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ASTANA (TCA) — The USA Pavilion on May 25 said it held its official ‘send-off’ to Expo 2017 Astana, Kazakhstan at an event in Washington, D.C., featuring U.S. and Kazakhstani representatives previewing the world’s most prominent energy, innovation and person-to-person global event of 2017.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Commission on May 26 said it is making available close to € 165,000 (over 12 million KGS) to provide emergency assistance to families most affected by two powerful earthquakes which struck Kyrgyzstan in early May. The aid will directly benefit 2 750 people in one of the heavily-hit districts of Chon Alai in the southern Osh region.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing loan and grant financing to Manas Airport, the main air gateway in Kyrgyzstan located 25 km of the capital Bishkek, for the modernization of the terminal building, the Bank said.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Russia has sent Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems to Tajikistan for military drills, the first time this type of missile has been moved to the Central Asian country.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after the NATO summit in Brussels on May 25 that the alliance had not yet made a decision on foreign troop levels in Afghanistan for 2018 but that all NATO members supported the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, TOLOnews agency reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — China and Russia are Uzbekistan’s leading trade partners and investors, but in terms of investments in the Uzbek economy, China is slightly ahead of Russia. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is building relations with Eurasia’s two great powers, realizing that it is China that can offer more to Uzbekistan. We are republishing this article by Umida Hashimova on the issue, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
