Maria Levina
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.
Maria Levina
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.
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KABUL (TCA) — The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are acting quietly in Afghanistan as the terrorist group plans to use the country for wider expansion, Khaama Press Afghan News Agency reported last week citing Zamir Kabulov, the Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan.
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