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BISHKEK (TCA) — Outgoing Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has criticized Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev again amid persistent tension between the neighboring Central Asian countries, saying he will not apologize to the “aged president”, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Cooperation in sustainable development and management of water resources of Central Asia was the subject of a regional meeting held under the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the International Fund for Saving of Aral Sea (IFAS) in 2017–2019, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan, now ranked as a Middle-Income Country, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the world’s preeminent development knowledge broker, and the Regional Hub of Civil Service in Astana organized a South-South Development Exchange Symposium in Astana, that is taking place from November 14 to 17, bringing together the top government officials from 43 African countries. The objective of the symposium is to serve as a platform to review and exchange lessons and experiences to help African countries better design and implement their economic structural transformation policies.
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ALMATY (TCA) — Projects supported by the European Union in Central Asia have had a significant impact in helping communities to be better prepared for natural disasters. The European Union’s Disaster Preparedness Programme (DipECHO) has invested €46 million in over 100 projects across the region, supporting both the population and the governments of the region in preparing for and mitigating the consequences of natural disasters since 2003. The countries that have benefited are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan said on November 13.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — More than 50 representatives of law enforcement agencies and other ministries from France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan as well as experts from nine international organizations gathered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 13 and 14 November to discuss greater cooperation among law enforcement agencies in combating the threat of illicit drugs, including New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), facilitated by the Internet and the “Darknet”, the OSCE reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The leader of Tajikistan’s opposition Social Democratic Party says he has been injured in an attack he believes was politically motivated, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
