Central Asia

10th session of Working group on Kazakhstan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been held in Geneva. Kazakh delegation was headed by Vice Minister of Industry and Trade.

Minister of economic development and trade of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov met with head of IMF Mission Ron van Rooden.

In sum, 331 contracts were signed in the framework of the exhibition that lasted for almost a week.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov criticized the minister of construction, Shamukhammet Durdyliyev, at an expanded government meeting on July 21.

Kazakhstan, the world's third- biggest uranium miner, plans to overtake Canada and Australia next year by producing 12,826 metric tons of the radioactive metal.

Turkmenistan's GDP rose 7.1% in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year, the chairman of the State Statistics Committee, Kakmyrat Mommadov, said at a televised government meeting on July 21.

Government of Japan in frame of project "Official help to development" gave US $ 910 million, through commercial credits of Japanese International Bank of Cooperation Uzbekistan received US $ 820 million for developing textile industry and energetic complex.

The jubilee Fifth Bishkek International Banking Conference (BIBC) will take place in the Kyrgyz Republic between July 23 and 26.

Kazakhstan threaten Uzbekistan with serious problems because of broken obligation on water transit. The corresponding governmental telegram was sent to Uzbek Vice Prime Minister Rustam Asimov by Kazakh Vice Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeev.

President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic is to arrive in Ashgabat this evening on the first official visit. In the course of the high level talks in Ashgabat.