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ASTANA (TCA) — A Kazakh government delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov arrived in Israel to attract Israeli investments in Kazakhstan’s agribusiness, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported on April 6.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The official Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper on April 6 reported that Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has fired Yashigeldy Kakaev, the deputy prime minister for energy, for “weak control” of the country’s oil and gas sector.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — An European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) climate resilience project proposal for the modernisation of a hydropower plant in Tajikistan has been approved for co-financing by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Bank said on April 6.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Tengri Bank on April 6 signed a trade finance agreement enabling ADB’s Trade Finance Program (TFP) to provide guarantees to support import and export transactions in Kazakhstan.
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KABUL (TCA) — Following reports of a Russian delegation’s visit to northern Waziristan in Pakistan, a senior Afghan police commander claimed the Russian delegation along with Pakistani military had also visited a number of Taliban training centers in the remote region across the Durand Line, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Economic growth in Kazakhstan is forecast to accelerate in 2017 reflecting continued fiscal spending to stimulate consumption and investment, and higher earnings from oil exports, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.
