BISHKEK (TCA) — Certificates for receiving grants worth over 43 million Kyrgyz soms to improve public services were awarded to 13 municipalities from Jalal-Abad and Issyk-Kul provinces of Kyrgyzstan on April 26, the Embassy of Switzerland in Bishkek said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — A meeting of the Kazakh-French Business Council was held in Astana on April 26.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia should spearhead the process of bringing stability to Afghanistan, while Pakistan will support all of Russia’s initiatives towards reaching this goal, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on April 26 at a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on the sidelines of an international security conference in Moscow, Sputnik news agency reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — At least 10 top investigators and officials of Tajikistan’s Anticorruption Agency have been arrested in recent days, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports citing law enforcement officials in Dushanbe.

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ALMATY (TCA) — Representatives of 20 large South Korean companies came to Almaty to take part in a Kazakh-Korean business forum to discuss the possibilities of opening production facilities in Kazakhstan, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on April 25.

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