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Afghanistan increases trade with Central Asian countries

According to the Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce, during the past ten months of the current solar year (which began in March 2024), trade between Afghanistan and five Central Asian countries reached $1.696 billion, including $112 million of Afghan exports and $1.584 billion of imports, TOLOnews reported. Afghanistan exported to the Central Asian countries

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Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Iran seek to increase transportation along North-South route

A two-day meeting of representatives of the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran, national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), Russian Railways, and Turkmenistan’s railway company Turkmendemiryollary ended in Almaty on January 30.  According to KTZ, the meeting summed up the results of railway cargo transportation across the territory of Kazakhstan via the Bolashak

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Kyrgyzstan updates its climate goals

On January 29, under UN Resident Coordinator and the technical leadership of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic started preparation of Kyrgyzstan’s new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), known as NDCs 3.0. These plans set emission reduction targets for 2035 that align with

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Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Turkey discuss TAP-500 electricity transmission project

The first trilateral meeting, attended by representatives from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and a Turkish company, was held in Kabul to initiate the practical implementation of the TAP-500 electricity project, TOLOnews reported. The TAP-500 project aims to transfer high-voltage electricity from Turkmenistan to Pakistan through the Afghan provinces of Herat, Farah, Helmand, and Kandahar. According to the

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World Bank pledges support for Kyrgyzstan’s Kambarata-1 HPP project

On January 27, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Energy Taalaibek Ibrayev, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Energy Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Energy Sungat Yesimkhanov, and the World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia Tatiana Proskuryakova met in Tashkent to discuss further steps in the construction of the Kambarata-1 Hydropower Plant (HPP) in Kyrgyzstan.   This major regional

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Afghanistan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan China Rail Corridor

Afghanistan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan China Rail Corridor Update The Afghan Ministry of Public Works said that the quadrilateral rail-economic corridor agreement between Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China has been extended for the year 2025, TOLOnews reported. Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, the ministry’s spokesperson, stated that the deputy minister of public works signed the agreement during his visit

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JICA to expand its presence in Uzbekistan

On January 20, Laziz Kudratov, the Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan, met with Dr. Akihiko Tanaka, the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Uzbek minister highly appreciated JICA’s significant contribution to the dynamic development of the Uzbek-Japanese strategic partnership, as well as the Agency’s steadfast commitment to the implementation

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New Bus Routes Connecting Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

New Bus Routes Connecting Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan plans to organize passenger bus services from Uzbekistan’s regions to cities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, and China. The planned bus routes are: To Kazakhstan: Bukhara – Turkestan Urgench – Aktau Fergana – Almaty To Kyrgyzstan: Andijan – Osh Andijan – Jalalabad

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Tajikistan: EU-funded project launches public awareness campaign on HIV and TB prevention

With the support of the European Union and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ Tajikistan is launching a new campaign as part of the Building a System of Integrated Primary Healthcare in Tajikistan (BaSIC) project aimed at raising awareness about HIV and tuberculosis (TB), the Delegation of the European Union to

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Kyrgyzstan to expand cooperation with African countries

In Addis Ababa last week, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Asein Isaev, held talks with representatives of African countries, including Kenya, Botswana, Liberia, Mali, Guinea, Libya, Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, and Eswatini. Isaev emphasized the growing role of Africa in the global economy and international relations. In this context, Kyrgyzstan is interested

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Conference addresses Turkmenistan’s cooperation with international community

On January 15, a conference entitled “International Year of Peace and Trust: Cooperation of Turkmenistan with the International Community” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by parliament and government members, heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations accredited

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New Uzbekistan open for cooperation in green development

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week summit held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on January 14. In his speech, Mirziyoyev noted that nowadays diversification of energy sources and drastic reduction of the share of hydrocarbons are the main conditions for mitigating the consequences of climate change, ensuring

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Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to launch tourist train between Astana and Samarkand

On January 10, Astana hosted a meeting between Kazakhstan’s JSC Passenger Transportation and O’zbekiston Temir Yo’llari (Uzbekistan Railways) on the development of cooperation in the field of passenger railway transportation between the two countries, the press service of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), Kazakhstan’s national railway company reported. During the meeting the parties signed an agreement

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Turkmenistan: Ministry of Health and UNICEF complete micronutrient survey among women and children

The Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with technical assistance from the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition, successfully conducted the National Survey on Micronutrients, UNICEF reported on January 7. This comprehensive survey assessed the prevalence of various forms of micronutrient deficiencies and risk factors among women and children

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Kyrgyzstan joins School Meals Coalition

Kyrgyzstan has joined the School Meals Coalition, a global initiative launched by France and Finland in 2021, to offer every child in the world daily access to a school meal by 2030, the United Nations World Food Programme reported. In Kyrgyzstan, nearly half of children aged 6 to 59 months and adolescent girls suffer from

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International Affairs UZB

USAID trains 287 women customs officers in Uzbekistan

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has completed an IT skills training program for female customs officers of the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan. The training, delivered in partnership with IT Academy through USAID’s Trade Central Asia, empowered 287 customs professionals with digital skills. The attending customs professionals improved their digital competence, developed

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China to build modern cold storage facilities in Afghanistan

The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock said that China will construct three standard cold storage facilities with a capacity of 1,500 tons each for preserving fresh fruit and vegetables in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported. According to the ministry, Chinese diplomats have announced that engineers from China would be sent to Afghanistan to build these

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Uzbekistan will host 20th meeting of Conference of the Parties of CITES Convention in 2025

The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will be held in the historical city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from November 24 to December 5, 2025. The agreement was signed by Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Aziz

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Turkmenistan and UNDP sign project to ensure transition of National Tuberculosis Program to full domestic funding by 2027

The Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed the new TB grant “Exit of the National Tuberculosis Program of Turkmenistan from the Global Fund.” The project, set to run from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, is supported by a total budget of more than $6.2 million contributed by

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Declaration of International Snow Leopard Day marked in Kyrgyzstan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan and the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP) last week held an event in Bishkek to mark the declaration of October 23 as International Snow Leopard Day by a resolution of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Asein

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