The CASA-1000 is a $1.16 billion project currently under construction that will allow for the export of surplus hydroelectricity (1,300 megawatts) from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Groundbreakin

The meeting chairperson Ambassador Harald Aspelund, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, lauded Mongolia's open trade and investment regime that strives toward more inclusive trade as well as its sp

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that Pakistan's Gwadar port could be a gateway to the shortest, economical route for landlocked Central Asia. It is said that the trade from Gwadar port to Central Asian Republ

Mr. Vladimir Putin the President of the Russian Federation on Wednesday oversaw the opening of a Moscow-backed gold refining plant in Kyrgyzstan, pledging the impoverished country's second largest mine would see $600 mi

The UN recently presented their annual World Happiness Report which evaluates 149 countries on key happiness indicators such as life expectancy, social support, corruption, and other factors. Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhst

The Government of Nepal and the World Bank signed loan and grant agreements for the $24 million Forests for Prosperity Project ($6.1 million as grant and $17.9 million as concessional loan) that will help Nepal advance s

The Government of Japan has extended total grants of US$1.76 million to implement three separate projects in Nepal which involve water and sanitation, livelihood improvement, and newborn and child health. These agreement

The Central Asia Trade Intelligence (CATI) portal (https://catiportal.org/en) is an online tool aimed to enhance export potential and regional integration of Central Asian countries by providing users with essential trad

The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control issued the regulation, meaning that the new insurance will be required on top of other necessary travel documents and requests for permission to enter

The UN E-Government Survey, prepared over a two-year period following an established methodology, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) at (https://www.un.org/.../2020-united-nations-e-g