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TASHKENT (TCA) — On November 22-25, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to the Republic of Korea at the invitation of President Moon Jae-in, the press service of the Uzbek president said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Coca-Cola Turkmenistan is on the brink of shutdown and has already closed down production at its manufacturing facilities located in Ashgabat, the independent foreign-based news website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported on November 20.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Outgoing President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said at his final press conference on November 20 that he will remain in politics after he leaves office later this week, saying that he plans to lead the ruling Social Democratic Party in parliamentary elections in 2020, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan John Nicholson has announced a two-year plan to drive back the Taliban and help Afghan security forces take control of at least 80 percent of the country, compared to the less than two-thirds they control now, RFE/RL reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — All new railroads that cross Central Asia will eventually connect China to the wider region and Europe, and in this geostrategic railway game, Russia may find itself on the margins of the region’s railway map. We are republishing this article by Farkhad Sharip on the issue, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — With 2017 nearing to its end, mid-term recovery prospects of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) member countries — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan — become clearer to an extent. While at the beginning of the year there were concerns over the continuing recession in some countries of the region, it becomes evident by its end that all the EDB countries demonstrate positive economic growth, according to the findings of the monthly Macroeconomic Review published by the Chief Economist’s Group at EDB.
