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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is increasing its support for private small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Turkmenistan with a loan to a local event management and catering company, the EBRD said on October 17.
LONDON (TCA) — Many sideliners have remained in the dark over what China had in mind on launching its “One Belt, One Road” scheme on the Eurasian mega-continent back in 2013. Especially China’s entry into agro-sectors in neighbouring Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan made people in those countries restless. It is now becoming clear that as developments in China’s food-related commitments are concerned, the plan is part of a much broader master-scheme.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — As the security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated in the recent weeks threatening neighboring Central Asian countries, we are republishing the following article by Umed Partov, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The government plans in the next 15 years to turn agrarian Tajikistan into an industrial-agrarian country by developing entrepreneurship and increasing private investment, Tajikistan’s Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda said at the meeting with domestic and foreign entrepreneurs and investors on October 14, Avesta news agency reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Turkmen parliament on October 15 defined February 12, 2017 as the date of the next presidential election in Turkmenistan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Islamic Development Bank will provide a $700 million loan to finance the construction of the Turkmen section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. The agreement was signed in Washington, DC during the recently-held IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. The State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities represents the Government of Turkmenistan in that agreement, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
