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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved the Program for Further Development and Modernization of the Coal Industry until 2021, the Jahon information agency reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Finance Ministry says that Afghan traders will soon be able to export their products to European markets after an agreement is signed between Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in the near future, TOLOnews agency reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The head of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) Kanat Alpysbaev during the 14th China International Logistics week held a series of meetings on pairing Kazakhstan’s program Nurly Zhol and China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, to boost cargo transportation between Asia and Europe through Kazakhstan, the KTZ press service said on July 1.
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ALMATY (TCA) — A Kazakh-Thai business forum was held in Almaty, organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan and the Almaty Council of Businesswomen, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on July 1.
EurasiaNet
DUSHANBE (TCA) — This week Tajikistan marked the 20th anniversary of the end of the country’s civil war between the government and Islamic opposition in the 1990s. During these 20 years, Tajik President Rahmon has banned the country’s Islamic Renaissance Party, practically eliminated any dissent, consolidated his grip on power, and built a cult of his personality. It is certainly not what the country expected 20 years ago. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Saudi Development Fund will provide Kyrgyzstan with a 75 million Saudi riyal loan (about $20 million) at 1% per annum for the construction of the North-South alternative motor road.
