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Regional economic integration is key to development success in Central Asia, Caucasus

BISHKEK (TCA) — As the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus celebrate the 25th anniversary of their independence, structural reform has become critical. The key to meeting many of the challenges, and seizing the opportunities of the changing global environment is closer regional economic integration with the rest of Asia and the Pacific. Continue reading

First container train links China and Iran

BISHKEK (TCA) — A container train linking China and Iran departed from Yiwu City in east China's Zhejiang Province loaded with Chinese small commodities on January 28, Xinhua reported. Continue reading

Kyrgyz government aimed at minimizing external risk factors

BISHKEK (TCA) — The year 2016 will not be less difficult than last year as external risks continue to persist, Kyrgyzstan’s Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev told a news conference on the country’s results in 2015 and tasks for 2016, the press service of the Economy Ministry said.     Continue reading

Ukraine to deliver goods to Kazakhstan bypassing Russia

ASTANA (TCA) — Ukraine says it will for the first time ship goods to Kazakhstan along a route bypassing Russia, due to the Kremlin’s trade embargo on Kiev, RFE/RL reported.   Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan chooses route for railway to China

BISHKEK (TCA) — After the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is constructed, Kyrgyzstan will have access to sea and become a transit country, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev said on Kyrgyz national radio this week. Currently, the railway track gauge is being discussed with the Chinese side, he added. Continue reading

Kazakhstan president outlines plan to make ‘Kazakh dream’ come true

ASTANA (TCA) — On 1 January 2016 Kazakhstan started practical implementation of the National Plan “100 concrete steps for implementation of five institutional reforms”. It is aimed at fulfilling the Kazakh dream of becoming one of the world’s 30 leading nations in the 21st century, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev wrote in his article “The nation’s plan — the way to the Kazakh dream”, published on January 6.    Continue reading