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TASHKENT (TCA) — The President of Uzbekistan has provided a wide range of benefits and preferences to businesses operating in the country’s Khorezm province and Karakalpakstan autonomous region, the Jahon information agency reports.
Stratfor
BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian media reported that police suspect the bombing in a subway train in St. Petersburg on April 3 was carried out by a man from Central Asia with ties to radical Islamic groups. Here below we are republishing an article originally published by Stratfor, which looks into different theories to explain who staged the attack, and what it could mean for Central Asia should the media reports about the alleged involvement of natives from this region are confirmed by investigators:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Chinese authorities have imposed 15 new restrictions, including banning burqas and veils, as well as “abnormal” beards, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the northwest China, predominantly inhabited by Muslim population, as part of the fight against religious extremism, Sputnik news agency reported citing media reports.
TCA
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.
