Commercial banks reported a total net profit of 1.059 billion lari ($342 million) from January to June compared to a loss of 477 million lari.

The move is expected to damage the country's reputation in the West and jeopardise an already fragile economic recovery.

The government of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is on a non-stop effort to totally overhaul the economy and image of Central Asia’s largest country.

Periodic shootouts have increased along the border, where a kilometre here or a metre there apparently is enough reason to unleash heavy calibre weaponry