Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — Over the past five or six years, no large enterprises or plants have been built in Kyrgyzstan, and no oil and gas fields have been discovered, but the country was able to increase its GDP 2.5-fold primarily due to the fight against corruption, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said on June 11 at an international forum in Bishkek.
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ALMATY (TCA) — A trade exhibition of goods manufactured in Kazakhstan will be held from July 1 to October 1, 2017 at the Khorgos International Center of Boundary Cooperation (ICBC) on the Kazakh-Chinese border, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank on June 13 announced a financing package for Afghanistan of more than $500 million to help the country through a difficult phase in its struggle to end poverty and to signal a long-term commitment to the country’s people.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Pamir Energy has won the 2017 International Ashden Award for Increasing Energy Access for its work bringing hydro power to 220,000 people in East Tajikistan and 35,000 people in North Afghanistan, as well as to many businesses, schools, and health centres, the Aga Khan Development Network said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — On June 13 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres chaired a “High-Level United Nations-Central Asian Dialogue on Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia”. On this occasion, ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan adopted a Joint Declaration on strengthening regional collaboration to counter terrorism, the Ashgabat-based United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) said.
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ASTANA (TCA) — At the EXPO 2017 on “Future Energy” in Astana in Kazakhstan, on June 13, the United Nations called on governments, businesses, and cities to increase their efforts to accelerate the transition towards clean energy.
