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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has succeeded in growing its economy over the past decade, lifting many people out of poverty and improving the lives of its citizens, World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller said during his visit to Uzbekistan on January 20, the World Bank reported.
LONDON (TCA) — What is at stake at the upcoming negotiations in Astana between the parties involved in the terrible civil war in Syria? The fact that the Syrian government and most (though not all) of the so-called moderate opposition have promised to be present means little. Those “moderate” groups are in fact armed militias grouped around political chiefs after the notorious model of Lebanon during its 16-year civil war. Iran, Turkey, Russia and most European states appear to be willing to live with that. Two wildcards remain: the USA and Saudi Arabia.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A round table was held on January 19 dedicated to the start of a new EU funded project “Technical Assistance to the Implementation of the Sector Reform Contract: Social Protection Kyrgyzstan”. The project is for two years and will be implemented by a consortium led by Oxford Policy Management, a British consulting company. The budget of the project is EUR 1,820,800, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s agricultural export company Uzagroexport plans to export more than 1.27 million tons of fruit and vegetables in 2017, the Jahon information agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on January 19 set up a commission to investigate why a Turkish cargo plane that crashed in a village near the country’s main airport on January 16 was traveling to Bishkek.
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ASTANA (TCA) — One of Syria’s most powerful rebel groups, the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham, said it will not attend peace talks scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on January 23, RFE/RL reported.
