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Central Asian leaders gather in Kyrgyzstan for their fourth consultative meeting

admin - July 21, 2022

Heads of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan arrived in Kyrgyzstan yesterday for the Fourth Consultative Meeting of Heads of State of Central Asia. Tajik President Emomali...

Central Asian leaders gather in Kyrgyzstan for their fourth consultative meeting

admin - July 20, 2022

The leaders of five Central Asian nations today gathered at the Cholpon-Ata resort town, Kyrgyzstan for their fourth consultative meeting. Radio Liberty says they will...

Kazakhstan decides to extend its wheat export restrictions until the end of September

admin - July 8, 2022

To provide Kazakhstan’s food security, the country’s authorities are imposing wheat, wheat flour and sunflower seed export quotas starting from July 8. An appropriate...

CSTO expert foresees further deterioration of situation in Uzbekistan

admin - July 7, 2022

TASS says representative of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretariat Aleksandr Kuznetsov expressed his opinion on the situation in Uzbekistan and its possible...

Uzbekistan’s watermelon exports continue breaking records

admin - July 6, 2022

In mid-June 2022, EastFruit, an information and analytics platform for the growth of the horticulture business, wrote about record volumes of watermelon exports from...

Uzbekistan claims shelling near Afghanistan border

admin - July 6, 2022

The authorities in Uzbekistan have said that an area in the south of the country was shelled, presumably from neighboring Afghanistan. The Uzbek Ministry of...

McDonald’s restaurants in Kazakhstan reportedly suspend operations for technical reasons

admin - July 5, 2022

All restaurants of the McDonald's chain in Kazakhstan have suspended operations in the country for technical reasons. Nur.kz says that from the night of July...

Central Asian leaders set to meet in Kyrgyzstan for fourth consultative meeting

admin - July 5, 2022

Following summits in 2018, 2019 and 2021, the 2022 meeting comes amid a great number of regional difficulties and concerns. On July 21, the five...

At least 18 killed, hundreds injured in Uzbekistan unrest

admin - July 4, 2022

Citing Uzbekistan’s authorities, media reports say at least 18 people were killed and 243 injured during last week’s unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous republic of...