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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee at the meeting on April 11 considered conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Turkmenistan and postponed the consideration of the issue for April 18.
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ASTANA (TCA) — As part of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Tehran on April 11, companies from Kazakhstan and Iran signed more than 60 contracts totaling over $2 billion in the spheres of metallurgy, mining, agriculture, transport, and tourism, the Kazakh presidential press service said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On April 11 Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev resigned at his own request. On the same day President Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree on the resignation of the Prime Minister and the Government. According to the decree, the prime minister and his cabinet will continue performing their duties until the formation of a new Government.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth in Kyrgyzstan. In 2015, the share of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country’s GDP was 40.5%.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has sacked the country’s economy and trade ministers as well as the chief of the tax service, RFE/RL reported.
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TEHRAN (TCA) — India says it is ready to invest $20 billion in the development of Iran’s southeastern Chabahar port in a move that would enable New Delhi to establish a strategic connectivity to Afghanistan and Central Asia, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported on April 10.
