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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.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the achievements from the most recent evaluation surveys of its nutrition project in Kyrgyzstan, the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING). The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, development partners, international organizations, practitioners, academia, and other stakeholders attended the roundtable last week, the US Embassy in Bishkek reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A new aluminum plant will be built on the grounds of the existing aluminum company in Tajikistan, Igor Sattarov, spokesman of Tajik Aluminum Company state unitary enterprise, told a briefing in Dushanbe, Avesta news agency reported on November 18.
