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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajik authorities are looking into claims by an Afghan official that Taliban tanks and other heavy weapons are being repaired by Russian engineers in Tajikistan, RFE/RL reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The United Nations Security Council on December 31 unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the efforts by Russia and Turkey to end violence in Syria and “jumpstart a political process” for the war-torn country.
TCA
TASHKENT (TCA) — The State Committee of Uzbekistan for Privatization, Demonopolization and Competition Development jointly with the Tashkent Region administration late in December held a series of meetings with entrepreneurs in order to attract them to purchase state assets, including at zero cost, against investment commitments, the Jahon information agency reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The national flag of Kazakhstan was raised in a special ceremony in front of the hall of the UN Security Council at the United Nations in New York on December 31, 2016 as the country has become a non-permanent Security Council member starting from January 1, 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan has “suddenly” halted natural gas supplies to Iran in a dispute between the two countries over unpaid arrears, RFE/RL reports with reference to the Iranian National Gas Company.
Gary Sands
BISHKEK (TCA) — In a EurasiaNet commentary, originally published by EurasiaNet.org, Gary Sands analyzes the situation of the Uighur minority in China’s western Xinjiang autonomous region:
