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Turkmenistan to develop roadmap for cooperation with US

The roadmap for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United States for 2023-2024 was presented to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. The state news...

Tajikistan builds up trade ties with Chinese provinces

Trade turnover between Tajikistan and China in 202 reached about $2.6 billion and grew by almost 40% compared to the previous year, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Tajikistan Ji Shumin. China is the largest source of foreign investment in the Tajik economy: from January to September 2022, Chinese investment accounted for almost 40% of the total foreign investment attracted to Tajikistan, a Chinese diplomat said. Such data were announced at a meeting in Dushanbe of...

Kazakhstan takes measures to ensure food security

Recommendations in the field of agricultural development and measures to ensure food security in Kazakhstan were considered at a meeting of the Council for Improving the Investment Climate chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov. The event was attended by the ambassadors of Canada, Great Britain and the European Union in Kazakhstan, representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank, heads of central government...

Updated Constitution receives overwhelming support of Uzbek voters

The draft law on the new Constitution of Uzbekistan submitted to the nationwide plebiscite was supported by 90.21% of voters. 9.35% of citizens voted against, said the chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Zainiddin Nizamkhojaev. 16.67 million people or 84.54% of those included in the voting list in the referendum, which took place on April 30, 2023, took part in the vote. In the new version of the Constitution of Uzbekistan, which was approved by the Legis...

Taliban not threat Central Asian countries from Afghanistan

The official representative of the radical Taliban movement, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that Kabul does not allow anyone to use the territory of Afghanistan against other countries, TASS reports. The Afghan leadership is pursuing a policy that contributes to strengthening security not only in the country, but also in the region, and there are no threats to the countries of Central Asia from the territory of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, official representative of the radical Taliban movement, ...

Uzbekistan identifies Top 10 exporting countries

The trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan amounted to $263.4 million in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 1.8% compared to a year earlier, according to the Agency on Statistics under the President of Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan imported products worth $218.4 million from Turkmenistan and exported products worth $45.1 million. Turkmenistan ranks seventh among Uzbekistan's trading partners from January to March 2023. China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Germany and South Korea top t...

Government fulfilled its obligations in 2022 - Head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan

Commenting on the implementation of the 5-year National Development Program of Kyrgyzstan until 2026, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov said that Kyrgyzstan had fulfilled its obligation to increase GDP in 2022, Akchabar reports. He elaborated on the results of 2022. Thus, last year 650 measures were envisaged, of which 78% were completed. “The activities not completed in 2022 were transferred to this year, they were not removed from control. Under this program, we have commi...

Attempt to cross border of Tajikistan from Afghan side foiled

On the border with Afghanistan, an armed group of transnational smugglers, consisting of 8 people, violated the line of the state border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan on the night of April 28 at the 184th mark of the protected zone of the 9th Tishor border outpost of the Khorog Border Detachment, reports the Khovar agency. . The group was led by Dodihudo, who also included several residents of the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. They planned to transport drugs on an especially large scale, ...

International drug trafficking channels liquidated in Kazakhstan

The National Security Committee of Kazakhstan has conducted 47 anti-drug operations in 2023, including jointly with the competent authorities of Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Australia. As a result, 8 international and 14 regional drug trafficking channels were liquidated, the press service of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan reported. “In particular, a foreign citizen was detained who organized the smuggling of 5 kg of heroin and 48 kg of methamphetamine from Afghanistan to Kazakhstan. T...

Uzbekistan became main buyer of coal from Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan has become the main importer of Kyrgyz coal, accounting for 79% of the total export. For two months of this year, Kyrgyzstan exported 275.9 thousand tons of coal. This is 85% more than at the beginning of 2022, the report said. In addition to Uzbekistan, the top 3 coal importers from Kyrgyzstan included the Netherlands (19.7 thousand tons) and Slovakia (10.5 thousand tons). In 2023, it became known that the production of gas, electricity and coal was falling in Uzbekistan. Centrala...

Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries and China took place in Xi'an, China

China will resolutely oppose any outside interference in the internal affairs of the Central Asian countries, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang said during separate talks with high-ranking diplomatic representatives of the Central Asian countries who arrived in China to attend the upcoming 4th Foreign Ministers' Meeting. of China-Central Asia Affairs in Xi'an, Xinhua reports. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzs...