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Сhampions of Asian Cup U-20 Uzbek team awarded Gentra cars

Football players and coaches of the youth team of Uzbekistan, who won the U-20 Asian Cup, received 33 Gentra cars. The award ceremony took place near ...

Tajikistan increased timber imports from Russia

Tajikistan has increased imports of Russian timber. This information was disseminated by the press service of Roslesinftorg. In the first 2 months of 2023, the supply of Russian timber to Tajikistan increased by 1.4 times and reached 67 thousand cubic meters, the report said. Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Zhuravlev said that the volume of trade between Russia and Tajikistan could double in the next two years and reach a record level. Mosc...

Share of Russian goods in Kyrgyzstan remains impressive

About 40% of all goods sold in Kyrgyzstan are produced in Russia, Russian trade representative in Kyrgyzstan Aynur Samanov said, Asia-today.news reports. Under the current conditions, Russian products are in demand in Kyrgyzstan, as they are of good quality and affordable cost. Most of all, food products, agricultural and specialized equipment, cosmetics, as well as building materials are purchased in Russia, Samanov said. According to the Russian trade representative, Kyrgyzstan is an attract...

Kyrgyzstan has a positive balance in trade in UAE

The trade turnover between the Kyrgyz Republic and the United Arab Emirates for 2022 amounted to $125 million, which is 80% more than for the same period in 2021. This became known during the Kyrgyzstan-UAE business forum in Bishkek, the Akchabar portal reports. Exports from Kyrgyzstan to the UAE in 2022 amounted to $101 million, which is 84% more than in the same period in 2021. Imports of products from the United Arab Emirates to Kyrgyzstan in 2022 amounted to $25 million (+66% by 2021). Du...

More than 500 foreigners hold leadership positions in Kazakhstan

Mostly people came to work in Kazakhstan from such countries as: China - 3,411 people, India - 1,685 people, Turkey - 1,523 people, Great Britain - 1,073 people, Uzbekistan - 769 people. According to the permits of local executive bodies, 13,403 foreign citizens work in Kazakhstan. More than 560 of them hold senior positions. Such data was published by the press service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan, Kazpravda.kz reports. “Among the permits to a...

President of Uzbekistan "impatiently" expected in Beijing in May

Сhinese President Xi Jinping, in his letter to President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the occasion of the Navruz holiday, stressed that he was looking forward to seeing him in May at the China-Central Asia Forum scheduled for May 2023, Nova24.uz reported. The letter from the Chinese leader says that "following our friendly and productive negotiations during my state visit to Uzbekistan in September last year, we adopted a joint statement that contributes to the further development of the...

Rahmon to attend UN Water Conference in New York

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon flew to New York on a working trip, where he will take part in the United Nations Water Conference, which is scheduled for March 21 in the United States, Avesta reports. On the trip, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Assistants to the President for Foreign Relations and Personnel Issues, and the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan. The chairmen of the Committees for Emergency Situation...

Turkmenistan and Qatar signed 7 cooperation agreements

A package of 7 documents was signed following the talks held in Doha between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Turkmenportal.com reports citing the TDH agency. In the presence of the heads of the two states, the following were signed: - Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the State of Qatar in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations; - Memorandum...

Kazakhstan announces preliminary results of parliamentary elections

Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan Nurlan Abdirov announced the preliminary results of the election of deputies to the Majilis and maslikhats, Zakon.kz reports. According to the preliminary results of the CEC: 3,431,510 people voted for the Amanat party, or 53.9%; for the People's Democratic Patriotic Party "Auyl" - 693,938, or 10.9%; for the party Respublica - 547,154, or 8.59%; for the Democratic Party of Kazakhstan "Ak Zhol" - 535,139, or 8.41%; for the People's P...

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan give new impetus to construction of border trade zone

Measures to overcome the consequences of the devastating earthquakes that occurred in Turkey in February this year, and to coordinate actions to minimize such natural disasters in the future, were discussed at an extraordinary summit of the UTC heads of state in Ankara. However, on the sidelines of the OTS summit, the heads of delegations also discussed a number of other important issues. A conversation took place on the work of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Uzbek commission at a meeting betwee...

Fleet of Turkmenistan replenished with first Airbus A330

The first cargo aircraft Airbus A330-200 modification P2F was delivered to Turkmenistan. The aircraft arrived under a contract signed in January 2021 between the French company Airbus S.A.S and the Turkmenhowayollary Agency, the Turkmenportal.com portal reports. The Airbus A330-200P2F is optimized for transporting cargo of various configurations over long distances. The weight of the transported cargo can reach 61 tons over a distance of up to 7,700 km. At the same time, the cost of cargo deliv...