ASHGABAT (TCA) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Martin Sommer visited Ashgabat during March 6-17 to hold meetings to assess Turkmenistan’s macroeconomic and financial developments and discuss economic challenges and policy priorities with senior government officials, members of the Parliament, representatives of real and financial sectors, academics, and the diplomatic community, the IMF said.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — State-run media in Turkmenistan reported on March 21 that Serdar Berdymukhammedov, the only son of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has become the chairman of the parliament’s legal affairs committee, RFE/RL reports.

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ASTANA (TCA) — As the Syria peace talks in Astana have given more international exposure to Kazakhstan as a player in the region wider than Central Asia, we are republishing this article by George Voloshin, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — From March 27 through April 7, the U.S. Department of Defense will conduct a training exercise in partnership with Tajik security forces, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said on March 20.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — A new plant for production of plastic pipes for drip irrigation has officially opened in Ala-Buka village of Ala-Buka district in Jalal-Abad province in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.

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