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TASHKENT (TCA) — Today, May 11, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will start a state visit to China, which will finish on May 13. After the visit, the Uzbek leader will also participate in the international forum “One Belt, One Road” in Beijing on May 14-15, the Jahon information agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States is looking to its NATO allies to determine how many additional troops are going to be sent to Afghanistan, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reports.
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TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran has prepared documents to file a lawsuit with the International Court of Arbitration against Turkmenistan for its failure to supply natural gas to the Islamic Republic last winter, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports with reference to the managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC).
EurasiaNet
BISHKEK (TCA) — As migrant-phobia sentiments are on the rise in Russia towards labor immigrants from Central Asian countries, including Kyrgyzstan, we are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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ASTANA (TCA) — After a slowdown in 2016, growth in Kazakhstan is expected to strengthen to 2.5 percent this year, reflecting higher oil production and the effect of substantial fiscal stimulus spending, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a press release on May 9, after the IMF Executive Board earlier concluded the 2017 Article IV consultation with Kazakhstan.
Abdul Aziz
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — Terrorist forces are now on the threshold of Tajikistan, threatening the country’s vital infrastructure and territorial control.
