Nationals of Iran and Azerbaijan will be able to use their bank cards in the two countries’ territories once Iranian banks connect to the national card payments network created by Azerbaijan’s Central Bank. “Since Iran has not yet connected to any international payment system (Visa or MasterCard), the integration of the two countries’ card systems…
Volume of investments in Kyrgyzstan has grown since the beginning of the year, the National Statistical Committee reported. The volume of investment in fixed assets in January-July amounted to more than 47 billion soms, up by 4.1% YoY. Investments funded from internal sources increased by 11.7%. External sources, on the contrary, decreased by 20.4%. Most…
On August 11, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the Republic of Uzbekistan Jacques-Henri Heuls paid a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade of Uzbekistan. During the meeting the parties discussed current issues and prospects of bilateral trade-economic and investment cooperation between two countries. Furthermore the outcomes of the…
Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the creation of joint-stock companies as part of the comprehensive measures carried out in the country for transition to the market economy. A total of 242 joint-stock companies were registered in the country as of January 1, up by 17 companies compared with 2014, according to the statistical reports. Only…
Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and Economy Minister Bojidar Loukarsky will visit Baku on September 29-30, to take part in the 4th session of the intergovernmental economic cooperation commission. An Azerbaijani-Bulgarian business forum will also be held during the ministers’ visit. The Bulgarian delegation will include entrepreneurs working in the spheres of energy, refining, construction,…
“The budget of Kyrgyzstan for 2017 focuses on export,” the head of the Department of Finance and Credit Policy of the government Aziz Aaliev said. According to him, the budget is designed according to new principles. “The biggest problem is to live in an era of changes. Many state agencies have to change the legal…
In January-June foreign investors injected $4.7 billion into the Belarusian economy, the National Statistics Committee informed. The primary investors were economic operators of Russia (50.2% of the investment), the UK (20.5%) and Cyprus (7.5%). Foreign direct investments amounted to $3.9 billion. In H1 2016 Belarusian economic operators (except for banks) transferred Br2 billion in investments…