• East Asia

    Hyundai will deliver 500 buses to Turkmenistan

    Turkmenistan’s Road Transport Ministry will sign a contract with South Korea’s Hyundai Corporation to purchase buses, Trend reports. This is stipulated by the decree signed by Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov. Turkmenistan will purchase 496 intraurban Hyundai New Super Aero City buses and four Hyundai New Super Aero City buses for…

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  • Central Asia

    Kazakh policeman adopts five children of different ethnics

    Galym Arystanbayev, a senior policeman in Kazakhstan adopted five children, in addition to three of his own. Yerbolat Uatkhanov, the reporter of The Astana Times, wrote the story of the man who always wanted to have a big family. He said, “I have a big family and Aliya, my wife,…

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  • East Asia

    Uzbekistan and Korea opened Ustyurt Gas Chemical Complex

    Ustyurt Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) was commissioned on May 21 between Uzbekistan and South Korea. Hwang Kyo-ahn, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea paid an official visit to Uzbekistan to boost economic ties and cooperation. He and his counterpart Shavkat Mirziyayev attended the opening ceremony of the complex. Hwang…

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  • South Asia

    Indian PM Modi arrives in Iran

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tehran for his first on May 22. Two countries will sign several agreements to boost relations on politics, trade and transport. This visit provides various meanings for both sides and regional countries. Iran and India relations cover mutual interests which directly affect the…

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  • South East Asia

    India considers accession to Eurasian Economic Union, Kazakh ambassador says

    Kazakhstan and India will increase bilateral trade turnover up to $5 billion during the next 2-3 years, The Times of Central Asia reported citing Yerzhan Shaikenov, co-chairman of the Kazakhstan-India Business Council. “We hope that the Business Council will help increase mutual trade and investments. I expect that in two-three…

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  • East Asia

    Goods to be delivered from India to Europe within 14 days

    With the railway corridor connecting India to Europe, we will soon be able to deliver goods along this route in no more than 14 days, chairman of Azerbaijan Railways, Javid Gurbanov said in his interview with The Business Year. He talked about the International Trans-Caspian route from China to Baku…

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  • East Asia

    Chinese FM to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on May 21-24, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on May 18. At the invitation of Foreign Minister Idrissov of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Foreign Minister Abdyldaev of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and Foreign Minister Kamilov of the Republic…

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  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan redirecting foreign investments for industrialization

    This year Kazakhstan will implement seven projects totaling $237 million with the participation of anchor investors and transnational companies, such as JAC, Hikma, Carmeuse Group, Cremonini, Peugeot, Citroёn, IVECO, and Tenaris, in the pharmaceutical, chemical, agro-processing, mining, metallurgical, and construction industries, Kazakh Minister for Investment and Development Aset Isekeshev said…

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  • Central Asia

    Iran tenders for oil, gas exploration in Uzbekistan

    Iran announced the submission a tender for oil and gas exploration projects in Uzbekistan. Mehr News reported that the director of special projects of the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) Hamid Bord shared Iran’s reply to Uzbekistan’s tender offer for oil and gas explorations saying “recently, we put in a…

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  • East Asia

    South Korea to construct terminal at Tashkent airport

    South Korea will construct a new terminal of Tashkent International Airport (Tashkent-4) by the end of 2019. Representatives of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have presented official results of a feasibility study for the terminal’s construction in Tashkent, said the press service of the Uzbek Embassy in Kyrgyzstan. Preparation…

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