TASHKENT (TCA) — Under the new president, Uzbekistan is pursuing a policy of agricultural diversification — reduction of land areas under cotton, which has been the country’s main agricultural export item for decades, in favor of fruit and vegetables, whose export is to bring in even more money to Uzbek farmers and more hard currency to the State. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan is ready to buy up to 500 thousand tons of Russian crude by the end of this year for its new oil refinery being built in the Jizzakh province, Russia’s Izvestiya newspaper reported with reference to a letter from Uzbekistan’s Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov to Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A new logistics center for processing fruit and vegetables, founded by the Uzbekistan-Latvian joint venture Olchazor Impex, will soon be commissioned in Shahrisabz in Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — As Kazakhstan and the US have recently renewed an agreement on military cooperation, Russian experts consider the impact it will have on Russian-Kazakh ties, specifically with regard to prospects of a US naval base in the Caspian Sea, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reports.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Social institutes in Orlovka, Kadzhi-Sai and Ak-Tyuz in Kyrgyzstan are gradually shifting towards using alternative sources of energy as solar systems for water heating have been installed in 4 kindergartens, 2 secondary schools and 2 health facilities of these settlements, UNDP in the Kyrgyz Republic reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Czech company Liglass Trading is to pay $37 million to Russia’s RusHydro within a month to buy out its stake in Kyrgyzstan’s Upper Naryn cascade of hydro power plants project, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said at his annual press conference on July 24.

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