Author: Euronews
Published on: 04/04/2025 | 00:00:00
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Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev praised the improvement of neighbourly relations in Central Asia. Until recently, relations between some Central Asian countries were “simply frozen” and some of their borders were closed. Kazakhstan announced the discovery of a vast rare earth deposit. The region’s natural resources include lithium and manganese, which are both in demand from the tech industry. The Central Asia five have pledged to cooperate with the European Union on their extraction. The summit discussed a wide range of proposals for cooperation, from joint development funds and investment forums to regional water management strategies. As part of these plans, the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor will be established with the aim of cutting the overland journey between Europe and Central Asia in half. Oz says some doctors in the US are reluctant to take on patients using Medicaid due to its relatively low payments. Oz will take over the CMS days after the agency was spared the deep cuts that US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr ordered at other public health agencies.
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