Central Asia

On June 15, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Sheikh Faisal bin Rashid bin Isa Al Khalifa, member of the royal family of Bahrain, son of the elder brother of the King of Bahrain.

Miklos Haraszti, Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, calls Kyrgyz authorities to stop the series of attacks on journalists, the OSCE reported.

Chamber of commerce and industry (CCI) of Uzbekistan together with Korean-Eurasian Center of industrial and technological cooperation organizes cooperation exchange between Uzbek and Korean entrepreneurs in format of business negotiations on June 22.

Kazakhstan is "definitely" not seeking any aid from the International Monetary Fund, Central Bank Chairman Grigori Marchenko said in an interview in London today.

A set of bilateral documents will be signed on results of the official visit of the Belarusian President to Turkmenistan. Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in the Turkmen capital this evening. His visit will last until 19 June.

The World Bank and the Republic of Kazakhstan on Friday signed a US$ 2.125 billion loan agreement for the Kazakhstan South-West Roads Project to help upgrade a 1,062 km stretch of the international trade corridor linking China to Russia and Western Europe through Kazakhstan.

Uzbekistan and Belorussia do not take part in Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Collective Forces of Operational Response (CFOR) formation.

Another presidential candidate has dropped out of the election race. The Central Election Commission on Kyrgyzstan took the decision on June 13.

At a government meeting on June 12, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov reported on preparations for an official visit to Turkmenistan by Alexander Lukashenko.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has received CEO of Eni corporation Paolo Skaroni on June 10, the Presidential press service reports.