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UNDP completes Kyrgyz-Tajik cross-border infrastructure projects

BISHKEK (TCA) — The opening ceremony of three socially significant infrastructure sites was held last week in Samarkandek aiyl aimak (rural community) in the Batken province in southern Kyrgyzstan, the UNDP in Kyrgyzstan reported. Continue reading

FAO highlights forests’ role in contributing to Tajikistan’s water, food security

DUSHANBE (TCA) — On March 21 the world marked the International Day of Forests, a day to raise awareness of the importance of forests and trees to all life on earth. The theme selected to mark this year’s celebration is Forests and Water, to highlight forests’ crucial role in contributing to water and food security, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) in Tajikistan said on March 21. Continue reading

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan set to increase bilateral trade

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will extend the list of products they deliver to each other with the purpose to increase bilateral trade, Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev said during the 15th meeting of the Kazakh-Uzbek intergovernmental commission for bilateral cooperation on March 11, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.     Continue reading

World Bank helps Tajikistan strengthen country’s climate resilience

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Minister of Finance of Tajikistan, Abdusalom Qurboniyon, and the World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan, Patricia Veevers-Carter, on February 12 signed an agreement to finance the Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin (CAMP4ASB). Under this regional program, financing for Tajikistan includes US$9 million from the International Development Association, the World Bank said. Continue reading