Central Asia

President of Kyrgyzstan does not exclude “punitive measures in fighting corruption in order to eliminate authority abuse among officials,” Kurmanbek Bakiev stated, speaking in front of the parliament deputies on Tuesday.

On September 30, in the conference hall of the Police Academy’s new building, the Turkmen President chaired an enlarged meeting of the State Security Council.

US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar will pay a working visit to Kazakhstan on August, 25-26; Official Representative for the Kazakh MFA Yerzhan Ashikbayev has said at the briefing in the Ministry.

Representatives of the Uzbek law enforcement agencies will not participate in the joint integrated teaching (CIT) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which will begin on Aug. 26.

Officers of the Kyrgyzstan’s Drug Enforcement Agency have seized a large consignment of Afghan raw opium with total value of over $7 million, Vitaly Orozaliev, first deputy director of the agency told on Wednesday.

New laws "On Education" and "On the Status of Scientists" entered into force in Turkmenistan. The laws were adopted at the third meeting of the Mejlis of the fourth convocation on 15 August and approved by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Two cases of A/H1N1 flu have been registered for the first time in Kyrgyzstan, Sabirjan Abdykarimov, chief sanitary physician of Kyrgyzstan said at the meeting in the White House on Monday.

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov has held a meeting with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Canada to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Margaret Skok today in Ukimet Yui.

U.S. Diplomatic mission disproved information which appeared in mass media on the fact that question on restoration of U.S. Military base in Khanabad was discussed during recent visit of the Commander of U.S. Central Command David Petraeus to Uzbekistan.

The tour was requested by the city administration, as well as heads of ministries and agencies - owners of facilities under construction in the Turkmen capital.