ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna on February 28 held an event for approximately 300 representatives of the diplomatic corps, large international companies, investors and bankers to present its strategy of shifting from the asset administrator to active portfolio investor role, interim results of its transformation and privatization programs, and long-term projects, the Fund said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is continuing to support Kazakhstan’s strategic goal to improve energy efficiency and promote sustainability, known as the “green economy” strategy, with a new financing under the Bank’s own Green Economy Transition approach (GET).

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said after his talks with Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in Bishkek on February 28 that Moscow and Bishkek have agreed to strengthen military and technical cooperation to face terrorist and criminal threats, and that Russia is ready to close its military base in Kyrgyzstan should Bishkek ask for it, Sputnik news agency reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — On February 27, within the framework of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Tajikistan, an agreement on cooperation in peaceful uses of atomic energy was signed between the Governments of Tajikistan and Russia.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — From February 26 to March 3, sixteen business and technology leaders from the United States are visiting Kyrgyzstan as a delegation of the TechWoman program, the US Embassy in Bishkek said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — On February 27, U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Pamela Spratlen, along with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia Dan Rosenblum, presented manuals on counter trafficking for labor migrants to the National Human Rights Centre (NHRC) of Uzbekistan at a ceremony in Tashkent. The manual was developed through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supported Counter Trafficking project, implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The manual was written in coordination with the NHRC and the Office of the Prosecutor General, which chairs the National Inter-Agency Commission on Counter Trafficking.  

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