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ASTANA (TCA) — At the meeting of Kazakhstan’s Security Council last Friday, President Nursultan Nazarbayev described the June 5 attacks in the Kazakh city of Aktobe senseless and cruel and said that the Salafi movement was responsible for them.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — This week Bishkek hosted a meeting of Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). This year, the CIS is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and Kyrgyzstan chairs the organization.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, Baroness Nicholson, arrived in Turkmenistan on June 7 for her first visit to the country. Her programme in Ashgabat included calls on senior members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan and leading a delegation of British companies to participate at the 5th meeting of the Turkmenistan United Kingdom Trade & Industry Council (TUKTIC) which took place in Ashgabat on June 9, the British Embassy in Ashgabat said.
Lidia Savina
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan intends to propose inclusion of the World Nomad Games into the UN resolution on “Promotion of inter-religious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace” at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov said on June 7 at a meeting of heads of governments of the CIS countries held in Bishkek.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On June 9 in Bishkek, the European Union Delegation to Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy held an information meeting on doing business using the GSP+ (Generalised System of Preferences) scheme, to help Kyrgyz exporters understand how to benefit from GSP+.
