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ASTANA (TCA) — Development prospects of Kazakh-Czech trade and economic cooperation were discussed at a business forum in Astana, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on February 6.
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KABUL (TCA) — The United Nations is calling on all parties in the Afghan conflict to take “urgent steps to halt the killing and maiming of civilians,” as a new report reveals that conflict-related civilian casualties hit a record high in 2016, RFE/RL reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On February 6, the first technical mission of European experts is arriving in Kyrgyzstan to start working on assisting Kyrgyz government to increase exports flows to the EU within the GSP+ status, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Last year Uzbekistan processed 40 percent of all cotton produced in the country, compared to domestic processing at only 7 percent in 1991, the Jahon information agency reported with reference to the country’s Economy Ministry.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s former Prime Minister Temir Sariyev has announced that he will run for president in the next election scheduled for this autumn. The announcement was made during Sariyev’s Ak Shumkar political party conference on February 4, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The UN Security Council has lifted sanctions on notorious former Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, potentially paving his way to return to Afghanistan, RFE/RL reported.
