Legal Status of Caspian Sea Introduction The Caspian Sea is the biggest enclosed body of water on Earth, having an even larger area than that of the American Great Lakes or that of Lake Victoria in East Africa. The length of the

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The general cargo ship Port Olya 3 grounded in Caspian sea on 15 nautical miles South-East off Lagan, Russia. The vessel was proceeding at Volga – Caspian sea Canal, when suffered steering gear failure and ran aground into a sandy/mud

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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Feb. 19 By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend: Turkmenneft State Concern starts implementation of plans on the development of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, Turkmen Oil and Gas Ministry said. Turkmenistan’s sea resources are estimated at 12 billion tons of oil

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Turkmenistan, an energy-rich Central Asian nation with abundant oil and gas reserves, intends to realize its plans on developing huge hydrocarbon resources in its own sector of the Caspian Sea. Turkmenistan’s state concern Turkmenoil will deal with implementing the development of

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With the break-up of the Soviet Union and the troubles prevalent in the Balkans there has been much renewed interest in the early history of Eastern Europe. Troubles have fuelled nationalist tendencies in the region and there has been much

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Russia's plans to introduce a new amphibious assault ship into its Caspian Flotilla has raised questions among just which of its neighbors' shores Russia envisages assaulting.  The new ship will join the Caspian Flotilla next year, according to a report by

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Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of the 14th Annual Symposium on the Iranian Archaeology, underway at Iran National Museum in Tehran (March 6-8), Sauer provided a profile of his excavation work in Gorgan, north of Iran, in the

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Malaysia's Reach Energy Berhad entered into a tripartite conditional Sale and Purchase Agreement March 5 with Palaeontol Cooperatief U.A. and MIE Holdings Corp. to acquire a 60 percent stake in Palaeontol B.V., the company announced Monday on local exhange Bursa

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: Azerbaijan intends to set single tariff for cargo transportation with the countries through which the Trans-Caspian transport corridor runs, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahil Babayev told reporters March 9. He noted that the country has already reached

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide expert assistance to the Coordinating Council on Transit Freight of Azerbaijan in expanding the functionality of the Council’s electronic portal, Azerbaijani deputy minister of economy, Sahil Babayev

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A senior official with TMK, Russia’s largest manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, said Wednesday the company is in talks to supply Iran’s oil and gas sector with pipes. “We have a program underway to

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By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend: Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan consider opening a new route on the Caspian Sea, said Javid Gurbanov, head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC. He made remarks at an international scientific conference titled "The role of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan on the

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Read the rest of this TXF article here: http://www.txfnews.com/News/Article/5472/KazMunaiGas-crashes-prepayment-party-to-improve-debt-profile. For more high quality trade, export & agency, and commodity finance journalism and events, visit www.txfnews.com Kazakhstan’s state-owned KazMunaiGas (KMG), an umbrella company of several subsidiaries, is closing a $3

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Turkish Economy Minister Mustafa Elitas has said the Middle Corridor, a proposed transportation network extending from the Caspian Sea through Turkey and Azerbaijan to Central Asia and China, will boost economic recovery in the region, Anadolu agency reported. Addressing the 9th

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Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Company Chairman Askar Mamin, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey Binali Yildirim and President of Turkish railway company TCDD Omer Yildiz discussed transport and logistics cooperation during the recent Eurasia Rail 2016

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Baku, AZERTAC One of the most significant events of the agricultural sector, Caspian and Black Sea Agrarian Congress will take place in Baku, on April 12-13. The all-Ukrainian public organization Ukrainian Grain Association and the information-analytical agency APK-Inform are the Congress organizers. Organizational

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By Aygun Badalova - Trend: The meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, which was initially scheduled for March 20 in Russia, will unlikely take place. Reuters, referring to OPEC sources reported that the meeting on a plan to freeze output levels

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By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend: With commissioning alkylation units and isomerization at Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries (TCOR), it will be possible to produce additional 480,000 tons of high-octane gasoline (А-92, А-95 and А-98) per year, said the message from Turkmenistan’s Oil

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Middle Corridor, a proposed transport network extending from Caspian Sea to Central Asia and China, will boost trade, Turkish Economy Minister Elitas says World Bulletin / News Desk Turkish Economy Minister Mustafa Elitas has said the Middle Corridor,

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan are working on the issue of signing certain documents as a part of laying the Caspian segment of the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) project, Elmir Velizade, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Communications and

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By Prof. Dr. Rovshan Ibrahimov* Dr. Vassilios Sitaras recently published a policy brief for CCEE titled “Transporting Gas Across the Caspian: A New Option”, proposing an alternative method for delivering natural gas from Turkmenistan across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and

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Russia completed the first tests of their hypersonic Zircon missiles, which they plan to field on their next generation of "Husky" class nuclear submarines and Kirov class battle cruisers. The Zircon missiles can reach speeds of mach 5 or 6, a vast improvement

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Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination, said he favors better relations with Russia and the rest of the world. He also questioned the need to spend a “fortune” on NATO, advocating a non-interventionist foreign policy. Trump held

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By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: During the meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah, Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proposed to thoroughly study the possibilities of implementing joint energy projects, said the message

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P&I provides larger liability support for Iran oil imports As Iran is moving ahead with a promised rise in its oil exports, indications are appearing that the international businesses are trying to ease the flow of the Iranian oil

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Trapped in limbo on the Caspian Sea, a watery link on the modern Silk Road. by Paul Salopek Paul Salopek is walking the global trail of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age.

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Alexander Cooley in his book, Great Games Local Rules, describes a new great game where the post-soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan take orders from Moscow, Washington, and Beijing. He describes this geopolitical concept as a

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By Emil Ilgar – Trend: Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, is not dead and negotiations over realization of the project continue, the Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company Hamid Reza Iraqi told Fars News Agency. "Pakistan has agreed to build a 100km-pipeline

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Trend: Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 112 times by using 60 and 82 mm caliber mortars in various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani defense ministry said

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Kazakhstan is a top-10 country in many things. Being the world’s ninth biggest country it is the largest economy in Central Asia and second largest among former Soviet Republics. Kazakhstan’s land holds the entire periodic table of elements with active

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In 1579 Bernardino de Mendoza, the Spanish ambassador in London, wrote to his masters in Madrid to report that numerous English ships had departed for Constantinople carrying cargos of tin and lead. Some of this he called “bell metal”: the

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The Caspian Sea is an important, if often overlooked, region in regard to many of the challenges the U.S. faces around the world, such as a resurgent Russia, an emboldened Iran, wavering allies, growing China, and the rise of Islamic

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President Hassan Rouhani said Iran has laid the pipeline up to the border to export gas to neighboring Pakistan encouraging the government in Islamabad to speed up measures to complete its share on its soil, Shana reported. Speaking at a press

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Trend: Political support for third countries often becomes unaffordable for regional powers during economic difficulties. Perhaps, in “peacetime” Iran and Russia considered the idea to include Armenia at least in some regional infrastructure projects, including transport, but today the main issue on

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Energy-rich Turkmenistan will continue to realize programs and projects envisaging further development, modernization and diversification of the national fuel and energy complex. Such an instruction was given by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov at the recent meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the

