Azerbaijan and Pakistan mulling joint production

Azerbaijan is ready to create necessary working conditions for Pakistani companies in the country, Shahin Mustafayev, Azerbaijani minister of economy, said. “Pakistani companies show interest in activity in such fields in Azerbaijan as industry, production of agricultural equipment, accumulators, as well as pharmaceutics”, the minister said. He added that pharmaceutics was of special interest for…

Ukraine: gas stocks down in December 2016

Natural gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities since the beginning of the 2016/2017 heating season started on October 13 and as of December 3, narrowed by 1.324 million cubic meters, or by 9%, to 13.408 billion cubic meters. According to public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz, on December 3, Ukraine pumped 55.64 million cubic meters from…

Turkmenistan and Iran mull energy co-operation

Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held talks with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour, the Turkmen ministry said. The parties exchanged views on cooperation in energy, transportation and trade. They mentioned substantial potential for expanding and diversifying trade turnover between the two countries. A number of major economic projects in energy…