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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.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Turkmenistan on March 6 and 7 at the invitation of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the press service of the Uzbek president said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party has named its detained leader Omurbek Tekebaev as the party’s candidate for the November 19 presidential election in the country. The decision was made at an extraordinary Ata-Meken congress held in the capital Bishkek on March 5, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
