BISHKEK (TCA) — The Central Asia Drug Action Programme’s (CADAP) representatives last week met with Taalaybek Zhaparov, the Chairman of the State Service on Execution of Punishments under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to discuss the preparations for the construction of the “Clean zone” for convicted women in the women’s correctional institution No. 2, where it is planned to support and rehabilitate those who made a choice to quit drug use.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — “Kyrgyzstan should become a paradise for business, investors and for each entrepreneur, local and foreign, large and small,” Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said at the fifth meeting of the National Sustainable Development Council of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have launched natural gas production at Dengizkul, Khodjadavlat and Sharkiy Alat gas condensate fields in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The government of Uzbekistan has approved a program of measures for advanced development of renewable energy and increase in the energy efficiency of the economy and social sector for 2017-2021, the Jahon information agency reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan, a major natural gas producer, continues to adjust to a difficult external environment, including persistently low hydrocarbon prices and slower economic activity in trading partners, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on June 15, after conclusion of the Article IV consultation with Turkmenistan.

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ASTANA (TCA) — For the first 4 months of this year, trade between Kazakhstan and Ukraine increased by 37.3% compared to the same period in 2016 and amounted to 486.3 million dollars. This was said at the 13th session of the Joint Kazakhstan-Ukraine Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation held in Astana on June 14-16, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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