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ASHGABAT (TCA) — In 2016, trade accounted for more than 10 percent of Turkmenistan’s gross domestic product (about 8 percent in 2015), the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The director of JSC “Kazakhstan-Korean Center for the Promotion of Cooperation” Woo Jeong Hee arrived in Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda province to visit the regional Chamber of Entrepreneurs and get acquainted with projects included in the Map of Regional Development of the province, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on February 23.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
