Tajikistan must look to deepen its industrial base, improve the productivity of its agricultural sector, and reduce barriers to private investment to remain on a high growth path, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report that was presented in Dushanbe on August 19. The country diagnostic study, Tajikistan: Promoting Export Diversification and Growth, takes…
DetailsMoscow will host the 11th edition of the international conference Eurasian Integration on November 11, the press center of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), the organizer of the forum, reported. The conference will attempt to find ways to promote Eurasian integration. “This year, the conference will discuss matters of strategic cooperation in key economy sectors…
DetailsUzbekistan and Switzerland signed an intergovernmental agreement on realization of a project “National management of water resources in Uzbekistan”. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Water Management of Uzbekistan Shavkat Hamraev and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Deputy Ambassador of Switzerland in Uzbekistan Thierry Umbehr signed the document. According to information service of the ministry, Switzerland will issue…
DetailsThe fight against terrorism, extremism and other threats of the modern world were discussed at the meeting of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Ramazon Rahimzoda with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Qatar in the Republic of Tajikistan Ali bin Muborak al-Muhannad. The parties have also discussed the draft agreement…
DetailsThe Black Sea oil terminal of the state oil company of Azerbaijan SOCAR in Kulevi has completed installation of the device for cleaning of the pipeline and started its first operations, the message of the oil terminal said. This device used for cleaning, inspection and maintenance of pipelines, enables implementing various operations on the pipeline…
DetailsSome 74 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas and 19 million tons of condensate have been extracted since the beginning of operation at the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas condensate field, Khoshbakht Yusifzade, first vice president of Azerbaijan’s state oil company (SOCAR), said. He added that the reserves of the Shah Deniz field were estimated at…
DetailsA poultry farm with an annual capacity of 6,000 tons of chicken meat is being constructed now in Schapovo settlement of Zelenovsky district in West Kazakhstan region. Governor of the region Altai Kulginov checked the course of construction works. He reported that 1.7 billion tenge had been allocated this year for the project under the…
DetailsPoland may use Kazakhstani ports on the Caspian Sea, President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said after the talks with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Warsaw. “Kazakhstan is ready to use Poland’s seaports and terminals which you have told us about. Poland may also use Kazakhstani ports on the Caspian Sea”, Nazarbayev noted. “Today, I have…
DetailsPinsk-based clothing manufacturing and trading association Polesye has recently increased its exports to Kazakhstan and Russia through its schoolwear supplies, Sergei Kasperovich, head of the company’s export department, reported. About 35,000 back-to-school items produced in Pinsk will go to Russian regions this summer. Polesye school clothes are on sale in stores of Moscow, Saint Petersburg,…
DetailsPayPal is preparing to receive accreditation in Azerbaijan, a source in the country’s e-payment systems market reported. PayPal has already selected the bank that will represent its interests in Azerbaijan, according to the source. The bank’s name was not revealed. “The issue of PayPal’s accreditation is currently the subject of discussion of the sides: after…
DetailsUzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) commissioned into operation a new building of the railway station Andijan, the press service of the Uzbek company said. The station can provide services to up to 350 passengers an hour simultaneously. Earlier, the figure stood at 50 passengers an hour. During construction works, administrative building and ticket sales office…
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