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ASTANA (TCA) — The US-based Surgicorps International’s team is making its 1st surgical trip to Kazakhstan after an exploratory trip in March that confirmed significant need for Surgicorps’ services in the Central Asian country, the US Embassy in Kazakhstan said.
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ASTANA (TCA) — On May 23 in Astana, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan and national investment promotion company Kazakh Invest signed a Memorandum of Understanding according to which the Chamber will provide equipped workplaces in the established 7 full-scale Business Service Centers in various regions of Kazakhstan to accommodate representatives of Kazakh Invest, which will provide an opportunity to resolve promptly operational issues, Atameken reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s authorities have launched an “unrelenting assault” against lawyers, particularly those defending government critics, RFE/RL reports citing Amnesty International.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani last week inaugurated the construction of the Dar-i-Suf to Yakawlang road in the country’s Bamyan province. The road will boost Afghanistan’s transport network, widen economic and social opportunities, and connect remote areas to the country’s center, the ADB country office in Afghanistan said.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Following the recent summit in China about the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, new plans are emerging showing a clear discomfort from several countries and some popular opposition from various local communities in countries involved in the Chinese plan. If stability and security remain the pre-condition for a successful implementation of any project the present situation of conflict and competition toward OBOR does not augur well (see One Belt, One Road: A plan for Chinese dominance and authoritarianism, TCA, 20 May 2017).
EurasiaNet
BISHKEK (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has so far built the most friendly and close relations with next-door neighbor Turkmenistan, with other Central Asian neighbors also mending ties with Tashkent in various spheres. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
