DUSHANBE (TCA) — The World Bank has launched a consultation process with key stakeholders in Tajikistan on the Country Partnership Framework for 2019-2022. In this context, the World Bank’s Regional Director for Central Asia, Lilia Burunciuc, and the newly appointed World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan, Jan-Peter Olters, on May 17 met with the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, to discuss medium-term development opportunities, constraints, and priorities for the country, the World Bank said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan on May 19 and 20 at the invitation of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the press service of the Uzbek president said. It will be Mirziyoyev’s second visit to Turkmenistan since his election as the Uzbek president late last year.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) has recommended Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov as the party’s candidate for the presidential election due to be held this autumn, 24.kg news agency reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The European Union and Uzbekistan recognize the need to boost bilateral trade and will take efforts to achieve that goal, Eduards Stiprais, Head of the European Union Delegation to Uzbekistan, told a press conference in Tashkent earlier this month, the Jahon information agency reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Certificates for grant support in the amount of over 14.5 million soms were awarded to 15 municipalities of the Chuy province in northern Kyrgyzstan at the ceremony held on May 17 in Bishkek, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — On May 16-18, the USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs project and Kazakhstan’s investment and export promotion company JSC NC KAZAKH INVEST are conducting a study tour of Astana and Almaty for export promotion officials from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in order to observe Kazakhstan’s export promotion expertise in practice.

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