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BISHKEK (TCA) — Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan have vowed to work together to prepare the grounds for the construction of a North-South Transit Corridor (NSTC), which is expected to provide a faster trade connectivity between Europe and South East Asia and become a rival to the Suez Canal, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $25 million program to help improve the climate for private sector investment in the Kyrgyz Republic, as part of the government’s efforts to diversify the economy, ADB’s Country Office in Kyrgyzstan said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Eco-Energy scientific-innovation center under the State Committee on Nature of Uzbekistan plans to install more than 400 mobile solar electric power stations throughout the country by the end of 2016, the Jahon information agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Ministers of Economy and Trade of Russia and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to develop a feasibility study for creation of a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union and ASEAN, Russian Minister of Economic Development Aleksey Ulyukayev told journalists on August 5, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Uzbek-Chinese joint venture Titan-Cement has put into operation a large cement plant in Uzbekistan’s northwestern Karakalpakstan region, the Jahon information agency reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia, will sell its stake in its joint venture in Uzbekistan and leave the Central Asian country.
