BISHKEK (TCA) — The global background for the recovery of economic growth in the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) member states — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan — has improved this year. Improvements included an increase in the world’s oil prices as well as greater global economic growth, according to the findings presented in The Macroeconomic Review published by the Chief Economist Group at the EDB on November 20.

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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.

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