President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will be in Kazakhstan on a state visit on August 7-9 at the invitation of Kazakhstan's President Qasim-Jomart Tokayev. In addition to the bilateral talks, the President of Uzbekistan will also participate in the next consultative meeting of the leaders of the Central Asian countries and the first summit of the "Central Asia + Japan" dialogue, which will be held in Astana on August 9.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan approved the Regulation "On the procedure for providing services related to Islamic financing". Now, microfinance organizations in Uzbekistan will be able to provide Islamic finance services to clients based on the requirements of the Izam.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reached an agreement on more than 90 percent of the disputed sections on the state border. The total length of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border is 972 kilometers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's statement that Turkish troops will attack Israel as they entered Karabakh and Libya, according to Israeli analysts, created an alarming situation. First of all, it was mentioned that there is a strong internal pressure within Turkey to strengthen measures against Israel.
Kazakhstan, which previously allowed the import of Russian grain only for flour mills and poultry farmers, now wants to impose a complete ban on the import of Russian grain for 6 months. The issue of introducing an export duty on Kazakh wheat is also being considered. This may negatively affect the competitiveness of Kazakh wheat in traditional foreign markets.
A passenger train traveling from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, to Adler collided with a KAMAZ truck in the Volgograd region of Russia. The accident was caused by the truck stopping on the train track. At least 140 people were injured in the incident.
Representatives of the Turkish and Syrian secret services have held talks three times in the past month to normalize bilateral relations and organize the first meeting between Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar Assad since 2011. "Things are progressing fast, both the leads will be seen together by the end of August at the latest," the report said.
Kazakhstan is the third country in the CIS after Armenia and Azerbaijan to set the minimum wage based on the international convention.
The election of deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis and local councils will be held on October 27, 2024. The Central Election Commission announced that the election campaign will begin on July 26, 2024.
Banks in Central Asia are refusing Russian companies. The number of cases of Central Asian banks refusing to make payments to Russian companies has increased by 30 percent. Also, payment terms with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have been extended by two weeks. The problems began in June after US sanctions were imposed on the Moscow stock exchange and other Russian companies.