ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Finland are interested in further development of cooperation across the whole spectrum of relations, with a special focus on green technologies. The success of EXPO-2017 in Astana and Finland’s participation in it have laid the foundation for such collaboration. This was said during meetings in Helsinki last week between Kazakhstan Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko and Finnish partners in governmental, legislative and business circles, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin held negotiations with the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov on November 24 in Tashkent to discuss further development of cooperation in industrial, agricultural, military, technical, aerospace, transit and transport spheres, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Chief Executive Officer of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Mr. Khaled Al-Aboodi, and the Chief Executive Officer of Kyrgyzstan’s Micro-Credit Company Mol Bulak Finance, Mr. Babyrzhan Tolbaev, signed a line of financing agreement for a USD 10 million facility in Istanbul, the ICD said on November 26.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — In Uzbekistan, the training of trainers has begun, which in the future will help the rural population to learn the subtleties of hospitality by creating guest houses, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan reports.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Today, China remains the only buyer of Turkmenistan’s natural gas. As China’s energy consumption continues to grow, Turkmenistan can be sure to have this large sales market for its hydrocarbons for many years to come. We are republishing this article by Gary Sands* on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.

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