TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on June 14 discussed a new Country Partnership Framework for Uzbekistan for 2016-2020. The new strategy is aligned with the country’s own goal of achieving upper middle-income status by 2030 by increasing the economy’s competitiveness, improving the business environment, and developing its infrastructure to support rapid job creation, the World Bank said.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Construction of a large metallurgical plant to produce zinc and lead has begun in the city of Istiklol in the Sughd province in northern Tajikistan. It will be the first production facility of a new Tajik-Chinese industrial zone in the city, Avesta news agency reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — At the meeting of the Government of Kazakhstan on June 14, Prime Minister Karim Massimov said the President of Kazakhstan had approved some adjustments to the country’s current economic policy, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The first UN Information and Resource Center (UN IRC) in Tajikistan was officially inaugurated on June 13 by Sirodjiddin Aslov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, and Ms. Cihan Sultanoglu, UN Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, Regional Director of the United Nations Development Programme for Eastern Europe and CIS countries.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Kyrgyzstan in January-March 2016 reduced 2.1-fold on-year and amounted to $150 million, the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic said on June 8.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — A joint mission by the European Commission (EC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have tackled the problem of uranium legacy mining sites in Kyrgyzstan. On June 13 and 14, the mission has focused on the next steps to take together with the Kyrgyz Republic, the European Union’s Delegation to Kyrgyzstan said.

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