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Central Asia
What comes next after mining?
Chintushig Boldsukh – The UB Post Ever since the 2001 discovery of the Oyu Tolgoi mine by Ivanhoe Mines, there has been an equal amount of optimism and cautionary sentiment regarding the use of the resource model to develop the economy. While many have recognized the potential that a thriving…
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Central Asia
Medvedev and Yildirim: Russia and Turkey should develop their relations more actively
Russia and Turkey have great potential to increase the bilateral trade and economic cooperation, the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. According to him, Russia and Turkey have a historically large volume of trade ties, but for a number of…
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East Asia
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Central Asia
Azerbaijani, Turkish and Turkmen energy ministers to meet early 2017
Meeting of energy ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan is planned for early 2017, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Cavusoglu made the remarks during a joint briefing with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku Dec. 3. “Azerbaijan and Turkey also intend to develop cooperation within trilateral formats with…
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South Asia
National projects full swing under CPEC objectives
By Sameer Nazir – KARACHI Frontier Works organization (FWO) is committed to make prosperous country and its best resources utilizations under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) objectives, which is now turned into reality for world of opportunities in the region. Director General FWO Major General Mohammed Afzal has emphasized on the…
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Central Asia
Russia and Armenia sign combined forces agreement
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Armenian counterpart Vigen Sargsyan signed an agreement on establishing combined forces. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said the group would include Russia’s military base in Armenia, as well as units of the Armenian armed forces, Sputnik reports. The Defense ministers also signed a…
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Central Asia
Two main gas pipelines connected in Kazakhstan
Kazakh national gas transportation operator KazTransGas built a booster compressor station at the connection TIP-02 between the main gas pipeline “Bukhara gas-bearing region-Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty” and “Kazakhstan-China”, the company said in a message Nov. 29, Trend reports. The new booster compressor station located in Zhambyl region will allow to have gas pumping…
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East Asia
What to Expect from the New American President Trump’s Foreign Policy
by Greg R. Lawson – Contributing Analyst, Wikistrat In light of the surprising election of Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States, leaders around the world are scrambling to determine what this means for their own national interests. On one hand, this is an entirely…
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Central Asia
Hydropower Plant Discussions in Central Asia
Akmaral SABATAR, The MagazineN, Kyrgyzstan The Rogun Hydropower Plant (HPP) is being constructed on the Vakhsh River in the Pamir Mountain, Tajikistan. The dam will be the world’s tallest one and will provide the country a stable energy supply. Emomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan, joined the opening ceremonies of…
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Central Asia
Turkmenistan and Georgia to promote joint transport projects
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov discussed the further cooperation prospects at the meeting with his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary state news agency reported, Trend published. Stressing that Georgia plays an important role in the integration of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, President Margvelashvili confirmed the…
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