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Sun, 17 February 2013

Turkmenistan and Afghanistan discussed the implementation of previously reached agreements concerning the joint management of trans-boundary water resources and the prospects for the further cooperation in this area, the Turkmen government said on Friday.
A delegation of the Energy and...

Fri, 15 February 2013

At present, construction of 14 new small hydropower plants continues in Tajikistan, Asia-Plus reported on Friday with reference to the country's Energy and Industry Ministry.
According to the report, after commissioning of these facilities, the number of small HPPs in the country will...

Thu, 14 February 2013

Turkmenistan has proposed holding a summit in Ashgabat under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to discuss issues related to energy security, the Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary state information service said.
The initiative was voiced by President...

Thu, 14 February 2013

The Kazakh government has adopted a new industrial programme 'Agribusiness - 2020' for the development of agriculture in 2013-2020 ', the Agriculture Ministry press service reported.
The programme was developed in connection with increased competition in the Customs Union and the country's...

Wed, 13 February 2013

The third round of meetings for the exchange of information and discussion of proposed evaluation studies on the Rogun hydroelectric power station in Tajikistan was held in Almaty, the press service of the World Bank reported.
Interim results of the two ongoing evaluation studies, namely...

Mon, 11 February 2013

Power companies of Tajikistan are looking for investors for construction of 3 hydropower plants on the Zarafshan river in the north of Tajikistan, news agency Avesta reports.
Construction of three hydropower plants on this river will allow to produce around 10 billion kWh of power annually...

Mon, 11 February 2013

Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Tajikistan Larisa Kislyakova discussed perspectives of cooperation between countries in the field of cotton processing with Indonesian Ambassador to Tajikistan, Foster Gultom, Asia-Plus reported on Friday.
As Gultom mentioned, Indonesia is...

Sun, 10 February 2013

Kazakhstan has warned Kyrgyzstan on possible cessation of gas supplies due to Kyrgyz party's debts, 24.kg reported with the reference to Deputy General Director of Kyrgyzgas Kuralbek Naskeyev.
According to Naskeyev, Kyrgyzgaz received a phone message from Kazakh KazTransGas.
"If we...

Sun, 10 February 2013

On February 6, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov attended the meeting of foreign ministers of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States on the margins of the 12th Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo, the foreign ministry said today.

During the...

Sun, 10 February 2013

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Lynne Tracy has discussed issues of further increasing productive bilateral cooperation in Ashgabat, the Turkmen government reported on Friday.
'During the discussions, special attention was paid to the issues of effectively...

Sun, 10 February 2013

Foreign ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan Erlan Abdyldaev and Zalmai Rassoul discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation, KyrTAG reported on Thursday.
"A meeting of foreign ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan was held in Cairo within the meeting of foreign ministers...

Sun, 10 February 2013

Tajikistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Khamrokhon Zarifi attracted attention to reasonable water use in Central Asia during the summit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which finished on February 7.
Question of reasonable water use is the key one on the agenda. Water use in...

Sun, 10 February 2013

Global Environment Facility (GEF) issued grant for US$12.699 million to Uzbekistan to implement a the Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change Mitigation Project.
World Bank said that rural communities of over 10 million people in eight regions of Uzbekistan will benefit from the US$12....

Thu, 07 February 2013

Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - The World Bank has provided Tajikistan with a $46 million grant to improve its agricultural sector and provide employment for thousands in the country’s southern district of Khatlon, the bank said on Tuesday.
The grants come in the form of a $18 million grant...

Tue, 05 February 2013

DUSHANBE, February 5, 2013, Asia-Plus  -- A grant agreement to finance the  Second Tajikistan Public Employment for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Resources Management Project  was signed today in Dushanbe by the Minister of Finance of Tajikistan Safarali Najmiddinov   and  the World Bank...

Mon, 04 February 2013

The OSCE Office in Tajikistan, in co-operation with the Ministry of Water Management and Land Reclamation of Tajikistan, organized today a one-day workshop on common water management and environmental challenges in Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
The aim of the event was to help raise...

Wed, 30 January 2013

The Amu Darya Basin Network publishes its first info-graphic poster. It presents data on different water related issues in the Basin, specifically on water management, climate change, agriculture and environment.
 
Click here for the...

Mon, 28 January 2013

The Central Asia Regional Workshop "Environment and climate change: Learning, partnerships, and knowledge exchange" took place in Almaty on January 22-23, 2013. The workshop was organized by the World Bank Institute in cooperation with the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia within...

Mon, 28 January 2013

The CASA-1000 project is a strategic project for Tajikistan, which will contribute to the country's economic development, Tajik Minister of Energy and Industry Gul Sherali said during a meeting with the executive director of the Intergovernmental Council Secretariat of the CASA-1000 project...

Mon, 28 January 2013

UK will allocate a grant to Kyrgyzstan in the amount of over one million U.S. dollars through one of the international financial institutions in order to improve water supply in the Issyk-Kul, Naryn and Talas regions, Finance Minister of Kyrgyzstan Olga Lavrova said at a meeting of the...

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