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Russian armament manufactures experienced a marketing bonanza in Vladimir Putin’s Syrian expedition. TASS, the Russian state news agency says negotiations are now going on with countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. The SU-34 bomber seems to

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The Central Asia Salt Basin of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan has the potential to contain between 39 and 54 billion metric tons of undiscovered potash resources, according to a global mineral resource assessment led by the U.S. Geological Survey

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Trend: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the UN have discussed the situation in Afghanistan, the regional security and prospects for cooperation. The discussions were held between Yevgeniy Sysoyev, director of the executive committee of Regional Anti-terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

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Earlier this week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin confirmed plans of the Russian authorities to hold a trilateral meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister

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Ever since relations between the United States and Iran grew strained after the Iranian revolution in 1979, as a nation, we have had limited access to the Caspian Sea, the sturgeon fish that reside there, and the roe contained in

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Summary China agreed to help Iran building a railway which will form part of China's High Speed Silk Road Railway. China has a winning SRR formula: dual-Usage bullet train technology and irresistible co-operation terms. When SRR completed, freight train from China can reach

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Ukraine’s much-touted alternative transit route to China bypassing Russia appears to be over even before began, economist Boris Shmelev told Radio Sputnik on Friday. The Illichivsk-China pilot container train launched by Ukraine as part of the so-called New Silk Road

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Kashan, April 3, IRNA – Some 3,000 foreign tourists visited natural sightseeings of Niasar, knwon as rose-land for growing rose flowers on the suburbs of Kashan, Isfahan province, in the course of Norouz holidays, caretaker of the city's Municipality

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The land of the gods man is possibly the next superpower of renewable energy in the Middle East After years of isolation and  sanctions, the framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries (the U.S., U.K., Russia, China, France and

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Turkmenistan starts drilling another well at Galkynysh field Energy-rich Turkmenistan, which sits on huge natural gas reserves (265 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration, January 2015), continues large-scale works on the accelerated commercial development

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Ukraine formally joins Trans-Caspian Int’l Transport Route Ukrainian Railways Company Ukrzaliznytsia is drafting a proposal for joining the project of transporting containers via Trans-Caspian International Transport Route connecting Europe with China via Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The company has been holding respective

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Iran's $10Bln Mega Canal Could be Game Changer in Global Trade Routes Russian experts comment on the prospects for the realization of Iran's ambitious 'trans-Iranian' canal, which would run from the Caspian Sea to the Persian

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Turkmenistan advancing on South Asian gas market Trend: Despite skepticism of some experts regarding the progress of construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, which dates back to 2010, the deal started rolling. The State Concern 'Turkmengaz',

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Iran, Kazakhstan to tighten coop. on peace, stability in Central Asia Deputy FM Rahimpour said Mon. Iran and Kazakhstan are keen on expanding cooperation on peace and stability in Central Asia, as opposed to regional meddling by certain

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Int'l Caspian Oil&Gas Expo scheduled for June Caspian Oil&Gas 2016, the 23rd international exhibition and conference, the largest energy sector event in the Caspian region, will take place from 1-4 June 2016 at Baku Expo Center. As a recognised international platform

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Turkmenistan Diversifies Its Gas Exports To Reduce Reliance On China In January 2016, the Russian media reported that Russia’s gas giant, Gazprom, had discontinued all purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan and was not planning to resume imports

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Caspian Int'l Power and Alternative Energy Expo due in Baku Baku Expo Centre will host the only event in the Caspian region specialised in energy efficiency and renewable energy, the 6th Caspian International Power and Alternative Energy Exhibition, Caspian

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Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse That’s Much More Than a Petro-State   Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described,

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ECO-Caspian energy transition through gas The oil price slide since mid-2014 has severely constrained economic growth and investment in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) & Caspian region. Despite this, regional governments nevertheless expect an improved market climate &

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Why do we need to save the tiger? The natural population of these beautiful felines that we are used to seeing under captivity is disintegrating slowly. Tigers are among the most endangered animals on earth. The natural population of

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  The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata), also known as the Hyrcanian tiger, the Mazandaran tiger, the Persian tiger and the Turan tiger, is an extinct tiger subspecies that had been recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and formerly

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Will the Caspian's status change the energy equation? Turkey is fast becoming the Caspian region's energy hub. For this reason, it needs to consider all the energy dynamics in the region. One of these energy dynamics is the Caspian Sea region.

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Master of its domains Much is made about the importance of oil to the Russian economy, but Russia is a global energy powerhouse that’s much more than a petro-state By Scott L Montgomery Russia is not what you think. Most

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U.S. calls for strong economic ties with Azerbaijan The U.S. State Department has voiced the necessity to strengthen the economic ties between Baku and Washington. "We discussed the issues related to trade, finances, agriculture, combating corruption," Kurt Tong, the Principal Deputy

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Turkmenistan keen to become major exporter of chemicals Turkmenistan can become a powerful industrial power and a major exporter of chemical products, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported. The construction of a gas chemical complex on the Caspian Sea shore, exactly in

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Larijani: Iran welcomes conference of Eurasian parliament speakers Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that South Korea proposed Russia to hold Conference of Eurasian Speakers of Parliament and Iran welcomed the proposal. He made the remarks at

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Astana to host 13th Eurasian Media Forum Annual meeting of politicians, public figures and media representatives opens on April 20, 2016 in Astana, Caspian Energy News (www.caspianenergy.net) reports with reference to The Forum will discuss the most vexed

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NATO-Russia: No "business as usual" DIPLOMACY NATO and Russia held "frank and serious" talks despite "profound disagreements" as their ambassadors met on Wednesday for the first time since 2014, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said. The two sides agreed to keep communicating

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Lower oil prices lead to greater cooperation on energy   The G20 nations have enjoyed the benefits arising from oil price volatility, but it’s clear that international partnerships remain a vital aspect of every nation’s energy policy   The collapse of oil

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Larijani in Moscow urges expansion of trade ties with Asia Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani who was in Moscow to attend a summit of Eurasian parliament members held talks with counterparts of other Asian countries on ways to

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Astara-Astara railroad to contribute to north-south corridor Iranian official has said railroad connecting Iran-Azerbaijan Republic would connect many countries in north and south of the famous trade corridor. Mahmoud Vaezi who was speaking in the ceremony in

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Turkmenistan to host int’l gas congress in May   The seventh International Gas Congress of Turkmenistan is planned to be held May 19-20, 2016 at 'Avaza' national tourist zone, the event organizer Turkmengaz state concern announced. The forum will bring together around

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Russia: Resistance Is Futile, You Will Be Reabsorbed In mid-April an American destroyer in the Baltic was subjected to more than 30 acts of harassment by Russian Su-24 bombers. The Russian aircraft flew very low (less than a hundred meters)

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Agreement on Central Asia – Persian Gulf corridor enters into force The agreement on creating an international transportation corridor which will connect the Central Asian countries to the Persian Gulf ports has entered into force, Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry said Apr.23. "The

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Singapore to assist Baku in introducing new technologies in Free Trade Zone Baku International Sea Trade Port and Singapore’s SMRT International and Ectivise Solutions signed a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation on April 25. The document, which was inked by

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China, Japan, Russia to join Razavi Khorasan’s exports markets Head of Foreign Trade Office of Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Razavi Khorasan province said China, Japan and Russia will be added to the markets of the province

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To Walk This Wilderness, Carry a Shovel Caching water on the steppes of Kazakhstan is like an act of worship or a duty of penance. Paul Salopek is walking the global trail of the first humans who migrated out of

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“Baku International Sea Trade Port” CJSC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technical cooperation in Singapore with SMRT International Pte Ltd and Ectivise Solutions Pte Ltd to enhance the operational effectiveness of the new Port of Baku in Azerbaijan.

