Gazprom CEO Miller held talks in Iran
On February 28, Gazprom's delegation headed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Board, paid a working visit to Iran.
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The US will allocate another $25 million for the economic development of Central Asia - Blinken
Washington allocates $25 million for the economic development of Central Asian countries, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said during his visit to Kazakhstan.
During the extreme January frosts, more than 1 billion cubic meters of gas were extracted in Lebap
In January, Turkmengaz State Concern produced 1 billion 19.3 million cubic meters of natural gas in the Lebap region of Turkmenistan, according to the data of the central production and dispatch service of the Lebapgazchykarysh department at the Concern, the website of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan reports.
The Turkmen delegation was trained at the World Trade Institute in Switzerland
Members of the Government Commission for the Study of issues related to Turkmenistan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) attended the Winter Academy-2023 course at the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Bidding on SCRMET: various types of polypropylene are sold for export
On Monday, February 27, 7 deals totaling $2.7 million and 4.6 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
UNDP and the Government of Turkmenistan expand cooperation in digital transformation
27 February the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and “Turkmenaragatnashyk” Agency under the Agency for Transport and Communications of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan signed a new project “Assistance in the implementation of a pilot system of interdepartmental electronic information exchange in Turkmenistan”.
Gazprom and Iran discussed issues of energy cooperation
A working meeting was held today between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Board, and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation.
Trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan increased by 3% in January
According to the results of January 2023, the volume of Uzbekistan's foreign trade with Central Asian countries increased by 8% and reached $449.7 million, Yangi Uzbekiston reports with reference to the Center for Economic Research and Reforms of the country.
Japan will launch a pilot program to issue a digital yen
In April, Japan will launch a pilot program to test the use of the digital yen, Japan Today reports, referring to the country's central bank.
The volume of rail cargo between Iran and Turkmenistan increased by 57%
More than 300,000 tons of cargo was transported by rail between Iran and Turkmenistan in the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 - February 19, 2023), up 57% over the corresponding period last year, IRNA reported.
Turkmen entrepreneur exports up to 100 tons of tomatoes to Russia
Tomatoes grown in the Dashoguz region are sent to the Russian market on a monthly basis by “Uly Höwes”. From 80 to 100 tons of delicious tomatoes are exported, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan reports.
Turkmenistan switches to growing new wheat varieties
Russian wheat varieties "Alekseevich" and "Bezostaya" in the near future will displace Krasnodar varieties "Batko", "Vassa" and "Yuna" previously used for cultivation in Turkmenistan, the Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
The US nominates the ex-head of Mastercard for the post of president of the World Bank
US President Joe Biden has nominated former Mastercard CEO Ajay Bangu as the head of the World Bank, betting that the Indian native's experience with the private sector and emerging markets will accelerate the overhaul of the organization.
Netflix lowers subscription prices due to falling stock
Streaming service Netflix has lowered subscription prices in some countries in order to maintain the growth in the number of subscribers, which began to decrease due to strong competition with other streaming services, Reuters reports.
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan intend to increase international road transport
Issues of further increase and development of international road transport were discussed during the next meeting of the Turkmen-Kazakh Joint Commission on Road Transport. This is reported by the official website of the Turkmenavtoulaglary agency of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, to which the Turkmen side was represented.
