Tajikistan: Kazakhstan invites investors to participate in privatization of state assets

Kazakh Ambassador to Tajikistan Nurlan Seitimov has invited Tajik investors to participate in privatization of Kazakhstan’s state assets. A source at the Kazakh Embassy in Dushanbe says this issue has been discussed at a meeting of Seitimov with Fayziddin Qahhorzoda, the head of the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management of Tajikistan (GosKomInvest).…

Turkmenistan and Bangladesh mull energy co-operation prospects

Ashgabat hosted a meeting with Bangladesh’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Turkmenistan (with a residence in Tehran) Majibur Rahman Bhuiyan, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said. The parties noted their interest in development of cooperation in the areas of electricity, transportation and petrochemical sphere. It was also noted that the two countries had opportunities to intensify…

Uzbekistan: EBRD planning investments

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) aims at long-term cooperation with Uzbekistan, Natalia Khanjenkova, managing director for Central Asia and Russia at the EBRD, said. It was previously reported that an EBRD delegation headed by Khanjenkova arrived in Tashkent on February 7, to discuss cooperation prospects. “On the basis of consultations with the…

Ukraine: two seaports renamed

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to rename two geographical objects – SE Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk and Specialized Sea Port Oktyabrsk. The decree #46 dd. January 25, is published on the government web-portal. According to the document, the officials named the seaport of Illichivsk Chernomorsk Commearicla Sea Port, and the specialized sea…