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Shipments from Asia to Europe can be moved three times faster through Trans-Caspian corridor By using the Trans-Caspian corridor, shipments from Asia to Europe can be moved three times faster in comparison to the maritime route, said Azerbaijani ambassador to

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In the Footsteps of the Old Silk Road Traders JUDY WOODRUFF: Now an update from a man we first met out on a walk. Hari recently caught up with him. HARI SREENIVASAN: Last fall,

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Central Asia reviving old cooperation schemes with Iran LONDON (TCA) — With the recent removal of the sanctions on Iran, Europe and the former Soviet republics have jumped on the platform to announce “breakthrough” deals on the occasion. Today

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110 foreign companies to participate in Iran rail transportation expo   Head of Iranian Rail Industry Association Mohammad Hossein Qanbari announced that 110 foreign companies will attend the upcoming International Exhibition on Rail Transportation to be held in mid-May.  

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NDFI, KEXIM ink MoU National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) and the Export–Import Bank of Korea, also commonly known as the Korea Eximbank (KEXIM) have signed a memorandum of cooperation. During the visit of South Korean president

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Single tariff soon to be applied for Trans-Caspian route A single competitive tariff will be introduced for the International Trans-Caspian Transportation Route on June 1, said Nadir Azmammadov, spokesman for the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, speaking to Trend May 5. Azmammadov said

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Iran Oil Show 2016 kicks off The 21st International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition started work here Thursday for four days. Near 2,000 companies from Iran and 38 world countries have attended Iran Oil Show this year.

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How to Judge the New Generation of Caviar Have a hankering for caviar? A decade ago, buying the black pearls was straightforward. Whether Russian or Iranian, almost all sturgeon eggs came from the Caspian Sea, and even novices knew that beluga

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A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems A grand vision of eliminating water scarcity looks attractive for tens of millions of people in the desert cities of central Iran worried about drought. Ambitious water transfer projects

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New Silk Road will transport laptops and frozen chicken Suppliers looking for ways around Russian trade restrictions If the ancient Silk Road developed to enable trade in fine cloths and spices, the new one will transport computer equipment and

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Iran launches talks with 4 states over oil swap Deputy oil minister has reported on negotiations with Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia on oil swap resumption. Speaking at the conference on development of Iran-China economic trade cooperation

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Iran-Turkmenistan daily truck traffic to soar Road minister has voiced Tehran’s readiness to provide grounds for promotion of daily truck traffic between Iran and Turkmenistan. Speaking at a meeting in Tehran with Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow,

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110 foreign companies to attend 4th Railway Transportation Exhibition in Tehran   Secretary of the 4th International Railroad Transport Exhibition Ali Mohtasham Amiri said that more than 350 domestic companies as well as 110 foreign firms will attend the exhibition in

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George Koo: Notes from a Chinese American tourist in Iran A 17-day tour of Iran does not a country expert make, but it’s certainly enough to form some meaningful impressions of a country that has been virtually blacked out from Americans’

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EU eyes Turkmenistan as potential gas supplier European countries view hydrocarbon-rich Turkmenistan as one of the main suppliers of natural gas. The remark was made by Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat Ivo Petrov during the meeting with Turkmen President

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Zarif to set off for Vienna talks on Syria Iran’s FM Zarif accompanied by a delegation will depart for the Austrian capital Mon. night to attend Vienna talks on Syria. Mohammad Javad Zarif will be accompanied on

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Iran, Russia's cultural ties go much deeper than you think With the 29th Tehran Intl. Book Fair just wrapped up, Mehr News conducted an interview with Sergey Kaykin, head of Russia's International Book Exhibitions and Fairs, who represented Russia stand

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Intl. rail expo, conference kick off   The 4th International Exhibition of Rail Transportation, Related Industries and Equipment of Iran, dubbed RAILEXPO 2016, and the first international conference titled “Rail-Ports and Rail-Oil” opened in Tehran on Sunday. Representatives

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Socar and Uzbekneftegaz join forces in Uzbekistan   Socar and Uzbekneftegaz join forces in Uzbekistan Azerbaijan state-run energy company Socar has signed a memorandum for cooperation and joint activity with its Uzbek counterpart Uzbekneftegaz, the national holding company. The two entities have agreed to

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Which is the largest continent in the world Do you want to learn the surprising facts about the largest continent in the world? Then this article is for you! Continent is a huge piece of land surrounded by the seas and oceans.

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Iran has the largest world oil tankers company   Managing Director of National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) Ali Akbar Safaei said on Monday that Iran has the largest world oil tanker company with a capacity of more than 15.5 million tons.

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Iran, Russia agree to form trade arbitration, advisory center Iran and Russia agreed on forming arbitration and advisory center in trade affairs based on which both countries would be able to expand cooperation in post-JCPOA era.

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29th TIBF: ‘Stop Stalling, Start Reading!’ The 29th edition of Tehran International Book Fair with the slogan “Tomorrow Is Too Late to Read” ran from May 4 to 14, 2016 at the Shahr-e Aftab International Exhibition Complex. 

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Baku to the future   NEXT month around two dozen Formula One racecars will speed through the gleaming centre of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. They will zoom along the shore of the oil-rich Caspian Sea, past five-star hotels and

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Int’l gas congress opens in Turkmenistan   Opening of the 7th international Turkmenistan Gas Congress 2016 (TGC 2016) has been held at the congress center of Turkmenistan's Avaza. The organizers of the event are Turkmengaz state concern and the British Summit Trade

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Russia is building network of ties with disgruntled US allies in Asia Imperceptibly though, Russia is certainly on course to building a chain of positive relations, if not strategic alliances, in the region surrounding it. While the West and its strong

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Government spokesman Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht said in this northern province on Saturday Iran has attracted $3.4 81billion foreign investment after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) inked between Tehran and P5+1. Speaking in a local gathering in

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Russia Builds 'Strategic Alliances' With US Partners in Asia Russia is steadily building positive ties, if not to say strategic alliances, with its Asian neighbors which are discontent with Washington’s policy, an article in Asia Times read. "While the West and its

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Port capacity set to outstrip trade growth   Several world regions including China, Western Europe and the Middle East seem to have planned much more container terminal capacity than needed for the coming decades.   A new

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Azerbaijan and China: Greater integration Rapidly expanding trade and nascent investment promise stronger links between China, the world’s second largest economy, and Azerbaijan, an energy rich country on the Caspian basin. Economic ties between Azerbaijan and China play a large role

