BISHKEK (TCA) — In Central Asia, a vast region that includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, natural disasters can come in many forms – from persistent floods and droughts to rapid-onset events such as earthquakes, avalanches, and landslides. To support Central Asian countries in enhancing regional collaboration in disaster risk reduction, the World Bank and its partners recently brought together scientists and government officials for the first scientific and technical council meeting on emergency situations and disaster risk reduction, reads an article posted on the World Bank website.

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TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran and India have agreed to speed up the development of Chabahar port which New Delhi views as a gateway to access Afghanistan and Central Asia, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The signing of an investment agreement between KazAvtoZhol National Company, the Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection Co., LTD Consortium Company, and Computer Vision Technologies LLP took place on December 24 in the presence of Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin in Nur-Sultan, the prime minister’s press service reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — On December 23, an 8.05 million euro tranche was received by the treasury account of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from the European Union as budget support grant for the country’s education sector, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov received the head of Danish company Haldor Topsoe, Mr Bjorn Stephan Clausen, in Ashgabat, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported on December 23. Mr Clausen emphasized unique features of the modern industrial facility in Turkmenistan’s Ahal province, the first plant in the world which produces eco-friendly synthetic motor fuel from natural gas, and expressed gratitude to the Turkmen leader for the opportunity to take part in this major investment project.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov can now be commemorated only at the official event in Ashgabat according to a decision made at a closed meeting of high-ranking government officials last week, Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported.

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