ASTANA (TCA) — After the ongoing modernization of Kazakhstan’s three oil refineries is complete, domestic crude oil processing will increase from today’s 14.5 million to 17.5 million tons and the country would not be dependent on motor fuel imports, Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said at a press conference on March 2, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on March 1 approved US $67 million in financing to improve quality and equity in the primary and secondary education system in Kazakhstan. It is expected that over 2.6 million schoolchildren will benefit from a better learning curriculum and improved quality of teaching, especially in rural and disadvantaged schools in the country, the Bank said.

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ALMATY (TCA) — Kazkommertsbank (KKB), the largest bank by total assets in Kazakhstan, on March 2 announced that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with respect to a potential acquisition by JSC Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan of a controlling interest in KKB.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — On March 1, Islamabad, Pakistan hosted a summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), whose member nations pledged to collectively fight terrorism and boost regional cooperation in trade, energy, and infrastructure.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The opening ceremony of a clinical skills center in the medical faculty of the Osh State University in southern Kyrgyzstan took place on March 1.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Speaking to a working group for the constitutional reform on March 1, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that he made a decision to amend the Constitution by the discussion in the Parliament, without submitting it to a referendum, the presidential press service said.

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