Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will acquire a 10% stake in London's largest international airport, Heathrow. The French investment company Ardian is also involved in the deal, Bloomberg news agency reports.

This year, the construction of the international center for industrial cooperation «Central Asia» will be launched. This is reported by the Ministry of Trade of Kazakhstan.

The possibilities of cooperation in the field of maritime education and training of marine specialists were discussed at the meeting of the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belgium Sapar Palvanov with the Director General of the Antwerp Maritime Academy Rowan van Scheren.

Deputy Foreign Minister Mahri Bashimova met on Tuesday, February 20, with the editorial director of the international magazine "The Investor" Leandro Slovinski.

Transport cooperation between Turkmenistan and Iran was discussed by the ambassadors of the two countries to the Russian Federation. During a meeting on Monday, February 19, Turkmen Ambassador Esen Aydogdyev and the head of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Moscow Kazem Jalali, exchanging views on the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation, paid special attention to the partnership in the transit and transport sector.

Over the past day, February 18, 21.6 million kWh of electricity was imported from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan, representatives of the Ministry of Energy reported this at a briefing on Monday at the Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Yangi Uzbekistan reports.

Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin held a meeting on topical issues of road cargo transportation.

The national railway carrier JSC Demiryollary has announced the organization of international scheduled freight transportation, launching a route along the main transit corridors. A regular container train running on a clear schedule will optimize logistics and reduce the delivery time of goods in the North-South and East-West directions.

As part of the joint action plan concluded between the Turkmen Logistics Association and the Turkmenbashi Seaport, the Association, together with CILT Central Asia, with the support of USAID TCA, organizes online trainings for managers and employees of port departments and terminals with the participation of international experts.

Within the framework of the Iran Maritime Economy Forum, representatives of the Agency of Maritime and River Routes made a business visit to the special economic zone and the port of Amirabad in the Caspian Sea.