ASTANA (TCA) — In the new geopolitical realities in the Central Asia region and the world, Kazakhstan has adopted a new Military Doctrine identifying the country’s security threats and ways to counter such threats. We are republishing this article by Anna Gussarova on the issue, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed an executive order on October 27 tasking his government to prepare the Kazakh alphabet for a transition to Latin letters from Cyrillic ones by 2025, Sputnik news agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — In Q3 2017, multilateral development banks (MDBs) approved CIS project financing for a total of US$ 1.5 billion, including 60% of sovereign funding and 40% of private sector funding, according to Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Analytical Review. In Q3 2017, investment project financing originated by MDBs in the CIS private sector decreased 1.6 times quarter-on-quarter to US$ 613 million. Four MDBs (EDB, EBRD, BSTDB, EIB) approved funding for 18 projects. The EDB accounts for the bulk of newly approved funding (US$ 365 million, or 60%) which will be used to finance 6 projects.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan railways will use freight cars of its own production, the press service of the country’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) said.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A ceremony was held to mark the handover by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) of the Information Technology (IT) equipment to strengthen the capacity of Tajikistan’s Information Management and Analytical Centre (IMAC). The equipment, worth US $22,000, was purchased using funding from the Government of the Russian Federation, the WFP said on October 26.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on October 26 met with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to discuss ways of further deepening the almost 20-year partnership with the country. During the 3-day visit, Mr. Nakao also met with First Deputy Prime Minister and ADB Governor Davlatali Said and Minister of Economic Development and Trade and Alternate ADB Governor Nematullo Khikmatullozoda.
