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Turkmenistan creates stabilization fund. The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, informed during the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday, the agency reports.

The Permanent Council of Supreme Audit Institutions of the SCO member countries will be created in the near future. The chairman of Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, Sergey Stepashin informed yesterday in the Russian information centre in Beijing, the agency reports referring to Information Agency Asia Plus.

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, considers it necessary to stop provocative talks about the Kazakh language and to precisely execute the norms of the Law on Languages. The President of Kazakhstan declared today at the XIV session of Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for October 24:

At the plenary session of the Senate of Parliament deputies returned to Majilis the bill with the amendments on amendments and additions to the acts of Kazakhstan concerning stability of financial system on Wednesday, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan does not plan on sending the army to Iraq. The Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan, Danial Ahmetov, informed during his working visit to Atyrau oblast, the agency reports referring to official mass media.

Kazakhstan has initiated unification of integration potentials of the CIS and SCO to develop national education systems. The Minister of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, Zhanseit Tuymebayev, informed today at the 15th conference of Ministers of Education of the CIS countries, the agency reports.

Reorganization of transport sector in Kazakhstan and Russia should be subordinated to the goal of maintenance of global competitiveness. The leading scientific employee of the Institute of Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Science, Stanislav Zhukov, informed, the agency informed.

The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan elected the deputy of Majilis, Oleg Dymov, the agency reports.

The most part of the resources allocated from the National Fund for stabilization of economy should be spent on development of agriculture. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, stated his opinion today during the first international agrarian investment forum AGROINVEST. KZ - 2008, the agency reports.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates short-term prospects of development of the Near East and Central Asian countries as a whole as favorable, the agency reports referring to the text of the IMF report Prospects of Development of Regional Economy: the Near East and Central Asia.

Elections of the deputy of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan elected by the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan took place in Astana in the Palace of Peace and Concord, the agency reports.

Agrarian sector of the Republic is on the second place by its investment efficiency after oil extraction. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, read the text of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to the participants of the first international agrarian investment forum Agroinvest.KZ - 2008, the agency reports.

Following the results of fixing at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on October 23, value of KazPrime indicator increased by 31 items and made 8.01 % annual on KASE, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan during its chairmanship in OSCE in 2010 plans to work on the environmental protection. Vice Minister of the Environmental Protection Ministry of Kazakhstan, Alzhan Braliyev, informed in the Senate of Parliament during the round table - Legislative maintenance of environment protection for steady development of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

Average weighted rate of KZT on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) decreased by 0.01 KZT on Thursday against Wednesday and totaled KZT 119.80 per dollar.

VII session of the secretariat of Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions under the presidency of the chairman of the secretariat, Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev, will take place on October 28 - 29 in Almaty, the agency reports referring to the message of secretariat on Wednesday.

The meeting of the State Secretary of the Kyrgyzstan Republic, Nur uuly Dosbol, with the Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan, Bakyt Ospanov, took place in Bishkek on Wednesday, the agency reports referring to the press service of Kyrgyzstan president.

According to Metal Pages, average prices of 70 % ferrotitanium (with the maximum aluminium level of 4.5 %) in the European market, with payment of duty, and on titanic breakage (with the minimum tin level of 0.5 %) decreased on October 20.

Following the results of the tenders of the shares at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on October 22, 2008 KASE index decreased by 3.10 items (0.4 %) - from 885.04 up to 881.94, the agency reports.