BISHKEK (TCA) — The month of August this year will mark a quarter century of so-called newly independent states following the implosion of the USSR. But transition to so-called market economy has not taken place as expected. The example of Kyrgyzstan, which is the first among post-Soviet Central Asian republics to mark its independence on August 31, demonstrates that the results are mixed.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United States Ambassador to Tajikistan, Elisabeth Millard, General-Lieutenant Rajabali Rahmonali of the Border Guard Forces of Tajikistan, and other U.S. and Tajik officials, attended the handover ceremony of $12 million dollars worth of U.S. equipment to Tajikistan’s Border Guard Agency on August 18. The United States government donated $9 million dollars of communication equipment and $3 million dollars of J8 Jeep Wranglers. This equipment was funded by the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Counter-Narcotics Program and represents the United States’ continued commitment to counter the trafficking of illegal drugs in Tajikistan, the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan said.
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TARAZ, Kazakhstan (TCA) — An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on promoting women entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan’s rural areas, which took place on August 19 in Taraz, South Kazakhstan, brought together some 50 participants from the Kazakh Parliament, the Zhambyl local administration, the regional National Chamber of Entrepreneurs Atameken, business organizations and civil society, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan and Turkey plan to increase bilateral trade and attract Turkish capital to the Tajik economy, Avesta news agency reported citing Mahmut Er, chairman of the Turkish-Tajik Business Council.
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ASTANA (TCA) — In June 2016 the total volume of loans issued by the banking sector to the economy of Kazakhstan had reached KZT 12.5 trillion. However, despite a remarkable fall in new loans in January 2016 the total volume of new loans was up by 6.8 percent year on year in the first six months of 2016, Ranking.kz reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union on 1 August transferred EUR 5 million to the treasury account of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic as part of a program aimed to support electoral reform in the country, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on August 18.
