BISHKEK (TCA) — This year the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), based in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat, marks its 10th anniversary. In his interview with Uzbekistan’s Jahon information agency, Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and UNRCCA head, said that the Center has provided a platform for Central Asian governments for dialogue on the most complex regional issues, including trans-boundary water use, countering security threats, strengthening stability, and developing regional cooperation.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — From September 2016 to May this year, Uzbekistan signed over 320 trade and investment agreements and contracts with foreign partners for a total amount exceeding US $44 billion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov told the Senate of the Uzbek parliament on May 27, the Jahon Information Agency reported.

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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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