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Kyrgyzstan continues construction of CASA-1000 transmission ...

Kyrgyzstan continues construction of a 500 kV transmission line and a 500 kV cell at the Datka substation, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Energy said. To dat...

Central Asian countries to be drawn into coalition against ISIS

The US-led coalition to combat the terrorist group "Islamic State" plans to expand cooperation with the states of Central Asia. This is stated in a joint communiqué, which was adopted following the ministerial meeting of the coalition, which was held with the participation of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in the capital of Saudi Arabia, TASS reports. “The ministers welcomed the participation of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as observers [at the current meeting] in Riyadh and stressed the ne...

Trans-Afghan gas pipeline: construction resumes

All participants in the largest project in the region, launched back in 2015 and supported by international financial institutions, are interested in the early launch of the TAPI gas pipeline. Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India should benefit from the project. It is these countries that the gas pipeline will connect and provide gas to the countries of South Asia. The design capacity of the pipeline is 33 billion cubic meters. m, length - about 1.8 thousand km. By this time, Turkmenista...

Turkmen-Pakistani talks on TAPI and TAP projects held in Islamabad

The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of State, Chairman of the State Concern "Turkmengas" M. Babaev and Deputy Minister of Energy of Turkmenistan A. Saparov discussed in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, the implementation of the TAPI gas pipeline project and the TAP power transmission line project with the official authorities of Pakistan, Turkmenportal.tm reports. The Pakistani delegation was led by Federal Minister of Energy Khurram Dastgir Khan and Minister of State for E...

EAEU countries doubled amount of customs duties received by Kyrgyzstan

The budget of Kyrgyzstan in the first four months of 2023 received 7 billion 211.5 million soms in the form of import customs duties, with most of it provided by its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union, Akchabar reports. According to available data, import customs duties from the EAEU member states amounted to 6 billion 997.1 million soms. Russia replenished the treasury of Kyrgyzstan by 5 billion 465 million soms. It is followed by Kazakhstan and Belarus with contributions of 929.6 milli...

Kazakhstan successfully adapted to adverse external conditions - Tokayev

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana pointed out that the Kazakh economy is showing growth rates above the global level, despite the difficult situation in the global economy, Zakon.kz reports. Speaking at the Council of Foreign Investors, which is taking place in Astana in parallel with the International Astana Forum, President Tokayev noted that disrupted supply chains, rising inflation and trade restrictions continue to affect global economic development. "We can say that Kazakhstan ha...

Northern part of Aral Sea restored

For 30 years of fruitful work of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, the northern part of the sea has been restored, said Sulton Rakhimzoda, chairman of the IFAS executive committee, Sputnik reports. With such information, he spoke in Dushanbe at the conference "Central Asia: on the way to a sustainable future through a strong regional institution." Positive results were achieved by increasing the skip from 350 cps to 700. "The volume of water increased from 15 to 27 cubic km. The...

World Bank noticeably improves growth forecast for Uzbek economy

The World Bank has published a regular report (published twice a year - in January and June). It highlights current trends, risks and forecasts for the development of global, regional and national economies. According to the World Bank forecasts in its latest World Economic Outlook report, in 2023 the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region will see a slight increase in economic growth rates - about 1.4%. However, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its aftermath, growth prospects remain highl...

President Zhaparov and Sheikh Al Thani signed large package of agreements

The first two-day state visit to Kyrgyzstan by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ended with the signing of a whole package of bilateral agreements and treaties. As a result of the negotiations, a number of bilateral documents aimed at building up bilateral cooperation were signed, press service of Kyrgyz President reports. The following documents have been signed: Agreement on the establishment and operation of cultural centers between the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgy...

Kyrgyzstan increased crude oil production

The volume of crude oil production in Kyrgyzstan has increased in 2023, National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan reports. In January-April 2023, 97.8 thousand tons of black gold were mined in Kyrgyzstan. This is 4.3% more than in the same period in 2022. Then, 93.8 thousand tons of raw materials were extracted from oil fields in Kyrgyzstan. In total, in 2022, black gold production in Kyrgyzstan amounted to 295.1 thousand tons. Most of it is mined in the Jalal-Abad region in southern Kyrgyz...

China gradually becomes main trading partner of Kazakhstan

China in the coming years will overtake Russia and enter the position of the main trading partner of Kazakhstan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin said in an interview with Bloomberg. In 2022, China-Kazakhstan trade grew by a third, approaching $24 billion, just $2 billion less than trade with Russia. At the same time, the growth of trade with Russia amounted to just over 6%, according to the data of the National Statistical Committee of Kazakhstan. By...