Central Asia

Luminous road markings sprang up on the roadway of one of Ashgabat's central avenues - Turkmenistan Bitarap (Neutral Turkmenistan).

The People's Republic of China will provide a purpose loan worth US $ 3 billion to Turkmenistan for commercial development of Southern Yoloten gas field.

Internal debt of Kyrgyzstan exceeds $170 thousand, Kyrgyz Finance Ministry reported.

China will purchase 50% share of MangistauMunaiGas (MMG) and insignificantly increase its interest in oil production on the territory of Kazakhstan to 22%, financial investment journal "LS-Личный счет" (LS-personal account) reported with reference to the government's data.

Delegation of business circles of China represented by senior officials of Ministry of Trade, Reconstruction and Development Committee, Chinese customs service, foreign economic chamber of commerce of Xinjiang-Uigur autonomous district.

Not a single additional water reservoir, changing Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers regime, was built for years of independence in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Kazakh Minister of Economy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev has opened the second National conference "Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Kazakhstan" (EITI) on June 2 in Astana.

The European Union is concerned about some restrictions for observers from the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan, statement of the European Union says.

The Islamic Development Bank is interested in joining new large-scale investment projects that are currently under way in Turkmenistan and, above all, in establishing the national tourist zone Avaza.

Kazakh Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulshara Abdykalikova has made a report on the issues of implementation of the Road Map on June 1.