ASTANA (TCA) — Within the framework of the Kazakh-Hungarian business forum held in Astana on October 17, Kazakhstan’s export promotion and investment agency Kaznex Invest and JSC International Research and Production Holding Phytochemistry and Hungarian company PannonPharma LTD signed a memorandum of understanding on the organization and expansion of production of original medicines at the pharmaceutical plant in the Kazakh city of Karaganda, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports.

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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.

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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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