Section: Kyrgyzstan
Moscow reacts to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan switching from Cyrillic with hysterics
Russian reaction to the decisions of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to move away from the Cyrillic-based scripts Moscow imposed on them to Latin-based scripts that will help them integrate into the broader Turkic and international worlds has been hysterical to say the least. Many commentators are denouncing these measures as an attack on the Russian...
Central Asia, Caucasus, Iran and China expand cooperation in railway transport
BISHKEK (TCA) — Expansion of regional cooperation in the railway transport is in the focus of the two-day Economic Cooperation Organization’s railway authorities meeting that opened in Baku, Azerbaijan on April 17 with the participation of representatives from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,...
Kazakhstan to switch from Cyrillic to Latin alphabet
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered the government to introduce a Latin-based alphabet for the Kazakh language by the end of 2017, marking a major shift after nearly 80 years of using a Cyrillic-based alphabet, RFE/RL reported. The order is part of a new “strategic plan” for the country that was...
Uzbekistan ups exports of textile and light-industry products
TASHKENT (TCA) — A new foreign trade organization, Uztuqimachilikexport, is being established in Uzbekistan for expansion of exports of Uzbek light-industry products and technological upgrade of domestic textile enterprises, the Jahon information agency reported. Manufacturers of cotton, mixed and silk fabrics, textile, knitwear products, hats,...
Newsweek: China or Russia? U.S. may have to choose an Ally
Newsweek: This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Forty-five years ago last February, U.S. President Richard Nixon returned from a visit to China that shocked the world and unsettled leaders in Moscow, who were awaiting a visit from Nixon a few months later. Soviet leaders wondered if they were finally witnessing the birth of a...
Making sense of the attack in St. Petersburg
BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian media reported that police suspect the bombing in a subway train in St. Petersburg on April 3 was carried out by a man from Central Asia with ties to radical Islamic groups. Here below we are republishing an article originally published by Stratfor, which looks into different theories to explain who staged the attack, and...
Foreign Policy: Tillerson to NATO: Get It Together in the Next Two Months, Or …
Foreign Policy: On Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told NATO allies in Brussels that the United States is spending a “disproportionate amount” on defense compared to other NATO members. He also said that he expects NATO allies to either increase their defense spending or come up with plans to do so by May 25, when President Donald Trump...
UN chief Guterres welcomes announcement of adherence to ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
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CAAN: Dr. Richard Weitz: On security in Central Asia and its new/old challenges
Security situation in Central Asia, influence of Russia and the strengthening of China’s role in the region, as well as the US policy under Trump for Central Asia — these and other key issues were discussed in an interview of CAAN with Dr. Richard Weitz, the Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Military Center Political analysis at...
KyrgyzBuild 2017 exhibition kicks off in Bishkek
Bishkek, March 30 / Kabar /. The opening of KyrgyzBuild 2017, the annual International Construction Exhibition is held in Bishkek on Wednesday, the press service of the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The opening ceremony of the exhibition was attended by representatives of the president’s and government’s offices...
