Kazakhstan's Agriculture Minister Assylzhan Mamytbekov has resigned, a source in the ministry told the Kazinform news agency. During the meeting in Akorda (presidential palace of Kazakhstan) on May 5, the country's President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of National Economy failed to handle their ...

In the result of the progress achieved, the growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) of Turkmenistan in January-April 2016 has remained steady at the level of 6.3 percent, the country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said, the government reported in a message May 7. The president, speaking at a meeting of the county's cabinet of ministers,...

May, 08, 2016 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country’s exports of oil will be soon equal to the level of pre-sanctions era, noting that part of the banking problems will be also fixed. In an address to a meeting of the administration and the incoming parliament, held in Tehran on Saturday night, President Rouhani said the oil exports ...

Prime Minister Karim Massimov introduced on 06 May new Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev to the Ministry's staff. K.Bishimbayev was born on April 11, 1980. In 1999 he graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management majoring in International Economic Relations. In 2001, he graduated from the Management and Business ...

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed Dauren Abayev the country's minister of information and communications, Kazakh president's press service said May 6. Earlier, Abayev served as advisor and spokesperson of Kazakh president. Nazarbayev ordered to create the Ministry of Information and Communications on Apr.5. The ...

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed Askar Myrzakhmetov as the country's agriculture minister, said the president's press service May 6. Myrzakhmetov has served as the First Deputy Chairman of Kazakhstan's ruling Nur Otan party since August 2015. He served as Kazakhstan's agriculture minister in 2005-2006....

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited companies and financial institutions of Saudi Arabia to take part in the construction project of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) transnational gas pipeline, the Turkmen government said in a message May 2. The proposal was made during the Turkmen president's meeting ...

09 May 2016- President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev came yesterday to Moscow for the Victory Day Parade. Upon arrival, the Head of State met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Akorda press service informs. N. Nazarbayev congratulated V.Putin on the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and on the first launch ...

May, 08, 2016 – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and visiting Turkmen Foreign Minister Rasit Meredow held talks on ways to boost cooperation between the two neighboring countries in various energy fields, including swap of crude oil and gas. In the meeting held here in Tehran on Saturday night, the two ministers exchanged views on ...

07 May 2016- Kazakhstan is expected to produce 74 million tons of oil in 2016 according to the country's social and economic development forecast, Kazakh Energy Ministry told Trend. Meanwhile, the country's oil output is expected at the level of 75 million tons in 2017, 76 million tons - in 2018, according to the forecast. The results of ...

Friday, May 6, 2016, A recent show of willingness by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia can be considered as an extension of Moscow’s new Middle East policy, which was founded when the country’s President Vladimir Putin came to office. Following the collapse of the former Soviet Union, especially ...

Thursday, May 5, 2016 , President Hassan Rouhani has praised Iran's nuclear agreement with the P5+1 countries, saying it had resulted in a win-win outcome, and ended up benefiting as many as 188 countries. “In our region, there are one or two countries that feel losses from the JCPOA outcome,” Rouhani said. “Surely, that’...

Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Last year, a spokesperson for the terrorist Daesh (ISIL) group announced establishment of the so-called Wilayat Khorasan (Khurasan Province) declaring parts of Turkmenistan as falling within the limits of this province. The development was just a sign of the increasing influence of Daesh in Turkmenistan during the past year. The ...

Sunday, May 1, 2016,  While Russia is doing its best to deny the impact of sanctions imposed against Moscow by Western countries on its policies, and go on with its former domestic, and especially foreign, policies, it seems that the effect of sanctions on Russia has led to deterioration of the country’s economic situation and people’...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari announced on Monday that the first phase of a contract with Russia on the sale of S-300 air defense missile system to Iran has been completed. The first phase of the contract has run its course, Jaberi Ansari said at his weekly press briefing in Tehran on Monday, expressing the hope that all ...

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in the Iranian capital on Monday on an official visit, during which dozens of MoUs and cooperation documents are scheduled to be signed. Nazarbayev, who is heading a high-ranking delegation, was welcomed by his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani here in Tehran.He is visiting the country to strengthen ...

On 8 April ,2016, Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Akorda press service informs.The presidents discussed the topical issues of bilateral and regional cooperation, including the oncoming meeting of the EEU heads of state scheduled for May in Astana.The parties exchanged views on the Nagorno-...

On April 8, 2016, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov taking part in the following meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. During the conversation, the sides exchanged views on ...

On 9 April 2016, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia of the United States of America Daniel N. Rosenblum paying a visit to Uzbekistan. During the meeting the sides discussed the state and prospects of bilateral relations, including the results of the ...

On 8 April 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Riaz Hussain Bukhari. The sides discussed current state and perspective of developing bilateral cooperation. The sides considered practical aspects of upcoming joint events ...