"We do not intend to have a military base in Uzbekistan," the U.S. Ambassador to that country, George Krol said at a news conference on January 26 at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent. He also raised the issue of supplying redundant military equipment More

"I instruct the government to work out a draft bill to introduce new forms of public-private partnership (PPP)", said Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan in his annual address to the people. He announced a number of orders to the More

The Tajikistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 2012 will be crucial in the process of delimitation and demarcation of the 1000-km border with Kyrgyzstan, CA-News reported, quoting Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs More

In the south of Tajikistan (near to the Afghanistani border) law enforcement agencies foiled an attempt to transfer about 110 kg of drugs, two suspects arrested. According to some reports, both are ‘nomenclatura', sons of famous people in the country, More

The Russian Federation immigration service in 2011 registered more than 13.6 million foreigners entering the country, the service registered about 11.7 million departures. Some 35% of the foreigners entering Russia came from Central Asia More

Kazakhstan in 2012 will begin construction of the first module of the 1300MW capacity Balkhash thermal power plant (TPP) worth USD2.3bn, an order, given by the President of Kazakhstan, said. The Presidential order addressed the problem More

With the Atyrau oil refinery facility, production of gasoline Kazakhstan will grow almost threefold, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said in his annual address to the people of Kazakhstan, Kazinform reported. The creation of integrated More

Tajikistan considers Russia's proposals on the signing of an agreement on the status of the 201rd Russian military base (RMB), in Dushanbe, Kulyab and Qurgonteppe, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nizomiddin Zohidov said Friday at a press More

At a meeting with President Ilham Aliyev at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Israeli President Shimon Peres thanked the Azerbaijani side for saving the lives of Israeli citizens in connection with a recently planned terrorist attack in Baku More

In preparation for the NATO summit to be held in April 2012 in Chicago, the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, General Stéphane Abrial (SACT) visited Slovenia in the capacity of Special Envoy of the Secretary General of NATO for Smart More