Belarus: trade turnover with Poland up in January-August 2016

Belarus’ trade turnover with Poland grew by 10% in January-August, the Belarusian government said in a press-release following the latest meeting of the Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov and Poland’s Vice Premier Mateusz Morawiecki. While meeting with the Polish vice premier, Kobyakov suggested that the parties should go further than just expanding export/import transactions and…

Azerbaijan: Poland joins TCITR

Poland’s rail operator PKP LHS has become a member of the Coordination Committee of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TCITR), Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC reported. Another meeting of the Coordination Committee was held in Astana. “The creation of a union of legal entities of the Coordination Committee, the signing of the agreement on the establishment…

Kazakhstan: direct flights to be launched between Astana and Warsaw

Presidents of Kazakhstan and Poland Nursultan Nazarbayev and Andrzej Duda made a joint statement following their talks in Warsaw. According to Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources, but the country implements today a large-scale industrialization program. “In five years, we have commissioned 1,000 projects. Most of them are processing enterprises. Polish businessmen were invited…