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ASTANA (TCA) — A Kazakh delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Askar Myrzakhmetov, arrived in Beijing on March 31 in an effort to attract Chinese investments in Kazakhstan’s agro-industrial sector and promote the export of Kazakh agricultural products to China, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — A Chinese delegation headed by China’s Deputy Minister of Commerce Fang Aiqing has visited Tashkent to take part in the fifth meeting of the Subcommittee on Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Uzbek-Chinese Intergovernmental Commission, the Jahon information agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The efforts to address the legacy of Soviet era uranium mining in Central Asia is making substantial progress. Following the establishment of the multilateral Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) framework agreements have now been signed with the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, where the fund will operate, the EBRD press office reported on March 31.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On March 31, the Ata-Meken (Fatherland) parliamentary opposition faction discussed distribution of money received by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan to help residents of Dacha Su village that suffered from a plane crash on January 16.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated, the United States, as well as Russia and China, has increased military assistance to security forces in neighboring Central Asian states. Here below we are republishing this article by Joshua Kucera on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.
