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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev will pay an official visit to Brussels on February 16 to hold talks with the highest EU leadership, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic, Ambassador Cesare De Montis told a press conference in Bishkek last week.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Zhol Zhondeushi Company LLP has purchased the Serbian company ZGOP a.d. (Novi Sad), the only company performing capital overhaul and construction of railways in Serbia, the Ministry for Investments and Development of Kazakhstan said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Seven tour operators from Kyrgyzstan participated in the Eastern Mediterranean Travel and Tourism (EMITT) fair in Istanbul (Turkey) late in January, with the support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In partnership with the Turkish travel and media firm, Gezimanya, USAID also hosted several promotional events at the exhibition to generate additional interest in Kyrgyzstan among foreign tour operators, tourism social media bloggers and traditional media outlets. As a result, Kyrgyzstani tour operators negotiated 42 potential contracts for the 2017 summer season, the US Embassy in Bishkek press service said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — At its meeting on February 10, the parliamentary faction of pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) said the work of the Ministry of Economy is unsatisfactory.
LONDON (TCA) — Some attempts have been made to draft a rough sketch of the “Silk Route of Terror” but mapping it proves a bit hard. Besides, that map could fundamentally change if somehow the Afghan government manages to forge a compromise with the Taliban rebels. Presently there are two itineraries for Central Asian would-be terrorists. Either they move from their home country in Central Asia to Turkey, from there to Syria or Iraq, then to Afghanistan and back home enriched by experience and evil plans, or from Central Asia they pass into Afghanistan, from there to the Near-East battleground and back, through Turkey or directly. In both cases, the significance of Afghanistan as a transit hub and training ground is on the rise.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.
