President Lee Myung-bak met with Algerian and Turkmen leaders separately Friday to discuss closer cooperation in natural resources and infrastructure development on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Cheong Wa Dae said.
International Finance Corporation signed agreement with Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank on granting $5 million for expansion of small and mid sized business in remote areas of the country.
The Kazakh of Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is asking China Development Bank (CDB) to increase funds for construction of the Moinak hydro-power plant on the Charyn river in the Almaty region.
August 11. Asian Development Bank intends to allocate $30 million for the project rendering infastructure services on the level of populated areas, the ADB press service reports.
The world's leading developed economies are set to slow more sharply in the months ahead, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's indicators of future activity.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on Friday proposed that China increase gas purchases to 40 billion cubic meters per year from the currently agreed 30 bcm through a planned pipeline, The Moscow Times reported citing Turkmen media.
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev met with President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao on August 7, reported Kazinform with reference to President's press office.
Kazakhstan businessmen are ready to invest in construction of four small hydroelectric power stations on the territory of Kyrgyzstan. General Director of Open Society Chakan, Nurdin Kozhogulov.
The first agricultural exhibition and conference of international scale in the history of Turkmenistan "TurkmenAgro - 2008" opened at the "Sergi Kosgi" exhibition center in Ashgabat.