BISHKEK (TCA) — Unabated climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in Asia and the Pacific, including Central Asia, which could severely affect their future growth, reverse current development gains, and degrade quality of life, according to a report produced by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), ADB said on July 14.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The political parties system in Kyrgyzstan is still young and immature — with politicians and wealthy people often joining, and changing, this or that party for their personal, often commercial, interests. The incumbent President Atambayev has previously spoken for reducing the number of political parties in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament down to 2-3. And still, as the country heads for a presidential election, Atambayev’s own party has no unity in picking a single candidate. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A unique project on the construction of a gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in Uzbekistan’s Kashkadarya region had been pendent for a long time, but it has found a second wind in the last six months, by the decision of the head of state, the country’s official Jahon information agency reports.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Samarkand City tourist zone with modern hotels, cottages, cultural, recreational and entertainment facilities will be created in Uzbekistan’s ancient Silk-Road city of Samarkand in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan which approved measures to accelerate the development of the tourism potential of Samarkand city and Samarkand region in 2017-2019, the Jahon information agency reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Twenty-two border and customs officers from Afghanistan and Tajikistan graduated from the Afghan Border Police Border Management Awareness Course on July 13 at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe.

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KABUL (TCA) — Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Afghanistan on July 13. During his one-day visit, the Federal President met Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah for political talks in Kabul. The Federal President also visited the memorial at Camp Marmal to remember the German soldiers killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan, and addressed German troops as well as representatives of international forces and civilian personnel.

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