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BISHKEK (TCA) — Given favorable geographical and climatic conditions for the development of mountain skiing and tourism in Kyrgyzstan, the Government has initiated a pilot project of a Mountain Ski Cluster in the Issyk-Kul province, Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev said at a meeting held last week in the province’s main city, Karakol, to discuss the project, the Ministry’s press service said.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The Union of Farmers of Kazakhstan has spoken against leasing of Kazakh agricultural land by foreigners because it doubts the transparency of such procedure, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
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ALMATY (TCA) — From the beginning of this year, deposits in the national currency, the tenge, in Kazakhstan banks have increased by 43.8 percent while foreign-currency deposits have decreased by 12 percent, the press service of the National Bank of Kazakhstan said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — From July 25, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan has fully stopped currency conversion for companies and organizations of all forms of ownership, Alternative News of Turkmenistan reported with reference to its sources in the Turkmen government.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of the annual ASEAN high-level events that took place in Vientiane, Laos on July 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke about prospects of holding negotiations between the Eurasian Economic Union and ASEAN as an organization.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — According to the directorate of the 1st International Fruit and Vegetable Fair which was recently held in Tashkent, the most expensive agricultural export product from Uzbekistan is salted apricot kernels, whose price per ton varies between $3,100 and $4,000, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported.