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Kazakh Delegation Attends Dialogue in Brussels, Connectivity Conference in Berlin The Kazakh delegation took an active part in the recent events convened in Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany, where it promoted better dialogue with the European Union and connectivity projects on

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Single tariffs to increase competitiveness of Trans-Caspian route The use of single tariffs will increase the competitiveness of the Trans-Caspian international transportation route, Taleh Ziyadov, head of the Baku International Sea Trade Port, told reporters May 24. The use of single

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Free trade zone to start working in Azerbaijan from 2017   Registration of residents of the free trade zone in the territory of Azerbaijan's Baku International Sea Trade Port will begin from January 2017, Taleh Ziyadov, director general of the port,

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Russian oil exports to China hit record high in April   Beijing has ramped up imports of Russian oil by 52.4 percent last month compared to a year earlier. China's General Administration of Customs calculated a record 4.81

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Ashgabat believes Turkmen gas supplies will reach Europe Turkmenistan has great potential for the partnership with the European Union regarding its gas supplies to Europe, said Myratgeldi Meredov, Turkmen Minister of Oil and Gas during the International Gas Congress held

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Scientists finally know what stopped Mongol hordes from conquering Europe In 1206, Genghis Khan, a fierce tribal chieftain from northern Mongolia, began to take over the world. The khan's ruthless tactics and loyal horde swept across Asia. One territory after another

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ICD interested in rendering consulting services for free trade zone in Azerbaijan Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) is interested in rendering consulting services within the framework of a free trade zone type special economic area

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China’s Chengdu-Lhasa Railway: Tibet and 'One Belt, One Road' A newly planned railway linking Tibet with central China will serve to provide stability for the Belt and Road. It is no secret that

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Emirates Aquatech eyes caviar exports to EU   Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Aquatech is targeting caviar production of 35 tonnes per year as it awaits clearance from the European Union to export the prized product to Europe and increase its market share. “The

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Traces of extinction Tigers used to occur across Asia as far west as Turkey. Isolated populations of tigers developed into eight different subspecies. Three generations ago, the tiger ranged from the Caucasus and Turkey through the southern Caspian region

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The New Great Game: the Caspian Sea There are two aspects of the New Great Game. The first aspect is to control hydrocarbon resources around the coasts of the Caspian Sea, and second is to grasp the transit of hydrocarbon

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Chatter Surrounds Turkmenistan’s Gas Export Plans Earlier this week, Crossroads Asia took a look at the current, and declining, state of affairs within the China-Central Asia gas pipeline network. As the recent news out of Kyrgyz media indicated, the

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Kazakhstan’s Kuryk will be similar to Baku port   Kazakhstan is currently engaged in the construction of a new Kuryk port on the Caspian shore, which will be similar to Azerbaijan's Baku International Sea Trade Port. Gosman Amrin, deputy chairman of the

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Over 50 trains will pass Azerbaijan via TITR project in 2016 Roughly 53 container trains are expected to move along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) moving from China to Baku, Tbilisi and Istanbul in 2016, Askar Mamin, the head

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Croatian shipbuilder to build two ferry vessels for the transport of railway carriages in Caspian Sea The Croatian shipbuilding company will build two ferry vessels for the transport of railway carriages in the Caspian Sea, according to Kazakh TV, Azertac

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In Iran, Modi projects Vajpayee’s vision The quantum leap for Indian diplomacy that was the Chabahar agreement, was seeded by NDA1 and nurtured by NDA2, while the two UPA administrations in between failed to make much progress The recent agreement between

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Turkmenistan seeks to expand export area of its energy resources Export of energy resources to European countries is among the issues of top priority for the Turkmen state. The country continuously studies the opportunities for entering the European market. Talking to

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Caspian Overview: China Eyes Growth in Azerbaijan   China has held negotiations with Azerbaijan’s state oil company (Socar) over a $17bn downstream project twice in the last two months, this time leading to a memorandum of understanding. China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has

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Diplomat: Multiculturalism - reflection of mood of Azerbaijani society   Throughout its history, Azerbaijan has played an important role in bridging East and West through connecting Central Asia with Anatolia, the Black Sea and beyond. Situated on the west coast of

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How China’s Silk Road Will Transform Eurasian Infrastructure The scope of investments and further possibilities within the Chinese imitative of the New Silk Road is considered the largest in Eurasia. The project is more than just a group of new transportation corridors

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Armenians in Dhaka   Turkey seems to have a burlesque history of genocide denial. On June 2, the German Parliament voted to recognise the 1,915 killings

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Tehran to host Iran-Russia-Syria defense ministers meeting Thu.   Defense ministers of Iran, Russia and Syria will come together for a trilateral meeting on the latest regional developments in Tehran on Thursday. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and

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Iran at the Crossroads of The Eurasian Land-Bridge May 27—With the recent historic visit to Tehran of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, for the first time in nearly 40 years, Iran has the opportunity to resume

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Azerbaijan realizes profitable railway projects   Azerbaijan and Iran are considering three options for financing construction of the Rasht-Astara (Iran) railway section, Head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said while talking to ANS TV channel. Being a part of the North-South

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In Iran, Modi projects Vajpayee’s vision   The recent agreement between Iran, Afghanistan and India to build the Chabahar port on the Iranian coast and link it with the existing rail and road network and related industrial corridor into

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Iran, Russia to ramp up nano cooperation   INIC head Saeid Sarkar said Sun. Iran and Russia reached agreement on 16 cases for nano cooperation in the 3rd Iran-Russia High Commission on Nanotechnology Cooperation held in Moscow earlier this

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Kazakhstan Enlisting European Tech To Build Caspian Navy   Kazakhstan is teaming up with German, Turkish, and Spanish firms to boost its Caspian naval forces, the Ministry of Defense has announced. The MoD signed a memorandum of intent with the German

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Five states appeal for SCO membership The Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Rashid Alimov, announced today that another five States of Euro-Asian region requested to enter as full members of the bilateral dialogue. Without

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Port Of Call The Chabahar port in Iran will help India get direct access to Central Asian markets. For India Inc, it is a huge business opportunity. On September 1, 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his maiden visit

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Turkmen geologists to focus on oil fields search   The search for oil fields is currently one of the priority directions of geological exploration work of "Turkmengeology" - the government's organization in the field of geological exploration, said the message of

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Azerbaijan – Oriental Express Hub?    With the first Mumbai-to-Moscow train scheduled to chug through Azerbaijan this August, railways seem set to become the new oil for the Caspian Sea nation.   Better known for a wealth of energy and

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Tehran-Moscow trade value increases by 69%   Russian energy minister said Iran-Russia value of trade has increased this year compared to the same period in 2015. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced on Saturday that due to the

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‘Iran next to join emerging power SCO’   Iran is next to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which will officially have India and Pakistan on its roster next week, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said.  Leaders of the regional security group,

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Focus on Caucasian pit viper   Vipers are the most efficient poisonous snakes of all. Their long fangs can inject venom deep into a victim. The venom acts mainly on the blood and muscles of the prey. Vipers usually have

