ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said that starting from 1 January 2017, citizens of 45 more countries, including member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union, and the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore and Monaco, will enjoy visa-free entry to Kazakhstan for up to 30 days from the date of entry to the country, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported on December 27.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — During the next five years Uzbekistan plans to build and revamp 960 km of railway lines and electrify about 900 km of railways, the Jahon information agency reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Fund (GEF) together with the national partner State Committee for Nature Protection of Turkmenistan have launched a new project “Support to the economic climate resilient livelihoods in agricultural communities in arid regions of Turkmenistan”, UNDP in Turkmenistan said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Russia signed a concept of cooperation at Kazakhstan’s Baikonur space launch complex following talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in St. Petersburg on December 26, TASS news agency reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — At the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the governing body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), in St. Petersburg (Russia) on December 26, Presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia signed the new Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union.

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ALMATY (TCA) — Kazkommertsbank (Qazkom), the largest bank by total assets in Kazakhstan, says it is not in any negotiations with the National Bank and the Government of Kazakhstan on bailout.

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