ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Turkmen State Committee for Nature Protection and Land Management promote sustainable urban development in Turkmenistan. The topic is important as the country is actively developing its urban infrastructure, which is one of the sustainable development goals. In Turkmenistan, the number of urban population exceeded rural in 2014, and this trend is accelerating, Mark Chao, UNDP International Expert on Energy, Environment and Climate Change, said in an interview with UNDP Turkmenistan.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao met with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov earlier this week in Ashgabat to discuss the country’s development priorities and reiterate support for the government’s efforts to diversify the economy, ADB’s press service said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A project to establish Uzbekistan’s first plant for the production of conveyor belts, agricultural and automobile tires is currently in progress in the Angren special industrial zone (SIZ). The new plant is scheduled for commissioning in the third quarter of 2018, the Jahon information agency reports.

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ASTANA (TCA) — In 2017, the government of Kazakhstan plans a phased increase in excise duties on alcoholic beverages and tobacco, the Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev said at the conference “Actual problems of taxation” on September 22, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The government of Kazakhstan plans to introduce tax incentives for subsoil users under conditions of the economic crisis, Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev said at the conference “Actual problems of taxation” on September 22, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.

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KABUL (TCA) — The government of Afghanistan has signed a draft peace accord with notorious exiled warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, paving the way for his return after years of fighting the Afghan authorities, RFE/RL reports.

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