AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoDigital Payments: Central Asian central banks, including Tajikistan’s, agreed in Dushanbe to form a working group on linking five countries’ QR payment systems, aiming to make cross-border purchases easier and support trade and tourism. Cybersecurity: CloudSek says a Kazakhstan-linked group used AI to steal more than 2,000 national security-related files from Tajikistan’s government document system; officials had not commented. Public Finances: An IMF team’s visit to Tajikistan focused on fiscal transparency, budget planning and forecasting, and financial risk management. Agriculture and Trade: Kazakhstan and Tajikistan adopted a 2027–28 agriculture roadmap covering food trade, livestock, research and digital farming. Their agricultural trade topped $564 million in the first nine months of 2026, up 32.5% year on year. The roadmap follows a broader bilateral push to expand trade through 2030.
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