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Iran in talks with China, Russia lenders on finance hub plan   Iran plans to set up a financial centre on the free zone at Qeshm island as it seeks to attract financial institutions to a market of

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Tehran, Kiev after closer trade ties   Deputy industry minister, at a meeting with Ukraine’s ambassador to Iran, called for expansion of trade exchanges between Tehran and Kiev. Valiollah Afkhamirad, who heads Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO), voiced

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Indian journalist: Iran’s membership in SCO will enhance regional security   A senior Indian journalist believes that Iran’s full flagged membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will enhance the security and stability in the region. In an exclusive

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Iran's Shanghai Cooperation Organization inclusion to bolster strategic ties: Russian professor   Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is going to make more strategic, ties between Tehran and Moscow, says an associate member of the Russian Academy of

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DP World considers further Kazakhstan investment in Silk Road push   DP World continued its search for investment opportunities along the China-Europe Silk Road with a meeting between the company’s chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and President of

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India and SCO India Has More Hoops to Jump for SCO Membership   “I convey our deep sense of gratitude to the members of the SCO for accepting India as a full member,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi told leaders of the Shanghai

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Where additional volumes of newly discovered Turkmen gas head for? Turkmenistan has discovered new commercial flows of natural gas as a result of lately conducted 3D seismic survey, particularly in the area where the country’s largest gas field Galkynysh is

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Russia supports Iran’s SCO membership Russian officials have reiterated support for Iran’s membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and have emphasized that the process for Iran’s membership in the Organization need to be expedited.   Bakhtiyer Khakimov, Russia’s presidential

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Turkmenistan, China eye further co-op   Turkmenistan and China have confirmed their readiness to further enhance economic partnership in view of its enormous potential, national interests and a common vision for the future of the Asian region, the Turkmen government reported

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Russia's lower house of parliament approved sweeping anti-terrorism legislation that requires companies to decrypt any message sent by users. The surveillance laws would enlist messaging apps, social networks, and other services in providing the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to

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Russian president urges Iran’s greater cooperation with Eurasia   Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in the current month has called for Iran’s cooperation with the Eurasia economic union in a bid to reach a common and

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Indian expert: Iran can play important role in economic stabilization of Afghanistan, SCO states A prominent Indian expert of Afghanistan and the Central Asian affairs believes that Iran can play an important role in the economic stabilization of not only

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Ukraine has presented Azerbaijan a draft agreement on creation of international transport corridor ‘Baltic sea-Black sea-Caspian sea’. Gennady Zubko, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of regional development, construction, housing and communal services announced about this while addressing the 11th meeting

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Ukraine has sent the draft agreement on establishment of the Baltic Sea-Black Sea-Caspian Sea international transport corridor to the Azerbaijani side. Such was the statement of Hennadiy Zubko, Ukraine's Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Services he made at

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Iran, Turkmenistan to launch banking ties   Iranian Commercial Attaché to Ashgabat deemed direct banking relations and facilitated visa issuance as two means of boosting trade ties with the Central Asian country. Rahmatollah Khormali said “facilitating commuting between

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Daimler says its trucks division will start the deliveries of Mitsubishi Fuso brand in Iran later this year.  The German carmaker and Iran’s Mammut Group signed a distribution agreement for Fuso trucks, especially in the light-duty segment, back in January as

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei receives a group of university students and representatives of student societies. The Saturday meeting in the Iranian capital, Tehran, gave the students the opportunity to openly express their opinions and demands as well

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Iranian Commercial Attaché to Ashgabat deemed direct banking relations and facilitated visa issuance as two means of boosting trade ties with the Central Asian country. Rahmatollah Khormali said “facilitating commuting between countries as well as banking relations

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed the implementation of a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The two officials also discussed

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  Solar firms rushing into Iran’s nascent renewable energy market may face challenges due to lingering trade restrictions. In June, for example, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international anti-money-laundering body, opted to keep Iran on a blacklist of high-risk territories,

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  The Iranian cities of Mashhad and Lalejin have been designated as global cities of precious stones and pottery, respectively, the deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization says. Bahman Namvar Motlaq said on Saturday that the jury panel

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While the Cold War-era Soviet Navy built a massive surface fleet to challenge the dominance of the U.S. Navy on the open ocean, that once mighty armada has all but disappeared. Much of the former Soviet Navy has been scrapped,

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China’s New Silk Road Has Beijing Looking West Beijing is becoming increasingly aware that although China has become an economic giant, it risks being connected with the world only through trade. To expand its international influence, China needs new political concepts

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Why Iran Plays a Key Role in China's New Silk Road Project   Iran's geostrategic location has made it the key link in China's New Silk Road to Europe, while the Middle East has become one of Beijing's geopolitical

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Ashgabat is Turkmenistan’s white marble city of love   Ashgabat is an amazing city with gleaming gold domes, extravagant white marble palaces and picturesque well-tended vast green parks situated in the middle of an oasis at the foot of the Kopet-Dag mountain

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DP World chief Sultan bin Sulayem on growth in India, Iran and prospects around the world   The ports operator DP World says that it remains ­positive on the medium- and long-term outlook for the

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Seeking the Prophet: On a spiritual quest through Iran   Two years ago, when I travelled the Silk Route from China to Georgia, we paused at Azerbaijan. The city of Baku took me by surprise. It blended modern Dubai with an ancient

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Sukhoi Su-30   The Sukhoi Su-30 (Cyrillic: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions. The

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railroad from Russia to Iran   The ambitious North-South Transport Corridor can allow us easy access to a vast region, boosting trade and diplomacy   The commencement of operations on the International North-South Transport Corridor project — connecting Bandar Abbas

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Time travel in Mideast   ‘Wars are won in peace’ In addition to grain, survival of the Romans also heavily depended upon the availability of spices. Fortunately or unfortunately, like the present day oil, the Middle East then had some ‘Arabian

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Russian Genetics: Abstracts and Summaries    Russians are the dominant ethnicity in Russia today. The Russian language belongs to the East Slavic family and is related to Ukrainian and Belarusian. The Russian people, too, are closely related to their Belarusian and Ukrainian

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Kazakh Genetics: Abstracts and Summaries    Kazakhs (Qazaqs, Kazaks) are a Turkic-speaking people living in several modern countries including (but not limited to) Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia. They are approximately 70% Mongoloid and 30% Caucasoid and this admixture explains why some Kazakhs

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Korean Genetics: Abstracts and Summaries Koreans are a people of northeastern Asia. Most Koreans today live on the Korean peninsula: largely in South Korea and, to a considerably lesser extent, North Korea. Evidence sugguests that most of their ancestors once lived

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Tehran hosting 2 international exhibitions   The 8th Iran Stone Exhibition (IRSE 2016) on natural stones, mine, machinery and equipment and the 14th Kitchen, Bath, Sauna and Pool Industries and Equipment International Exhibition of Iran kicked off at Tehran’s

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Caspian Energy Grid – London Launch   The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water by area and the resources to be found around in and under the Caspian Sea have been disputed for millennia. The issues

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The beginning of a Russian-Iranian alliance   There are a number of economic and geopolitical reasons why Russia could be looking for a broader alliance with Iran, the most important of which is the desire to check U.S. influence in the

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Iran and Russia move closer to heavy water sale   Iran is holding negotiations with Russia to sell the country around 40 tons of heavy water, Kommersant cited the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying on July 16. The

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What to Make of Erdogan's Proposal for a 'Turkish-Iranian-Russian Alliance'   In a telephone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his willingness to cooperate closely with Iran and Russia

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Iran sends 7 teams to Russia for intl. military tournament   Seven military teams from Iran’s Armed Forces have been dispatched to Russia to participate in the annual World Tank Biathlon in Moscow in August. The seven teams which

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Heavy water marketed in EU, US   Head of AEOI has said his organization has faced little difficulty in marketing heavy water produced during its nuclear activity, with EU and US being the major customers of Iran’s heavy water.

