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BISHKEK (TCA) — There was an opinion that the United States was leaving Central Asia, which was the case in the past decade, but now the US is reconsidering its attitude to the region, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI) Chairman S. Frederick Starr said in his interview with Kazakhstan’s Sayasat.org about America’s role in Central Asia. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Recently, RAI3 channel of Italian State TV Corporation that specializes in educational and cultural programs named Turkmenistan as one of the best tourist destinations for 2018, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — “By building new motor and rail roads, sea ports and bridges, our country is reviving the Great Silk Road in the third millennium,” President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov said in his New Year address to the Turkmen people, the State Information Agency of Turkmenistan reported. The president said that neutral Turkmenistan is making a big contribution to the development and strengthening of political, trade, economic, and humanitarian ties in the international arena, in line with the country’s motto for the year 2018 — “Turkmenistan — the heart of the Great Silk Road”. Over the recent years Turkmenistan has implemented such big projects as the construction of the new international airport in the capital, Ashgabat, and the first phase of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan railway. The country is currently building a sea port in the city of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian coast and a new motor road from Ashgabat to Turkmenbashi. Turkmenistan is building convenient and safe international rail, motor, air, and maritime transport corridors, providing for sustainable development of the region, strengthening regional cooperation, and increasing regional trade, the president said. Turkmenistan is turning into an important rail crossroad and a transport and transit hub of Eurasia. Turkmen railway builders are laying a railroad from Turkmenistan’s railway station of Serhatabat to Afghanistan’s town of Turgundi, which will connect Afghanistan to the transport and logistics system of Turkmenistan and the entire Central Asia region. This project will help Turkmenistan become a key transport and logistics hub in the region, the Turkmen leader said.
ALMATY (TCA) — The Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan together with administrations of Almaty, Zhambyl and South-Kazakhstan regions will organize the International Festival "Traveling along the Great Silk Road of Kazakhstan" from November 10 to 16 with the aim of attracting international and domestic tourists and integrating the historical route of the Silk Road Kazakhstan into the world tourist space, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Central Asia region hosted about 11 million visitors in 2014, and is gaining more attention as an emerging tourism destination, with strong potential for further development under the common brand of the Great Silk Road. But the countries in the region need to further collaborate in order to enable the growth of sustainable tourism and to leverage their countless cultural heritage sites and natural assets, the World Bank wrote in an article posted on its website. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — A presentation of a new book by Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, “Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road,” took place in Ashgabat with participation of members of the Turkmen Government, representatives of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations, the public and mass media, the Golden Age Newspaper reported on October 21. Continue reading
