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BISHKEK (TCA) — As Central Asia’s natural-gas producing countries need to increase and, most importantly, diversify their gas export routes, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan plans to repair more than 5,400 kilometers of motor roads by the end of 2018. The target is defined in the Regional Roads Development Program for the period 2017-2018, approved by the President of the country, the Jahon information agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On March 2, Kyrgyzstan’s Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev met in Bishkek with Shigeru Tanaka, the chairman of the board of Japan’s Tokyo Rope MFG Co. Ltd, the press service of the Economy Ministry said.
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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.
