ASHGABAT (TCA) — On June 13 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres chaired a “High-Level United Nations-Central Asian Dialogue on Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia”. On this occasion, ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan adopted a Joint Declaration on strengthening regional collaboration to counter terrorism, the Ashgabat-based United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — At the EXPO 2017 on “Future Energy” in Astana in Kazakhstan, on June 13, the United Nations called on governments, businesses, and cities to increase their efforts to accelerate the transition towards clean energy.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — On June 13, the first Double Taxation Agreement was signed between the Kyrgyz Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by British Ambassador Robin Ord-Smith and Kyrgyz Minister of Economy Arzybek Kojoshev, the British Embassy in Bishkek said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — As relations between Tashkent and Ankara have been showing signs of improvement after the death of longtime President Islam Karimov, Turkish businesses are expected to return to Uzbekistan’s market. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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ALMATY (TCA) — At present, 31 commodity items of 15 Kazakhstan companies are placed on Jumore, the largest Chinese electronic trading platform, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Within the framework of the International Exhibition Astana EXPO-2017, in the pavilion The World of Nuclear Energy, Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom on June 12 signed memorandums with Cameco Corporation (Canada), Uranium One Inc., CGN (China), and AREVA (France). All four documents determine the opportunities for cooperation in implementing in Kazatomprom the tasks outlined in the Address of the President of Kazakhstan “Third modernization of Kazakhstan: global competitiveness” and the state program “Digital Kazakhstan”.

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