Uzbekistan and South Korea signed 35 investment projects and agreements for US$500 million after the investment conference "Free Industrial Economic Zone In Navoi City: New Investment Opportunities for Korean Partners in Uzbekistan" in Seoul, South Korea, on March 5 2009.
Kyrgyz opposition nevertheless decided to block possible negotiations with the authorities. The decision was made at the extraordinary meeting of the Joint Public Movement, leader of Ak Shumkar party Temir Sariev informed.
The first exhibition of Turkmen carpets will be held in Moscow from 23 to 25 March. The exhibition is timed to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's state visit to the Russian Federation and the Turkmen-Russian Business Forum scheduled for these dates.
Kazakhstan will increase grain harvest by nearly 10% in 2009 compared to the level of 2008, due to good soil and weather conditions and the moisture reserves, declared Arman Evniev, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.
Far-sighted economic reforms in Uzbekistan helped the country to avoid suffering any direct effects of the global economic crisis, an article published by the Uzbek newspaper Khalq Sozi on February 25 claims.
Kazakh Ambassador to Tehran Yerik Utembayev on Saturday said the 10th summit meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Tehran can play a "significant role" in resolving the global financial crisis.
