Central Asia

Turkmen builders plan to complete and put into operation a new gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Iran by October this year. The pipeline is designed to supply 12.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev on Tuesday met with top managers of Kazkommertsbank and Halyk Bank, where he gave his opinion of the situation in the financial sphere of the country.

Gazprom will acquire a controlling stake in Kyrgyzstan's national gas company, following agreement between the Russian energy giant and the Kyrgyz government, Kyrgyz ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday.

JSC "Uztransgas" and Abu Dhabi company on development of energetics of the future signed an agreement "On purchasing certified reduced emissions" for contribution of Uzbekistan into the movement on global change prevention.

A Health Center was officially inaugurated in the district of Garamgol of Faryab province of Afghanistan. It was built by Turkmenistan as a gift to the Afghan people.

The delegation of the US congressmen will arrive in Astana on August 8 to discuss expansion of bilateral cooperation.

A business forum of the Central Asian and Pacific Seed-Growers Association will take place in Bishkek on August 10. The Ministry of the Agriculture, Water Resources and Processing Industry told it.

In the first six months this year, 6,026.5 bln soums of capital investment was digested in Uzbekistan, 33.7% growth against similar period last year.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Navabzadu Malik Amad Khan on August 3. He arrived in Ashgabat at the head of a high-rank delegation.

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, confirmed there will be no second wave of devaluation. The President of Kazakhstan stated in Almaty, following the results of the report of the chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, Grigory Marchenko.