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Iran fairly criticizing US, EU on nuclear deal: Russian diplomat   A senior Russian diplomat says it is “fair” for Iran to reproach the West for dragging its feet in fulfilling its part of last year’s nuclear deal amid Tehran’s

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Turkmenistan to have summit on European gas   A Turkish diplomat says the presidents of Turkey, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan are set to meet to lay groundwork on possible future deliveries of natural

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Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Turkish Leaders to Meet for Gas Talks   A high-level meeting reportedly set to take place later this year in Turkmenistan could put talk of building a natural gas pipeline across the Caspian Sea back on the agenda. The

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Travel Vaccines for Central Asia   Central Asia consists of the countries Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. This region is bounded by the Caspian Sea and China on either side, while Russia is its northern boundary. While it is fun

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Chabahar: In the Grand Chessboard of India’s Geo-Strategic Calculus   by Jajati K. Pattnaik and R. P. Pradhan Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Tehran marks a new geopolitical beginning in the Persian Gulf region putting Chabahar in the

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Iran, China to explore new areas of cooperation despite challenges   China and Iran are set to expand their relations into areas that were previously blocked due to Western sanctions. While Iran is wooing China into buying its oil and gas, China sees

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Iranian Commandos in Russia to Take Part in Int’l War Games 2016 (+Photos)   A number of prominent commandos of the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are in Russia to participate in the upcoming International Army

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China to invest 3bn dollar in Iran’s fish farming   More signs have appeared to show that East Asian countries are interested in Iran’s fish farming business. China has joined South Korea to announce that it is planning to invest $3

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7 Continents of the World, Know About the Continents of the World Map   The Great Panzea- First Super Continents At that time, there was no life but only one continent, it better can be called super continent- The Great

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Iran, Russia resolved to up ties in post-JCPOA era: Minister   Iran and Russia are resolute in improving bilateral relations following the implementation of last July’s nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries, Iranian Minister of Communications and

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Iran ranks 6th in Intl. Chemistry Olympiad Iranian young chemists won two gold and two silver medals in the 48th International Chemistry Olympiad held in Tbilisi, Georgia. The international knowledge competition that gathered over 300 young chemists

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Russian ambassador: Iran’s missile tests did not violate UN resolution   The Russian Ambassador to Tehran has rejected the claim that Iran’s missile tests were not consistent with the spirit of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. In an

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Kazakhstan-Ukraine Trade Crashes   143 train cars, blocked at the Ukraine-Russia border, explain why. In the first eight months of 2016, 143 train cars laden with goods destined primarily for Kazakhstan, but also Kyrgyzstan, were stopped at the Russian-Ukrainian

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Iran likely to partake in ‘master armorer’ IAG 2017 Iran’s armed forces team may participate for the first time in the ‘master armorer’ competitions to be held in the course of the 2017 International Army Games in Russia.

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Iran, Russia map out rival to Suez Canal   The International North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC), a multi-model route to link India and the Middle East to the Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe, is being nurtured for significantly reducing costs and travel time

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The US has no good defense against cruise missiles — and it's a huge problem A Patriot Air and Missile Defense launcher fires an interceptor during a previous test at White Sands Missile

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Iran becoming Turkmenistan’s rival in natural gas export Iran’s growing natural gas exports and plans to supply the fuel to China, India and Europe make the Islamic Republic a direct competitor of gas-rich Turkmenistan in this sphere, the Chronicles of

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<header class="article-header entry-header"> Kazakhstan seeks International Arbitration ruling over investment in Romania </header>   KMGI Deputy Director General Azamat Zhangulov talks to New Europe in an interview about his company’s investment in the Balkans region Nine years ago, in the Balkans,

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Major rise seen in Russia’s trade with Iran Russia says its trade with Iran has increased by 70.9 percent after the sanctions against the Islamic Republic were removed earlier this year. Russia’s Ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan was quoted

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Iran, Russia FMs discuss regional, international issues on phone   Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, have held a phone conversation on issues of regional and international significance. During the phone call, which was made

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Kazak president to visit Baku   Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Azerbaijan, Serbia, Armenia and a number of other countries in 2016. Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov announced about this at a briefing on August 17, RIA Novosti reported. In June, Idrissov

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Iranian-Russian defense coop. ‘not unexpected’   Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has said Russian and Iranian military cooperation which is defensive should not provoke shock and awe in the international community as an unexpected development.

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Syria: China and Iran Join Russia in Larger Role   Several developments this week mark an increase of activity from Syria’s allies, Russia, Iran and now China. These include a Russian-Iranian agreement to use Iranian territory to position Russian Tupolev

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Washington's Conundrum in Syria: Russia, Iran and China Team Up   hina’s recent announcement of an increase of its humanitarian support for the Syrian people and that it would provide additional training to the Syrian forces comes as a

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Russia Helicopters in talks with Iran over sales of 60 choppers   One of Russia’s biggest aviation companies says it has entered talks with Iran over the sales of 60 light multirole helicopters. "Russian Helicopters is in talks to supply Ansat and

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Iran, Russia ink 1 billion dollar oil rig deal   Russian shipbuilder Krasnye Barrikady and an Iranian company have signed a deal worth $1 billion to build five offshore drilling rigs for oil and gas exploration in the Persian Gulf.  The deal

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Iran deploys Russia-delivered long-range missiles to Fordo nuclear site   Tehran has deployed a recently delivered Russian-made long-range missile system to central Iran to protect its Fordo nuclear facility, state television said Sunday. Protecting nuclear facilities is paramount “in all circumstances” Gen. Farzad

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Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway to encourage development of TITR   "The anticipated construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway next year will undoubtedly give further impetus to the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR)." The due statement came from the Vice President of Kazakhstan Railways

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ADB approves $240m loan to Kazakhstan’s transport sector   By Elena Kosolapova – Trend: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $240.3 million loan to help Kazakhstan modernize its transport system, the bank said on Aug. 29. Improved transport connectivity will help

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Russian Shipyard May Construct Drilling Rigs for Oil Projects in Caspian Sea   CEO of Russia's Krasnye Barrikady Shipyard Aleksandr Ilichev stated that the Russian shipyard could carry out a feasibility study for Iranian oil exploration projects in the Caspian Sea. Russia's Krasnye

