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ALMATY (TCA) — The volume of transit and import/export freight traffic through the Kazakh-Chinese railway crossings Dostyk-Alashankou and Altynkol-Khorgos will be increased by 33 percent in 2017, Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is launching a new program in Uzbekistan in order to help cotton farmers improve their production efficiency, safeguard the environment, and improve labor practices. This program is part of an effort by IFC to accelerate Uzbekistan’s economic growth by modernizing one of the country’s most important industries, IFC said on March 3.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — On the first day of his two-day official visit to Turkmenistan on March 6, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. The presidents agreed on closer cooperation on energy and transportation projects, and signed a treaty on strategic cooperation between their countries.
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ASTANA (TCA) — On March 6, Kazakhstan’s Parliament approved the law “On Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan” and submitted the bill to the Head of State for signature, the Kazakh presidential press service said.
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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.
