BISHKEK (TCA) — On January 12 in Islamabad, Kyrgyzstan’s Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. A Kyrgyz governmental delegation headed by Kojoshev arrived in Islamabad to take part in the 3rd meeting of the Kyrgyz-Pakistani Intergovernmental Commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation, the press service of the Kyrgyz Economy Ministry said.     

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon on January 12 appointed his 29-year-old son Rustam Emomali as mayor of the country’s capital, Dushanbe.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has lifted a ban on the export of 12 types of products starting from January 1, 2017.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Economic growth in the Europe and Central Asia region is projected to pick up to 2.4 percent in 2017, driven by a recovery in commodity-exporting economies and improved confidence, the World Bank said in the report Global Economic Prospects – January 2017: Weak Investment in Uncertain Times, released on January 10.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is continuing to support private small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Turkmenistan by enabling one such company to expand into a new sector, the Bank said on January 11.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — On January 9 and 10, the United States and German Embassies in Uzbekistan supported a two-day workshop in Tashkent focused on cyber security strategy and best practices. The event was organized by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and featured subject matter experts from Azerbaijan, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States, the US Embassy in Tashkent said.  

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