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TASHKENT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed an agreement with the government of Uzbekistan to explore ways of increasing its investment activity in the country. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti and the authorities in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, the EBRD press office said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — A one-week course on diplomacy for teaching staff and students of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the International University for Humanities and Development, supported by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, concluded on March 17 in Ashgabat.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Earlier this month the media reported that the former Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Afghanistan and ex-governor of Herat province, Ismail Khan, accused the Turkmen government of supporting the Taliban by supplying ammunition to Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s Herat province. Turkmen authorities have denied the allegation.
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KABUL (TCA) — China and Afghanistan have agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of urbanization and city development in Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States has welcomed India’s plan to expand Iran’s Chabahar port as a project that a top US military official says will help the long-term stability of Afghanistan, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported on March 16.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Belarus is going to restore its trade with Kazakhstan to $1 billion, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said during a meeting with Kazakhstan’s parliamentary delegation headed by Mazhilis Speaker Nurlan Nigmatulin in Minsk on March 16, BelTA news agency reported.
