ASHGABAT (TCA) — In late May, for the second time in recent months, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov criticized Deputy Prime Minister overseeing agriculture Esenmyrat Orazgeldiev and highlighted that reforms in the country’s agricultural sector were being implemented at an extremely low pace, the Chronicles of Turkmenistan independent website reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Militants forced to flee Afghanistan could represent a threat to the Central Asian members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Sputnik news agency reported citing the head of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Paul Ross, visited Tajikistan from May 17−30 and met with the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister Davlatali Said, Finance Minister Abdusalom Qurboniyon, Economy Minister Negmatullo Hikmatullozoda, and National Bank Governor Jamshed Nurmahmadzoda.

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ALMATY (TCA) — Tough competition and the devaluation of the national currency, the tenge, are cited as the reasons for the French retailer’s shop’s closure in Almaty. We are republishing this article by Aktan Rysaliev on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Speaking at the Uzbek parliament on May 27, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov told about his ministry’s work on improving the country’s visa system, the Jahon information agency reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — In his video-call greeting the participants of the International Energy Charter Forum “Towards a Multilateral Framework Agreement on Transit of Energy Resources” held in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat on May 30-31, Vice-President of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic expressed firm confidence that Caspian and Central Asian Region and the European Union would shortly develop beneficial cooperation in different spheres including the energy, and that the negotiations and continuous efforts in provision of Turkmen gas supplies to European markets indicate strong partnership and cooperation, Turkmen state media reported.

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