FC "Arkadag" from the city of the same name is preparing in Bansko (Bulgaria) for the resumption of the championship of Turkmenistan on football. The ORIENT correspondent contacted the team's forward Didar Durdyev and talked with him about the training session, the first international match in the history of the club, and how the players spend their free time.
The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) of Turkmenistan in foreign currency at 'B+' with a 'Positive' outlook.
Issues of trade and economic relations were among the key issues at the Summit of the heads of state of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, held in Ashgabat on August 4. The Joint Statement of the Presidents following the meeting confirmed the priority of strengthening and expanding economic partnership between the countries based on the principles of equality, mutual benefit and consideration of each other's interests.
At the Kazakh-Afghan Business Forum in Astana on August 3, export contracts totaling $190.8 million were signed. Following the meeting, 15 contracts were signed for the supply of agricultural products, flour and vegetable oil, as well as a memorandum of cooperation between the National Association of Oilseed Processors (Kazakhstan) and the Balkh Union of Oil Dealers (Afghanistan). The largest number of documents (9 contracts) falls on the supply of oil.
With the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), researchers and farmers in Azerbaijan are reviving the local cotton industry by introducing methods of climate-optimized agriculture based on nuclear and related technologies. This is reported by the UN News Center.
To launch a new product, expand the geography of supplies or modernize production, companies often need additional financing. One of the options to attract money is to issue your securities and find investors through the exchange. ORIENT, together with the Ashgabat Stock Exchange (ASE), tells how this can be done in Turkmenistan today.
Minister of Industry and Trade of Afghanistan Nuriddin Azizi led the delegation of the Taliban movement, which arrived in the capital of Kazakhstan to participate in a business forum to be held on August 3.
Recently appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan Ivan Volynkin, in an interview with a TASS correspondent in Ashgabat, noted significant prospects for cooperation in the economic and humanitarian fields, in particular in the implementation of large-scale joint projects in the fields of energy, transport, communications, ecology, digital economy, education, science, youth exchanges, tourism and sports.
The trade turnover between Turkmenistan and China in the first six months of this year increased by 12.3% compared to the same indicator last year. The total volume of mutual trade between the countries amounted to about $5.55 billion, according to the General Customs Administration of China.
In the near future, it is planned to put into operation the tanker "Atamyrat Nyýazow". This vessel for the transportation of oil and petroleum products with a gross capacity of 4260 tons (GT) was built in 2001. The repair of this vessel was almost completely carried out by local specialists. The launch of this tanker will contribute to the growth of exports of domestic petroleum products.
A train loaded with more than 1,500 tons of goods such as mattresses, baby products, ceramic tiles, etc., recently departed from the international land port in Guiyang city of Guizhou Province in Southwest China, which marked the official opening of a direct freight rail link between this region of China and Central Asia, Xinhua reports.
The volume of industrial products produced in the Balkan region has increased by 2% since the beginning of this year compared to last year. During this period, the enterprises of the western region of the country produced goods worth more than 10 billion manats, the newspaper "Turkmenistan" reports.
Representatives of the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development of Iran discussed on Monday the organization of an international transport corridor through Turkmenistan. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan on July 31.
On the initiative of the diplomatic mission of Turkmenistan in Brussels on Monday, negotiations were held with the leadership of the Belgian cargo airline Challenge Airlines, based in Liege. The carrier provides air cargo transportation throughout Europe, America, the Middle East and Africa.
The trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the first half of 2023 increased by 4.7% compared to the same period last year, reaching $438 million. According to this indicator, Turkmenistan ranks fourth in the ranking of Uzbekistan's largest trading partners among the CIS countries, second only to Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
