(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Sabina Mammadli
Central Asia Weekly Review: 29 Sep - 5 Oct Sep
22
HIGHLIGHTS
Kazakhstan allocates over $42m for presidential
elections
Kyrgyz leader, CSTO Secretary General discuss situation
in CA
Putin awards Tajik president with Order of Merit for
Fatherland
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan adopt decree on Caspian Sea
border
Uzbekistan, Hungary sign 16 documents to develop strategic
partnership
KAZAKHSTAN
Over 200,000 Russian citizens arrive in
Kazakhstan
Over 200,000 Russian nationals have arrived in Kazakhstan since
the announcement of partial mobilization in Russia, Kazakh Interior
Minister Marat Akhmetzhanov said.
“Over 200, 000 Russians have arrived, over 147,000 left
Kazakhstan since September 21,' he told reporters following a
cabinet meeting.
The minister added that on October 3, over 7,000 citizens of
Russia arrived in Kazakhstan, and some 11,000 left the country.
Kazakhstan allocates over $42m for presidential
elections
The Kazakh Finance Ministry allocated nearly 20.5 billion tenges
($42.9 million) for the extraordinary presidential election on
November 20, Deputy Finance Minister Yerzhan Birzhanov said.
He said that up to 80 percent of the allocated funds, that is
16.8 billion tenges ($35.2 million), will be spent on salaries.
“Polling stations are created locally and election committee
members are recruited. According to the legislation, the salary
must be at least three minimum monthly wages, which is 180,000
tenge ($377). Naturally, the printing of the ballots and the
allocation of transport means are considered. This all adds up to
20.5 billion tenges,” Birzhanov said.
KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyz leader, CSTO Secretary-General discuss situation
in Central Asia
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Secretary-General of the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas
discussed in detail the situation in the CSTO area of
responsibility, including paying special attention to the
situation in Central Asia.
The CSTO Secretary-General told about the work to prepare for
the upcoming meetings of the statutory bodies of the organization
and the session of the Collective Security Council, which are
scheduled to be held this fall in Armenia.
Zas reported to the head of Kyrgyzstan on the progress in the
fulfillment of a number of individual assignments of the CSTO
Collective Security Council.
School children in Bishkek hold campaign to support
their peers from Batken
An initiative group of Bishkek school children organized a
charity fair to raise funds for their peers from Batken,
coordinator of the initiative group Children to Children, a student
of the 10th grade of the capital's school, Alina
Dyusheeva, said.
They managed to raise 19,620 soms (244$), which were transferred
to the single treasury account of the Kyrgyz Finance Ministry.
Local entrepreneurs, children, well-known people, and a kids'
dance group participated in the charity fair.
As the children from the implementation group noted, this is
their first project of such scale.“We very much hope that we will
be able to help the affected children,” Bishkek school children
said.
TAJIKISTAN
Putin awards Tajik president with Order of Merit for
Fatherland
Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Tajik President Emomali
Rahmon the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the 3rd
class.
The decree notes that the award was 'for a great personal
contribution to strengthening the strategic partnership and
alliance between the Russian Federation and the Republic of
Tajikistan, as well as to ensure regional stability and
security'.
EBRD renders further support for small private
businesses in Tajikistan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is
providing further support for small private businesses in
Tajikistan by offering fresh funds to the country's second-largest
microlender.
A loan of $2 million will improve the sustainability of domestic
micro and small enterprises and will help create new jobs. As part
of the project, Humo will team up with a local vocational school to
provide certified computer training to 240 women.
The training will help them access market-oriented IT skills and
thus improve their employment opportunities. It will also help
address the issue of computer literacy, which affects all Central
Asian states, where only 11 percent of the population can perform
basic IT functions.
TURKMENISTAN
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan adopt decree on Caspian Sea
border
The Kazakh parliament approved the ratification of an agreement
with Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Kazakh-Turkmen state
border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones
in the Caspian Sea.
Further, the agreement will be submitted for consideration to
the Kazakh Senate.
The agreement, which will complete the process of delimitation
of the state border of Kazakhstan in the south, will be the first
document in history that legally fixes the state borders on the
Caspian Sea between coastal states.
Ashgabat, Minsk eye aspects of bilateral trade in
agro-industrial complex
Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister Annageldy Yazmyradov and Belarus
ambassador to Turkmenistan Vyacheslav Beskosty discussed issues of
bilateral trade-economic cooperation.
The sides discussed issues of mutual trade in agricultural
products and prospects of supplies of Belarusian equipment for the
needs of Turkmenistan's agriculture.
UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan, Hungary sign 16 documents to develop
strategic partnership
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Hungarian Prime Minister
Viktor Orbán signed a joint statement on the development of a
strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and Hungary.
The signing ceremony took place in Budapest after high-level
negotiations.
The document notes that the negotiations took place in a
friendly, open, and constructive spirit, it is envisaged to
activate all-around mutually beneficial cooperation.
The top leaders also signed 15 documents aimed at further
expansion of the Uzbekistan-Hungary strategic partnership. The
documents include a joint program for the development of industrial
cooperation in 2023-2024; an action plan for the development of
cooperation in the field of science and technology; an action plan
for expanding cooperation in the agricultural sector; agreement on
cooperation in the field of physical education and sports;
agreement on cooperation in the field of scientific
development.
Memorandums of cooperation were signed between the Academy of
Public Administration of Uzbekistan and the Hungarian State Service
University, Samarkand region and Khaydu-Bihar district, the
Information, and Analysis Center of International Relations and the
Institute of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Tashkent State Agrarian
University and the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Natural
Sciences in the fields of customs, justice, environmental
protection, horticulture and greenhouses, viticulture and
investment.
Samarkand to host summit of Organization of Turkic
States
A summit of the Organization of Turkic States will be held on
November 11 in Samarkand.
The Uzbek Foreign Ministry has started accreditation of the
media to cover the meeting of the leaders of the countries of the
organization.
The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic
Council) was established in 2009. In November 2021, at the summit
in Istanbul, the Turkic Council was transformed into the
Organization of the Turkic States, which currently includes
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.
Turkmenistan and Hungary have observer status in the
organization.
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