TASHKENT (TCA) — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Agricultural Value Chains (AVC) program, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan, on February 16 convened a workshop on “Cold Storage in Horticulture: Current State and Perspectives in Uzbekistan.” U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Pamela Spratlen provided opening remarks at the event, which brought together seventy cold store business representatives and over thirty representatives from government, the private sector, and international organizations to showcase the successful development of the Uzbekistan cold storage industry, the US Embassy in Tashkent said.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Commission has signed new support to the Kyrgyz Republic with the focus on strengthening the rule of law (€13 million) and rural development (€10 million) in the country.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan has improved its ranking in the updated Index of Economic Freedom of US research center The Heritage Foundation. Kazakhstan now ranks 42nd, leaving behind Russia and Belarus, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.   

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s revenues from transit by all types of transport should reach 1.3 trillion tenge (a little more than US $4 billion) by 2020, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported citing Deputy Minister for Investment and Development Roman Sklyar.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A new project “Strengthening Transport and Logistics Business Intermediary Organisations (BIOs) in Central Asia” was launched in Tashkent on February 15. The project is funded by the European Union (750,000 EUR) and will be implemented in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in 2017-2019, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A regular meeting of the Uzbekistan-Russia intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation was held in Tashkent on February 15.

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