ASTANA (TCA) — A meeting of Kazakhstani producers with Michael Roberts, the head of the consulting company Roberts Group, a representative of the US retail company Wal-Mart Stores Inc, operating under the trade mark Walmart, was held at the initiative of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan. Mr. Roberts arrived in Kazakhstan to explore the possibilities of trade and economic cooperation with Kazakhstan, Atameken reported on its website.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Aravan Agro Service more than doubled its potato yield and profits in 2016 by partnering with the United States through the USAID Agro Horizon project. Moving to early potato production with high quality seeds and training on effective sales and marketing techniques allowed this cooperative of 217 farmers to increase production from 10 to 25 tons per hectare and sell their produce at significantly higher prices, the US Embassy in Bishkek said on July 6.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) did not provide concrete answers to the most crucial problem of Central Asia and neighboring countries: an effective fight against Islamic terrorism. As indicated in the following article by Stephen Blank, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor, a multilateral cooperation is needed, and we should add that such cooperation should involve not only SCO members but an international group of nations interested in eradicating any type of terrorism wherever the same takes place, since terrorism has no boundaries. What has happened in Turkey, as well as in Brussels, Paris, and Saudi Arabia, demands an international coalition that should take priority over economic and political interests of different countries. Here below is Stephen Blank’s article:   

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin last week signed the law on ratification of the Agreement on cooperation with Tajikistan in oil products supplies, Avesta news agency reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The Diplomatic Business Club, which was created at the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, has marked its first anniversary. The Club was established to present the most attractive Kazakh business projects to the diplomatic corps accredited in Astana, Atameken reported on its website.  

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