U.S. to strenghten cooperation with Central Asia in trade, anti-terrorism fight

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Washington, Aug 3 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Greg Miller).- The United States announced Wednesday that it will increase its cooperation with Central Asia in trade, economic development, the anti-terrorism fight and clean energy, as well as investing $15 million to help the region protect itself against the effect of climate change.

The foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan met in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.



SOUND BITE OF KAZAKH FOREIGN ERLAN IDRISSOV COURTESY OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT.



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