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Turkmenistan seeks to deliver its hydrocarbons to West   Turkmenistan, an energy-rich Central Asian nation with abundant hydrocarbon reserves, is keen to diversify the routes of its gas export. Being the sixth in the world for the volume of natural gas reserves, the

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Militarisation from Asia-Pacific to MENA   Today, the top of priority US foreign policy is the challenge of Chinese phenomenal rise in economics, trade, science, technology, military, paramilitary, cultural and geopolitical strength. But incredible worries start creeping in

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Is Putin the new Stalin? ‘Tom’ thinks Vladimir Putin is the new Josef Stalin. As he’s never been to Russia, his views surely reflect the power of a Western media narrative which continuously demonizes the Russian President. Last week, an optician from

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What's the future now for Turkish-Russian relations?   Turkey's renewal of ties with Russia represents an invigoration of its already existing "Eurasian direction" in foreign policy, including an outreach to Central Asia, India and China. It is a substitute for the failed

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China, Kazakhstan eye implementation of joint projects   China and Kazakhstan, the two strategic partners, are planning to implement some 51 joint projects in different spheres of Kazakhstan’s economy, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced about this following his working visit to

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Baku, Ankara, Ashgabat ink Trans-Caspian route declaration   Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan have signed the Ashgabat declaration to create the Trans-Caspian transport corridor from Beijing to London, TRT Haber reported Sept. 5 citing a statement by Turkey’s Transport, Maritime Affairs and

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World seeking power shift towards Iran-Russia alliance   A former US army psychological operation officer and counter-terrorism analyst calls Iran-Russia cooperation plan to save Syria the greatest thing that has happened to the world in over 25 years.

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Russia, Iran Concerned Over Deterioration of Situation in Afghanistan   Russia and Iran plan to continue discussions over the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s representative for Afghanistan said Thursday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Zamir Kabulov said Moscow and Tehran

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 Russia Eyes Mutual Visa-Free Travel Exchange with Iran   Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency has proposed mutual visa-free group tourist exchanges with India, Vietnam and Iran, head of the agency Oleg Safonov said in an interview with TASS. Currently, there are visa-free

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DP World to help Azerbaijan develop FTZ   DP World is to advise the government of Azerbaijan and Port of Baku on developing the country's Alyat Free Trade Zone (FTZ). The agreement was signed

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Iran central part of Silk Road   Austrian President of International Institute for Peace (IIP) has said Chinese effort to revive classical Silk Road is unlikely to incite animosity from European countries. Payman Yazdani of Mehr News International

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New Caspian oil fields to add to glutted global market   Two new Caspian Sea oil fields are due by the end of this year to add significant volumes of crude to a world market

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Two Caspian Sea Projects Could Add 200 MBOPD by Year-End   Even as Russia discusses a production freeze with Saudi Arabia, Caspian Sea projects could add to the glut Oil prices have improved this week in part thanks to renewed talks amongst

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World oil prices can be depressed by two new Caspian Sea oil fields   The global oil market has recently revived after Russia and Saudi Arabia finally agreed to cooperate on the stabilisation of the prices. At the same time two

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Why the future of the Russian oil and gas industry is in the Caspian   Russia’s leading energy companies are now eyeing the Caspian Sea as a source of high-volume, high-quality hydrocarbon reserves. The Caspian

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Russian-Chinese naval drills in disputed South China Sea enter active phase   The active phase of the joint Russian-Chinese naval exercise started on Thursday with an operation of the two countries’ marine troops, with practice of seizing of

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Russia receives hopeful signals from Iran on oil prices   With Russia having agreed with OPEC member Saudi Arabia earlier this month to cooperate to limit future oil output, news that Iran would support moves to stabilise the global oil market

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Russia Is Pumping Oil at Its Fastest Pace Since the Soviet Era     September output has averaged 11.09 million barrels a day     Putin gives command to start Siberia’s East Messoyakha field   Russian oil output rose to a record ahead of

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Major contract at the Caspian Sea for a complete float and container glass production plant   When in 2017 glasses will be raised in

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Kazakhstan offers SOCAR to take part in Eurasia project   Kazakhstan offers Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR to consider the possibility of participation in the international Eurasia project, according to the protocol of the 13th session of the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission

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Russia to Continue Active Support of Iran Nuclear Deal   Russia will continue its support of the Iran nuclear agreement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "Lavrov confirmed that Russia would continue

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The Russian-Iranian Axis Expands A couple months ago, I wrote  a long essay for a unit of the U.S. Army examining the history of Russo-Iran ties and, more importantly, Iranian perspectives of Tehran’s new love affair with Moscow. In the

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Russia Cuts Tariffs on Import of Seafood from Iran   Russia has reduced tariffs on the import of seafood from Iran by some 16 percent, Head of Iran’s Fisheries Organization Hassan Salehi announced, expecting a five-fold increase in the exports

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Russia Seeking Iran’s Help in Making Long-Range Drones: Top Officer   Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said Russia is seeking Iran’s assistance to acquire the technology to manufacture long-range pilotless aircraft. Speaking

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Turkey, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan aim to increase connectivity   Turkey needs to preserve the existing business volumes in established markets like Russia and the Middle East and expand in markets that offer relatively safer business environments such as Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and

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<header class="article-header entry-header"> Kazakhstan Caspian pipe delayed indefinitely despite Kashagan restart </header>   The rapidly approaching date of re-start of production at Kashagan on October 23 automatically reanimates the question of the need for construction of another major project, namely,

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Russia test-fires 3 intercontinental ballistic missiles   Russia's military has test-fired three intercontinental ballistic missiles amid increasing tensions with the US on a range of issues, particularly the Syrian crisis. The Russian Defense Ministry said the Russian forces fired a nuclear-capable

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China, Korea Partner on Kazakh Oil Fields   Heavy-lift crews from four Korean companies and Chinese carrier Cosco Shipping (COSCOL) will be working through 2020 to deliver oil and gas equipment to

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IIKSS- Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft said on Friday it was gradually starting production at the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye oilfield in eastern Siberia and had began shipments to a pipeline. The move comes as oil producers globally struggle to reach

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IIKSS- The place was literally and figuratively a crossroads. It wasn’t just the point where north-south highways and rail lines met their east-west compliments but the turning point of an entire nation going in a new direction. Extending

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IIKSS- India has carved a new geopolitical beginning in the Persian Gulf region putting Chabahar in the grand canvas of India’s geo-economic calculus in the emerging Asian architecture. She has kept her American partnership vibrant while opening a

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IIKSS- The volume of trade turnover between Russia and China has increased by 0.5 percent on a year-over-year basis to $56.2 billion in the first 10 months of this year, the Chinese General Administration of Customs said in

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IIKSS- Russian President Vladimir Putin has become one of the first global leaders to congratulate Trump with the victory, expressing hope that the two countries will continue collaborative work on international issues. Japan's Prime Minister Abe congratulated

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IIKSS - The media has become a key battleground in the current conflict between Russia and the West, with Russia’s two state-funded, U.S.-based media outlets at the forefront. RT America and Sputnik are responsible for crafting the Russian

