DUSHANBE (TCA) — A High-Level EU mission has paid an official visit to Tajikistan. The mission consisted of Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation, and Mr. Peter Burian, EU Special Representative for Central Asia. They arrived to look into the current EU–Tajikistan relations, in particular in the process of implementation of the country`s New Development Strategy 2016–2030, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — As the economic situation in Turkmenistan has worsened amid lower natural gas prices and consequently decreasing gas-export revenues, authorities have embarked on a campaign to combat corruption and embezzlement in the higher echelons of Turkmen government. Will it help the country get more much-needed cash? We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan on July 12 released a book of President Emomali Rahmon’s wit and wisdom, thus extending the strongman leader’s personality cult in the Central Asian nation, RFE/RL reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance on July 12 signed a financing package of $482.3 million in grants with the World Bank to help the country through a difficult phase in its struggle to end poverty.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on July 12 concluded a seminar focusing on Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) experience in the field of Official Development Assistance (ODA): gender equality and promotion of women’s rights, UNDP in Kazakhstan reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — An OSCE-supported international forum on the Green Bridge Partnership Programme (GBPP), a platform for promoting best practices and innovations for a green economy, started on July 12 in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana said.

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