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ASTANA (TCA) — General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Indian Army Staff, is visiting Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to strengthen India’s defense cooperation with the two Central Asian countries, Sputnik news agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced five leaders and activists of the People’s Parliament opposition movement to lengthy prison terms on charges of planning a coup in the spring of 2016.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek has sentenced former member of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament Sadyr Japarov to 11.5 years in a high-security prison for hostage-taking.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Central Asia has been on the trading route between East and West for centuries. But small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have only slowly developed in the region. Yet they are a vital engine to spur sustainable economic growth in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) press office reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan is launching a new unified product brand, UzAgro, for the export of all fruit and vegetable products produced in the country, the Jahon information agency reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov discussed the state of affairs in the country’s agricultural sector at a video conference with khyakims (governors) of velayats (provinces) on July 31, the Chronicles of Turkmenistan independent website reported.
