ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov on November 17 met with representatives of transnational agro-industrial company Inalca Eurasia, a member of Italy’s Cremonini Group, to discuss its participation in the investment project on the creation of a meat cluster (feedlots, meat-packing plants, distribution centers) in the Almaty region, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — In the next three years Tajikistan plans to attract foreign loans and grants worth more than $967 million, Finance Minister Abdusalom Kurboniyon said in parliament on November 16 during the consideration of the country’s program of foreign borrowings for 2017-2019, Avesta news agency reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Under its framework to support water and wastewater modernization in Kyrgyzstan the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan for a much-needed upgrade in yet another Kyrgyz city, Kyzyl-Kiya, the EBRD Press Office said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — On November 14, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launched a 34 billion tenge Eurobond, the first to be linked to the 3-month Consumer Price Index (CPI) calculated by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics, the EBRD said.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — On November 17 and 18 in Bishkek the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic is holding an annual Seminar for Civil Society Organisations on fighting corruption in Kyrgyzstan.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Russian oil company LUKOIL on November 15 said it has raised USD 500 million in a 5-year unsecured loan at 3 month LIBOR+3.0% to finance the development of the Gissar group’s gas condensate fields in Uzbekistan. Soyuzneftegaz Vostok Limited, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of PJSC LUKOIL, is the borrower under the loan.

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