and the Paris Bars.
