June News from the Prague Process region
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ARMENIA |
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EU Cooperation |
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EU-Armenia agreement provisionally applied |
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European Union ready to start dialogue with Armenia on visa-free regime |
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EU to allocate €3 million to Armenia for Syrian refugees |
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State Bodies dealing with Migration |
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Minister introduced new head of Migration Service |
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State Migration Service will continue its cooperation with UNHCR with new approaches and in new directions |
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IOs dealing with Migration |
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23 thousand Syrian Armenians need housing and jobs |
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US embassy to help Armenia center for asylum seekers |
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Migration issues and challenges |
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Less Armenian citizens request asylum in the EU |
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Mnatsakanyan: Armenia attaches great importance to combating irregular migration |
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AZERBAIJAN |
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EU Cooperation |
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The International Mobility Partnership Conference took place in Baku on 14 - 15 May 2018. |
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EU-Azerbaijan Business Forum 2018 |
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Eurovillage |
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State Bodies dealing with Migration |
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State Migration Service organized a mobile service in Zagatala |
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Advisory Board established under the State Migration Service |
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145 foreigners participated at the courses organized by the Training Center of the State Migration Service in May |
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Statistics of State Migration Service for May |
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State Migration Service issued temporary residence permits to 3225 foreigners in May |
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Temporary stay of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan |
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The State Migration Service has launched another e-service |
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State Migration Service held a mobile service in Goychay and Ismayilli districts |
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The chief of State Migration Service: İssuance of work permits will be more transparent and convenient for foreigners |
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Inauguration of the newly established language laboratory held at the State Migration Service |
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23 foreigners were detained during the measures against illegal migration |
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Permanent residence of foreigners and stateless persons on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
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Third meeting of working group on reintegration held on May 29 |
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Chief of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan visited State Migration Service |
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Azerbaijan detains 2 foreigners with fake documents |
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Azerbaijani SBS issues statement on border shootout, wounded soldier awarded medal |
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4 foreigners prevented from violating Azerbaijani state border |
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Azerbaijan detains 3 foreigners with fake documents |
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Azerbaijan detains six foreigners for border trespassing attempt |
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IOs dealing with Migration |
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ICMPD MOBILAZE project at Eurovillage |
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ICMPD MOBILAZE project -handover Atlas Map to SBS |
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4-8 June 2018 - one week study visit to Slovakia and Austria was organised for Azerbaijani state officials to exchange information in the field of document security. |
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Statement by the EU Spokesperson on the presidential elections in Azerbaijan |
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GEORGIA |
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EU Cooperation |
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Georgia tries to reduce asylum seekers from the country to Europe |
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State Minister for Asylum and Migration of Belgium visits Georgia |
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President of European Commission: Long live Georgia, love live Europe! May they live together forever |
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European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Georgia, Condemns Russian Occupation |
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State Bodies dealing with Migration |
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Batumi will host 15th international conference - Georgia’s European Way |
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PM Kvirikashvili addresses Georgian diaspora in Tbilisi |
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Government Changes - renewed composition may be named today |
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Research institutes |
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Cases of Deportations of Georgian citizens |
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Migration issues and challenges |
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2263 Georgian Citizens claimed for asylum in Germany in 2018 which is twice as much as in 2017, almost 100% of asylum seekers' applications are rejected by Germany. |
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Number of Georgian asylum seekers in Germany dramatically decreases |
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KYRGYZSTAN |
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Migration issues and challenges |
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Regions of Kyrgyzstan most dependent from migrants' remittances |
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Agreement on "migration amnesty" between Kyrgyzstan and Russia |
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Most risky countries for labour migrants |
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MOLDOVA |
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EU Cooperation |
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European Commission Seeks Budget Hike For 'Neighbourhood' Countries |
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Government Commission for European integration approaches developments in implementation of EU-Moldova Association Agreement |
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EU and Moldova held the ninth round of their Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels - main highlights |
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EU's Mogherini Critical of Moldovan Banking Fraud Investigation. Relevance for EU financial support to be given and conditionality with Moldova commitments undertaken - Federica Mogherini has voiced concern over the slow pace of an investigation into the disappearance in 2014 of more than $1 billion from Moldova's banking system |
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State Bodies dealing with Migration |
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Moldova files a UN resolution on withdrawal of “foreign military forces” of Russia from its territory |
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UN General Assembly adopts Moldova’s resolution on withdrawal of “foreign military forces” from its territory |
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EU-Moldova Mobility Partnership Meeting - celebration of 10 years of implementation. During the event, there were presented the preliminary recommendations of the Mobility Partnership Assessment Exercise, which were conducted in February-March 2018 based on questionnaires, with the support of ICMPD. |
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IOs dealing with Migration |
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Document to found Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine Parliamentary Assembly signed. Speakers of the three states pledged to cooperate to ensure the proper implementation of reforms and the commitments assumed when the three countries were given the status of EU associates and to share the good practices |
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Research institutes |
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Invalidation of local elections in Chisinau, government scenarios and EU reaction, OP-ED |
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Migration issues and challenges |
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Diaspora proposes creation of fund for economic, social development of Moldova |
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Signing the bilateral Agreement with Italy on social security of migrants |
