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ASTANA (TCA) — A delegation of Vietnam Railways company last week visited the infrastructure facilities of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Khorgos–Eastern Gateway and the Altynkol rail station on the Kazakh-Chinese border, the press service of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on March 3 met with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and signed loan agreements totaling $573 million. Mr. Nakao expressed confidence in the country’s economic prospects and reiterated ADB’s support for the government’s development agenda, the Bank said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Turkmenistan on March 6 and 7 at the invitation of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the press service of the Uzbek president said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party has named its detained leader Omurbek Tekebaev as the party’s candidate for the November 19 presidential election in the country. The decision was made at an extraordinary Ata-Meken congress held in the capital Bishkek on March 5, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
Lidia Savina
BISHKEK (TCA) — From February 27 through March 1, the United Kingdom undertook its first, historical Trade Mission to Bishkek. The delegation of sixteen UK companies, led by British Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Robin Ord-Smith and Nigel Peters, the director of London based consultancy firm British Expertise, took part in the Kyrgyz-British Forum, “A World of Opportunities,” on February 28 and met with representatives of Kyrgyz businesses, ministries and international organizations in Kyrgyzstan.
Paul Goble
BISHKEK (TCA) — As internal migration from the villages to cities remains a social and economic problem in Central Asian countries, we are republishing this article by Paul Goble, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
