Delegation of Bangladesh plans to visit Kazakhstan to discuss trade, textiles and pharmaceuticals cooperation, told Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Khasib Mohammed Aziz to State Secretary of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev.
A Turkmen-Russian business forum and exhibition of Turkmen goods will be held in Moscow within the framework of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's visit to the Russian Federation scheduled for March 2009.
U.S. airbase in the Kyrgyz airport Manas, which country’s authorities plan to close it, is an important point on the route to Afghanistan but it can be replaced, said U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, as Agence France-Presse reported.
About 70% of business in Kazakhstan is about go bankrupt, said President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yerlan Kozhasbay at conference "Crisis and ways to overcome them," initiated by Chamber of Commerce and Industry on February 10, 2009.
A working meeting of the Russian-Turkmen business council was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan on 9 February. Heads of leading companies of the Russian Federation are members of the council.
The US Embassy in Uzbekistan started Program of small grants of Commission on Democracy development. The main aim of this program is giving grants on projects that will support democracy institutions in Uzbekistan.
Washington and Tashkent do not negotiate about rent of Uzbekistan military base. The issue that is discussed concern buying some goods on Uzbekistan market for supplying US troops in Afghanistan, reported Uznews. net citing representative of US Embassy in Tashkent press-service.
Inflation rate in Kazakhstan will amount to 11% in 2009, said Chairman of National Bank Grigory Marchenko at meeting of Nur Otan faction in parliament.
