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Brussels has promised the Central Asian partners to mobilise substantial resources for state and private investments of up to EUR 10 billion by 2027. The largest part will go towards the creation of the Transcaspian multimodal corridor, which will be the main alternative to the northern route through Russia and Belarus. Moscow's reactions.
In the Biškek parliament, a female member of parliament denounced the fact that there is no female representation in the religious administration, sparking a lively debate in the country. In the last 20 years, a generation of women with a good religious education has grown up in Kyrgyzstan, who want to be protagonists in the Islamic community and society
The government in Biškek has launched a crackdown on cooperatives, a Soviet legacy that is still very active in the construction industry but until now with few guarantees for members. A new law requires transparency and the registration of money transfers on a special site. Meanwhile, investigations are proceeding into fraudulent cases that have led to losses worth millions of euros.