Sergey Kwan
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make his first foreign trip as Uzbekistan’s president to Kazakhstan. The exact date of the visit has not yet been determined but it is planned for March, Podrobno.uz news agency reports.
Sergey Kwan
BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan on February 27 and 28, the Russian president’s aide Yury Ushakov told reporters on February 22, Russian media reported.
Sergey Kwan
ASTANA (TCA) — On February 22 in Tashkent, in the framework of the upcoming 16th session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on cooperation between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the President of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) Kanat Alpysbayev held talks with the heads of Uzbekistan’s railways company O’zbekiston Temir Yo’llari to discuss further development of cooperation in the railway transport sector, the press service of KTZ said.
Sergey Kwan
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has reached an agreement with the Kommunarka company of Belarus to set up a joint venture for production of confectionery and pasta in Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reports.
Sergey Kwan
BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with €20,000 donated from the proceeds of the OSCE Charity Ball 2017, has launched a project to provide lasting psycho-social relief and assistance to victims of the January 16 plane crash in Dacha-Suu village near the Manas airport on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. The project is being implemented jointly with the Kyrgyzstan-based Child Rights Defenders League and the National Red Crescent Society of the Kyrgyz Republic, the OSCE said on February 22.
Sergey Kwan
ASTANA (TCA) — Real incomes of Kazakhstan’s population fell 4.5 percent last year, the largest decrease in the living standard over the past 16 years, Kazakhstan’s Ranking.kz agency reported.
