Kyrgyzstan plans to hold the international conference in Bishkek on prospects of development of situation and security threats for Central Asia in connection with withdrawal of ISAF troops in September 2013, Parliament Speaker Asilbek Jeenbekov said at the session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council in St.

Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency Director Rustam Nazarov briefed the Arab Delegation led by Counternarcotics Information Center Director of the Arab Cooperation Council Rashid Al Maraihi about the drug situation in Central Asia. The DCA Director spoke about illicit drug trafficking situation in Tajikistan and Central Asian region, efforts of law enforcement agencies in this fight. The Delegation, consisting of representatives of Oman and Bahrain, was interested in drug situation development trends and measures undertaken by the Government of Tajikistan in fight against illicit

Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Adilbek Jaksybekov made his first official visit to Afghanistan on April 10, the Defense Ministry's press service said. Defense Ministet Jaksybekov met with President Hamid Karzai. Kazakhstan supports the efforts of Afghanistan aimed to consolidate the Afghan society and to bring stability to the country, Minister Jaksybekov said at the meeting. Military cooperation areas were discussed at the meeting with Afghanistan's Defense Minister Bismillah Han Mohammadi. The military production complex of Kazakhstan has a necessary capacity for r

INSEAD, the leading international business school, and the World Economic Forum (WEF), today released the 12th annual Global Information Technology Report (GITR) with the support of Booz '&' Company and CISCO. The new study focuses on "Growth and Jobs in a hyper connected World". The report assesses the digital ecosystems of 144 developed and developing countries accounting for more than 98 per cent of the world's GDP.