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Concluding a labour migration agreement with Bulgaria. Republic of Moldova has signed 7 Agreements on labor migration, with Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Italy, Israel, France. |
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Migrant stories |
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48 enterprises established by immigrants will receive grants within the PARE 1+1 program. Efficient investments of remittances trough program PARE 1+1 |
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2018 World Press Freedom Index: Moldova down to position 81 |
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Protest against cancellation of new local elections held in Moldovan capital |
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EaP Civil Society Forum Condemns the Nontransparent Invalidation of the Chisinau Mayoral Election Results. The violation of the rights of the people to freely elect their political leadership is unacceptable in a democratic country based on the rule of law, which also signed an Association Agreement with the European Union. |
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UKRAINE |
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EU Cooperation |
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European commissioner Hahn: no risks of suspension of visa-free travel because of Ukrainians |
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EU programme sums up 15 years of cross-border cooperation between Poland, Belarus and Ukraine |
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In the first year of visa-free agreement more than half a million Ukrainians crossed the EU border without a visa – President |
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EUBAM 30th Advisory Board Meeting held in Odesa, Ukraine |
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State Bodies dealing with Migration |
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From the beginning of 2018 more than 4 thousand irregular immigrants were identified in Ukraine |
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NBU – Large-scale labor migration from Ukraine requires new census |
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Ukraine opens 56 new visa centres worldwide |
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1 512 755 IPDs registered in Ukraine - Ministry of Social Policy |
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Government to allocate 105.98 million UAH for modernization of border crossing points at administrative border with occupied Crimea |
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Ukrainian BCPs and Border Units successfully carried out the first ever Self-Evaluation |
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Every year 2-3 thousand people leave Crimea - Ministry of Temporary Occupied Territories |
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Over 5 million biometric passports for traveling abroad issued during the first year of Visa free regime |
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Almost 9 million Ukrainians leave for seasonal work abroad - Ministry of Social Policy |
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Belarus, Ukraine to finish border demarcation by 2026 |
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Ukrainians in Poland receive almost same wages as Poles - study |
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Over 3.2 million Ukrainians employed abroad permanently - Ministry of Social Policy |
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IOs dealing with Migration |
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Olena Malynovska. Economic integration of migrants: three pillars relevant for Ukraine |
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IOM brings up the situation of conflict-affected people in Ukraine with the regional director’s visit |
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Displaced people as driving force for change: IOM supports social cohesion in Ukraine |
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“Your Rights”: UNDP launches mobile app to protect the rights of IDPs and SGBV survivors |
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Ukraine “Europe’s Largest Displacement Crisis”: IOM Regional Director on Visit to Eastern Ukraine |
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NGOs dealing with Migration |
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Ukrainians do not present migration threat for the EU - NGO "Europe without barriers" The percentage of refusals for crossing the EU border is very low - 0.2% (37 thousand people). In 2017, almost 32 thousand irregular migrants from Ukraine were detained, but 24 thousand of them returned home. It is 12%, whereas the increase as much as by 50% considered to be critical. |
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Migration issues and challenges |
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Ukrainian workers could replace EU nationals post-Brexit, Gove suggests |
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Roma people in Zakarpattia scared to go to big cities after attacks - human rights activist |
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Other |
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Bill on 'migration amnesty' for Ukrainians from Donbas, Crimea tabled in Russia's Duma |
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U.S., Canada condemn deadly attack on Roma camp in Ukraine |
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Ukrainian migrants transferred $ 10 billion dollars home during 2017 |
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Nearly one third of IDPs from Donbass ready to return after the improvement of the situation. 28% of IDPs are ready to return to their former places of residence, if the situation there improves, 5% of respondents are ready to move back to their former place of residence, even if the situation does not improve, according to the results of the sociological study of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems IFES. |
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Ex-Deputy Head of State Migration Service Nikitina served with charge papers for illegal financial incentive on facilitating receiving documents by Russian citizen |
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UZBEKISTAN |
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EU Cooperation |
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Mission of EUSR on Central Asia and EUSE to Afghanistan to Tashkent |
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The European Union and Uzbekistan held their 15th Cooperation Committee Meeting |
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BOMCA Holds the Third National Steering Group Meeting in Uzbekistan |
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State Bodies dealing with Migration |
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Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan discusses fundamental revision and improvement of the system of regulated employment |
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IOs dealing with Migration |
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OSCE assists law enforcement authorities in setting up an Advance Passenger Information System in Uzbekistan |
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Uzbekistan hosts OSCE-supported international conference on role of youth in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism |
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Meeting with OSCE Secretary General |
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Uzbekistan and IOM will develop cooperation to assist migrants |
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Interpol: international workshop on combating human trafficking, preventing illegal migration in Central and South Asia |
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Migration issues and challenges |
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According to the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy of Poland, in 2017 over 1200 work permits issued to Uzbek people |
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Uzbekistan and Russia discuss exchange of information on migration |
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Uzbekistan and Turkey to ensure protection of migrants' labor rights |
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Facial recognition system to be installed at BCPs in Uzbekistan. System will be comparing faces of citizens crossing the border with pictures of wanted persons. |
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Security services of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan agreed to coordinate activities to fight terrorism |
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Number of passport control booths at Dostuk BCP doubled |
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BCP at the border with Turkmenistan has become 1.5 times more efficient |
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Alat border customs post’s possibilities have expanded |
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In May, border guards detained 48 border trespassers |
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Disputable areas examined on the Uzbek-Turkmen border |
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Meeting of delegations of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in Tashkent on demarcation |
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On Uzbekistan – Kyrgyzstan negotiations on delimitation of the state border |
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Border services of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan enhanced cooperation |
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Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan signed a plan to combat extremism |
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