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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) – a single market that includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia – would conclude discussions with Iran over the country’s membership of the Union by the end of 2017, Iran’s PressTV news agency reports citing Timur Suleimenov, Kazakhstan’s minister of economy.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Commission on May 29 said it will provide humanitarian assistance of over €44 million to help people in need in South-West and Central Asia who continue to face the consequences of years of conflicts and displacement, as well as recurrent natural disasters.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan last week held a briefing for representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps to inform about the export potential of Kazakhstan’s defense and aerospace industry and the opportunities for developing bilateral cooperation with foreign partners.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan, which lacks domestic crude to fully load its existing oil refineries and experiences regular fuel shortages, has embarked on a costly project to build a new refinery, whose future resource base may put Tashkent in a position of being politically dependent on Russia. Here below we are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — In Q1 2017, stabilised raw material prices and, as a result, stabilised national exchange rates in most of Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) member countries — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan — have ensured recovery in mutual trade in the region, according to the findings presented in the macroeconomic review prepared by the Chief Economist Group at EDB.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has developed a program of measures for further development of the country’s hydropower sector for the period 2017-2021, the official Jahon information agency reported.
