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BISHKEK (TCA) — Former president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, who is currently in pretrial detention in Bishkek, has refused to attend the first hearing of the case on the illegal release from prison of notorious crime boss Aziz Batukaev, 24.kg news agency reported with reference to Atambayev’s lawyer Sergei Slesarev.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin and Prime Minister of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, who is in Kazakhstan on an official visit, attended the opening of the Kazakh-Mongolian business forum and visited the Astana International Financial Center, the press service of the prime minister of Kazakhstan reported on October 11.
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KABUL (TCA) — World Bank Group Boards of Executive Directors on October 10 approved a financing package of $98.8 million consisting of guarantees, a loan, and swaps to support two gas-to-power energy projects in Afghanistan. The projects aim to increase the amount of domestically generated electricity while leveraging private financing for the country’s energy sector.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The first Belarusian electric bus Vitovt Electro E420 has been put to use in the Uzbek capital Tashkent, BelTA news agency reported with reference to the Belarusian embassy in Uzbekistan.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin attended the opening of the VIII Global Summit on Urban Tourism which is being held in Nur-Sultan this week, the prime minister’s press service reported on October 10.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Strengthening cooperation in the field of environmental and sustainable development in Central Asia was the focus of the 2019 OSCE Second Central Asian International Business Forum on 9 and 10 October in Tashkent.
