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BISHKEK (TCA) — As Turkmenistan badly needs to diversify its gas export routes amid the ongoing dispute with Iran over the payment for gas, we are republishing this article originally published by Stratfor:
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s medium-term development program until 2020 consists of a pessimistic and realistic scenario, Avesta news agency reported with reference to the Tajik government.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s leather and footwear industry plans to produce output worth $1.68 billion in the next four years, which would rank the country among the CIS leaders in the production of footwear and leather goods, the Jahon information agency reported.
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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.
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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.
