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In January-September 2022, Uzbekistan increased cargo transportation through the ports of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan by more than two times compared to the same period in 2021 – up to 701 thousand tons. About this, with reference to the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan Zhasurbek Choriev, RIA Novosti reports.

The law on ratification of the agreement with Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Turkmen-Kazakh state border on the Caspian Sea and the delimitation of adjacent fishing zones was signed on Wednesday by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The Kazakh city of Almaty hosted these days the delegations of the countries of Central Asia and South Korea, who gathered in Kazakhstan to participate in the meeting of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization. The initiator of the forum was the Korean Forest Service, which organized the conference within the framework of the Memorandum on Cooperation in the Forest Industry signed by the countries in October 2013, Korean information sources write.

Early elections of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan will be held in less than a month – on November 20. 68 polling stations have been established in 53 foreign countries at the foreign institutions of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, after extended talks with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Akorda, announced a twofold increase in the volume of mutual trade with Turkmenistan.

Expanded Turkmen-Kazakh negotiations at the highest level have begun in Akorda. President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed a welcoming speech to President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the correspondent of MIA "Kazinform" reports.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan gave a briefing on Monday on the upcoming international events at the high and highest levels this week in Astana.

The lower House of the Kazakh Parliament (Majilis) voted for the ratification of the agreement on the Kazakh-Turkmen border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones in the Caspian Sea, TASS reports.

The importance of developing the potential of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway to further increase the transit traffic was noted by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Iranian leader Ibrahim Raisi during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was held in Samarkand.

Negotiations between the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan were held in Nur-Sultan. Berdyniyaz Myatiev and Ermukhambet Konuspayev discussed topical issues on the bilateral agenda and reaffirmed the mutual readiness of the countries to expand mutually beneficial partnership in politics, economics, trade, diplomacy and in the cultural and humanitarian spheres.