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ALMATY (TCA) — On October 24, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev took part in the opening ceremony of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Eurasian Week 2017 forum in Almaty and addressed the participants with a welcoming speech, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The 76th Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee and the 13th International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair are being held in Tashkent, the Jahon information agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On October 24, an official ceremony was held to inaugurate a renovated water supply system providing access to safe drinking water for the population of the village Kachybek of Ak-Chiy Aiyl Aimak of Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul oblast, and its social facilities — one school, one kindergarten, one village medical point and a sport hall. The ceremony was attended by the residents, representatives of the local municipality and council, representatives of the oblast and the district authorities, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Foreign Ministry of Russia has sharply criticized Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani over his recent comment in which he said that Moscow is backing the Taliban.
LONDON (TCA) — Rather than what one might have expected, China’s regional and global aspirations were not on top of the agenda at the Communist Party congress which took place this past week. Instead, domestic affairs dominated the event in the form of a consolidation of the hierarchic political and governmental power structure amidst speculations about a possible change in the denomination of candidates for succession within the system’s top ranks. Whatever the case, the message to neighbouring countries and beyond was: China comes first, the rest of the world will come as well — but later.
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KABUL (TCA) — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters during an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on October 23 that Washington thinks that moderate elements among the Taliban exist and they can be part of the country’s government, Sputnik news agency reported.
