Central Asia Newswire for 21/07/2021

The Central Asia Newswire is a compilation of news stories about Central Asia, curated each day.

 

Kazakhstan 

Kazakhstan vaccinates almost 5 million against COVID-19, AKIpress

Kazakh social media rings alarm about drought, livestock die-off, Eurasianet 

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Belarus fall behind from EAEU allies in international reserves, AKIpress

Official requests of Kyrgyzstan remained unanswered, Foreign Ministry says about return of Kyrgyz refugees to Afghanistan, AKIpress

Tajikistan 

Putin offers US Russian foreign bases to spy on Taliban, AKIpress

Russian tanks move to Afghan border ahead of drills, AKIpress

Turkmenistan 

Radio Azatlyk: 18 servicemen killed in Turkmenistan, Хроника Туркменистана 

Berdimuhamedov congratulated Bashar al-Assad on the presidency and sent condolences to Belgium and Germany, Хроника Туркменистана 

Uzbekistan 

President of Uzbekistan receives Tajik Foreign Minister, AKIpress

Over 1.023 million fully inoculated against coronavirus infection in Uzbekistan, AKIpress