Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan have signed the Ashgabat declaration to create the Trans-Caspian transport corridor from Beijing to London, Turkey’s Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan reported. Arslan said the document was signed during the first meeting of transportation ministers of the three countries. The declaration was inked by Ahmet Arslan, Azerbaijani Deputy…
The Turkish civil aviation authority has permitted 63 charter flights between Antalya and Russian cities a week. Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman for the Turkish President, said that Ankara welcomed Russia’s decision to restart charter flights. “I want to emphasize that we are very happy with this decision”, he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin abolished a prohibition…
First Solar, Inc. announced that it had booked 160 mW DC of photovoltaic module sales in Turkey in the first half of 2016. The orders were placed by Basariarge Enerji A.S. and Zorlu Enerji. Zorlu Enerji, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding has contracted First Solar to supply 100 mW DC of its high performance Series…
Plans have been made to set up a Belarusian-Turkish joint venture to make soft furniture at premises of the Molodechno-based furniture maker ZAO Molodechnomebel, Ruzhena Novitskaya, Press Secretary of the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom, reported. A delegation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Turkish city of Inegol…
National air carriers of Azerbaijan and Turkey are satisfied with the level of the current cooperation and intend to further expand it, said the Vice President of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL) Eldar Hajiyev. AZAL and Turkish Airlines have been carrying out flights under a code-sharing agreement for two years, said Hajiyev. “This allowed for further…
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has offered to connect the Turkish Stream pipeline, which is being developed by Russia, to the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), via which Azerbaijani gas will be delivered to Europe in 2020. Cavusoglu said Ankara would buy only 16 billion cubic meters of Russian gas per year via the Turkish…
Discounts for Russia’s gas supplies to Turkey may become one of the issues discussed during the official visit of Turkish President to St. Petersburg. “During the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Russia, Moscow and Ankara may discuss the discount for Russian gas delivered to the country”, a source in the ministry said,…