Interfax
November 13

Asian Development Bank President Tadao Chino has called on Central Asian governments to step up regional economic cooperation.

Economic cooperation is not only a powerful instrument for development and for speeding up economic growth, but also a bare necessity, Chino said in Tashkent Wednesday.

Cooperation in the region will provide strategic opportunities for achieving stability and economic growth in Central Asia countries, the location, relatively small markets and need for mutually beneficial use natural resources of which make these countries dependent on each other.

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