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Central Asian Regional office of International Federation of...

The Central Asian Regional Office of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent will be opened in Bishkek, Secretary General of th...

Apricot festival to be held in Tajikistan

The IX International Trade Fair "Sughd-2023" was held in the Tajik city of Khujand. Its main goal is to increase the export potential of the region, establish mutually beneficial cooperation with foreign countries, and introduce new technologies, Ritmeurasia.org reports. In 2022, more than 500 guests from the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Iran, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia took part in the fair. More than 200 manufacturers of goods and services presented their products, 60...

EXPO-2030: “Let’s promote Busan, an inclusive city, in various languages”

At the end of May 2023, in the South Korean port city of Busan, the City Council hosted the "Second Forum of Foreign Journalists for the Busan World Expo 2030", organized by The Kookje Daily News and the Asian Journalists Association (AJA) with the support of the Busan city government. It was held to enhance Busan's image as a global city ahead of the 4th presentation of the BIE (Bureau International des Expositions) competition, which will be held in Paris in June. The Forum adopted a Memorand...

Transport corridor "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan" began to be tested in multimodal mode

A freight train has been launched from China along the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan multimodal transport corridor, Podrobno.uz reports. Zhejiang Union of Railway Logistics (China), Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan) and Kyrgyz Temir Zholu (Kyrgyzstan) on June 9 launched the first block train of 30 containers from Lanzhou station in China to Tashkent. The main goal of this initiative is to test the possibilities of the corridor and identify existing problems. A freight train with a cargo wort...

Turkmenistan participates in creation of Tourism Partnership Alliance in Central Asia and Xinjiang

Representatives of travel agencies of Turkmenistan signed a document on the creation of the Xinjiang Alliance for Cooperation in Tourism in Central Asia, which will explore the resources of members and their experience in managing the industry, CCTV reported. The signing ceremony took place as part of a conference dedicated to the development of tourism in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in the west of the country. During meetings between various business structures and state-owne...

GDP of Kyrgyzstan for 5 months of this year increased by 3.4%

For five months of 2023, the volume of Kyrgyzstan's GDP amounted to 354.9 billion soms, its real growth rate was 3.4% (for January-May 2022 - 4.5%). Economic growth is provided by all sectors of the economy: in industry, production volumes increased by 1.2%, in agriculture - by 2.4%, in construction - by 4.6%, and in the service sector - by 1.2%. Such information was disseminated by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan, summing up the socio-economic development of Kyrgyzstan in Ja...

Uzbekistan becomes leader of economic growth in Europe and Central Asia

GDP growth among 23 economies in the Europe and Central Asia region in 2023 will reach maximum values in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan - 5.1% and 6.5%, respectively, Repost.uz reports. Overall, economic growth in the Europe and Central Asia region will increase to 1.4% in 2023, according to a World Bank report. The World Bank predicts that in 2024 and 2025 the economy of Uzbekistan will grow by 5.4% and 5.8%, respectively. Earlier, the Agency on Statistics of Uzbekistan reported that in the first...

Map of glaciers in Central Asia to be created by UNESCO

UNESCO will create maps of glaciers and subglacial lakes in four Central Asian countries by 2025, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announced, TASS reports. She called for the expansion of scientific cooperation in the countries of Central Asia, primarily on issues of transboundary water resources, speaking at the International Astana Forum. . "The problem of transboundary water resources requires cooperation. Since 2021, we have been working with four countries in the region to provide a...

First direct flight from Seoul to Bishkek launched

The first regular and direct flight from South Korea to Kyrgyzstan has been launched. The passanger aircraft of the Korean T'Way Airlines has landed in Kyrgyz International Manas airport near Bishkek. The duration of the flight from Seoul to Bishkek will be 7 hours 30 minutes, from Bishkek to Seoul will be 6 hours, reports press service of Manas airport. Flights to Seoul will be carried out once a week: arrival from Seoul on Sundays, departure from Bishkek on Mondays. Untill now the passanger...

Day of national mourning for those killed in forest fire declared in Kazakhstan

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokaev declared June 12 a day of national mourning for those killed in a forest fire in the Abai region in the south-east of the country. A forest fire has been raging there for several days on the territory of the Batpaevsky forestry. Due to the fire, a state of emergency was declared in the area. As a result of the disaster, 14 employees of the Novoshulbinsk branch of the Semey Ormany reserve were killed. A criminal case has been opened on the fact of the...

Manuscript of biggest Kyrgyz epic Manas included in list of intangible heritage of UNESCO

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, during her official visit to Kyrgyzstan, presented President Sadyr Japarov with a certificate on the inclusion of the manuscript of the epic "Manas" in the version of Sagymbay Orozbakov's manaschy in the list of intangible heritage, the press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan reported. She emphasized with great satisfaction the active position of Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with UNESCO in the preservation of the cultural and historical heritage of mank...