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EU builds relations with Tajikistan in three areas - economy...

The European Union is building relations with Tajikistan at the political and economic level within the framework of the Multiannual Cooperation Progr...

Military experts from US and Europe visit military units of Kazakhstan

Military experts from the UK, the US and Hungary visited Kazakhstan, Zakon.kz reports. The trip was made within the framework of the 2011 Vienna Document on confidence and security-building measures, the Kazakh Defense Ministry explained. On an army aviation helicopter, the inspection team of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with the participation of inspectors from the United States and Hungary, flew around the inspected area, visited the capital's air assault brigade...

Kazakhstan sold about 100 series in 2022

More than 20 countries of the world buy serials filmed in Kazakhstan, said the Minister of Information and Social Development of Kazakhstan Darkhan Kydyrali, Kazinform reports. “Relevant topics are provided within the domestic series. For example, family values, respect for the elders, attention to the younger, working people - such areas are being introduced into the series,” Darkhan Kydyrali said at a meeting in the Senate on the role and place of the media and social networks in the formatio...

China increase investments in Central Asian countries to $15 bln

China's direct investment in the five Central Asian countries reached almost $15 billion in 2022, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said at an online meeting of trade and economic ministers in the Central Asia + China format, Xinhua reports. Countries in the region have launched a number of cooperation projects with China in areas such as oil and gas exploration, refining and manufacturing, internet connectivity and digital technology, the Chinese minister said. The trade turnover between ...

Tajikistan supports multifaceted cooperation with Central Asian countries and China

Tajikistan attaches particular importance to strengthening multifaceted cooperation with China and the countries of Central Asia, said the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan Zavkizoda Zavqi Amin, speaking at the first meeting of ministers responsible for foreign economic and foreign trade activities "China and the countries of Central Asia" in the format of a videoconference, press reports - service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan. The strat...

Turkmenistan and USA discussed ways of cooperation in security

Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Khadzhiev and US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance with Agreements Mallory Stewart discussed by phone possible ways of cooperation between the two countries in the field of security, Turkmenportal.tm reports. The parties paid special attention to the process of implementing the 2011 Vienna Document on confidence- and security-building measures. In particular, the parties noted the importance of intensifying th...

85% of Afghan population lives below poverty line - UN

Almost 85% of the population of Afghanistan lives below the poverty line, follows from the report "Social and Economic Prospects of Afghanistan for 2023", published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Interfax reports. “Immediately after the Taliban came to power, the Afghan economy, which had been falling into poverty for the past decade, collapsed. With a population of about 40 million and a GDP of $14.3 billion in 2021, Afghanistan is among the countries with the lowest per cap...

Turkmen gas in the focus of attention of Korean companies

Korean companies are interested in implementing projects in the gas sector in Turkmenistan, Lee Dal-Gon, head of the Korea-Turkmenistan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, said at a meeting with Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported. “Turkmenistan is a country with colossal reserves of natural gas. In this regard, Korean companies are interested in implementing projects in this area,” said Lee Dal-Gon. Issues of Turkmen-Korean ...

Cargo transportation from Central Asia to Russia growth rapidly

In the first quarter of 2023, cargo transportation from Uzbekistan to Russia increased by 59%. The volume of cargo transportation to Russia from Kazakhstan (triple increase) and Kyrgyzstan (doubled) increased even more significantly, the ATI.SU exchange said. According to the exchange, in the first quarter of 2023, the number of applications for the transportation of goods from Russia to Uzbekistan increased by 68%. Logistics companies also agree with the assessments of the trading platform. In...

Kyrgyzstan began to receive electricity from Russia

The Russian energy company Inter RAO began supplying electricity to Kyrgyzstan from April 2023. Until April 2024, the company plans to supply consumers in Kyrgyzstan with about 900 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, according to the Russian company Inter RAO. “On April 15, 2023, for the first time in history, the supply of electricity from the UES of Russia to the energy system of Kyrgyzstan began in transit through the UES of Kazakhstan. The total planned supply for the period April 2023 t...

Tajikistan clarifies its position on digitalization and green economy

Ministers of member countries of the UN Special Program for the Economy of Central Asia (SPECA) held talks in Geneva as part of the 70th meeting of the UN Economic Commission for European Countries (UNECE), Avesta reports. Tajikistan was represented at the talks by Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Akhliddin Nuriddinzoda. Speaking as the head of the SPECA working group on trade at the event, he noted that a number of significant works had been carried out in Tajikistan in these ...