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IIKSS - The European Commission has so far allocated more than €187 million for the implementation of different projects within the TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) project, which is aimed at strengthening of economic relations, trade and transport links

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IIKSS - The long-awaited U.S. presidential election has come to an end, with Donald Trump successfully pulling off an upset win. While the United States remains the most influential country on Earth, the results from November 8, 2016

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IIKSS - Kazakhstan and China intend to create a joint agricultural investment fund, as reported on 28 November by the news agency, Kazinform. The creation of this Kazakh-Chinese investment fund in the area of agriculture will be

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IIKSS - Russia and Azerbaijan get ready to sign a cooperation agreement in the field of postal services, Rashid Ismailov, deputy minister of telecom and mass communications of the Russian Federation, told Trend. He said they were considering

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IIKSS – Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Ali Tayyebnia said Iran welcomes foreign investment and offers investors with a variety of incentives, IRNA reported. Speaking at the 20th general meeting and conference of Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository

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IIKSS - As of today, potential hydrocarbon resources of Turkmenistan amount to 71.2 billion tons of oil equivalent, 53 billion of which account for land and 18.2 billion tons – for marine areas, according to a report of

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IIKSS - International theoretical and practical conference “The Neutrality of Turkmenistan and International Practice: New Achievements of Cooperation for Stable Development” was held in the conference hall of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign

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IIKSS - Being the top foreign investor of Georgia, Azerbaijan invested some $434 million in the economy of the neighboring country within three-quarters of 2016.  Georgia’s National Statistics Office reported that the volume of investments recorded an increase

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IIKSS - In a move to improve the appeal of Turkmenistan’s airports for international airlines, the country’s authorities are offering discounts off airport charges for foreign carriers, according to TurkmenPortal newswire. The discount rate will depend on the

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IIKSS - Azerbaijani exporters will have a chance to participate in international exhibitions to increase awareness about the local production and advertise the products on foreign markets. The Economy Ministry of Azerbaijan has already started to receive applications

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IIKSS - Kazakhstan and Israel are planning to jointly enter China’s food market. At the Kazakh-Israeli business forum in Astana, the memorandum was signed on construction of a joint venture for the processing of poultry meat, products which

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IIKSS - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is deepening its support for the private sector in Turkmenistan by arranging a US$ 1 million loan Intizar Yurek, a leading packaging company in the country. The loan

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IIKSS - In Turkmenistan’s energy industry, main attention should be paid to the attraction of foreign investment in large infrastructure projects, including the projects on the development of oil and gas reserves of the Caspian Sea, diversification of

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IIKSS - The Azerbaijan-Kyrgyzstan cooperation in transit transportation has good prospects and it can be beneficial to both sides, Isimbek Abdiyev, research officer at the National Institute for Strategic Studies of Kyrgyzstan, candidate of economic sciences, came to

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IIKSS - More than 10,000 vehicles valued at 61.5 billion tenge (US$185 million) were produced in Kazakhstan during the first 11 months of 2016. The government aims to achieve 50-percent localisation in vehicle production and increase the export

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IIKSS - Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry has announced that he will send an export mission to Pakistan next February. The export mission will include companies specializing in the production of fruits, vegetables, mineral water, fruit juices, sugar and confectionery,

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IIKSS - Iran has announced the names of over two dozen international energy companies that it says are eligible to bid for the country’s new oil and gas projects. The list that has been publicized by the National

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IIKSS - An export mission of Azerbaijani entrepreneurs to Germany is planned for January 2017, hoping to boost exports. The mission, which is scheduled for January 23-26, will represent such local products as fruit and vegetables, mineral water,

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IIKSS - Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United States, Kairat Umarov, quietly affirms (without boasting) that 'We expect our next 25 years of independence to be better than our first 25 years.' Asked to elaborate, he simply, and correctly,

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IIKSS - Trainings for secondary specialized schoolteachers of Japanese and Chinese languages have been started in Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages and Magtumguly Turkmen State University. The workshops, organized by the Ministry of education of Turkmenistan,

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IIKSS - Russian Rosneft and Chinese CNPC signed an amendment to the agreement envisaging additional oil supplies to China via Kazakhstan, the Russian company said. Moreover the contract on oil supplies from June 21, 2013 was prolonged till

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IIKSS - President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has decreed to appoint Maksat Babayev as the chairman of the Turkmengas State Concern. Babayev previously served as the deputy chairman in Turkmengas. Turkmenistan is currently eyeing to construct a pipeline

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IIKSS - Ashgabat hosted an extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, where President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov gave a keynote address, summarizing 2016 and outlining the prospects for 2017. As has been noted by the Head of

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IIKSS - Turkmenistan should be among the world’s leading industrialized countries in order to achieve the highest goals, said President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during his working visit to the country’s Mary Province, the Turkmen media reported. It is necessary

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IIKSS - Research work, 2D and 3D seismic surveys aimed at finding new oil and gas fields are conducted in Turkmenistan, said the article of the online newspaper of the country’s Oil and Gas Complex. Progress report was

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IIKSS - Turkmenistan’s state concern Turkmenneft is actively engaged in developing the North Goturdepe field located in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea. Currently, Turkmenneft by using powerful drilling rigs, purchased in China, seeks to increase

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IIKSS - Under Rex Tillerson, the US will try to diminish Russia's clout in Central Asia and play against the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Russian expert Alexey Fenenko told RIA Novosti. In an interview with RIA Novosti, Alexey Fenenko,

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IIKSS-  The six-party talks that took place in Moscow this week represented an unprecedentedly broad and uniquely multipolar approach to resolving the long-running War on Afghanistan. This is the first time that Russia, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and

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IIKSS- Azerbaijan’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FIMSA) is holding talks with international financial institutions (IFIs) for foreign financial institutions to release bonds in Azerbaijani manats, Angela Prigozhina, the World Bank senior financial sector specialist, told Trend. European banks

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IIKSS- Turkmenistan was Turkey's single largest weapons buyer over the past five years, while the arms industries of Belarus and Israel are increasingly dependent on Azerbaijan's business, a new report has shown. The report, by the arms trade

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IIKSS- The Iranian Navy has successfully test-fired its Nasr sea-launched cruise missile, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said. The test took place during large-scale military drills stretching over an area covering 2 million sq km in the Persian Gulf.

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IIKSS- A new Cold War against Russia and Moscow’s rapprochement with Beijing represents a threat to Europe, French presidential candidate and National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen said. "I’ll tell you what the danger is for Europe.

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IIKSS- While on an official visit to Russia, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Prime Minister, co-chairman of the Russia-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission Dmitry

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IIKSS- Russia is a natural land bridge. The country stretches from the farthest fringes of the east to the brink of the west; it spans across nearly the entirety of the Eurasian landmass, from the Bering Sea to

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IIKSS- A delegation of the General Command of the Russian Navy has arrived in Azerbaijan, where together with colleagues will discuss preparations for the organization and conduct of the "Sea Cup-2017" contests, RIA Novosti reported citing the Russian

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Political weight   The Political weight (وزن سیاسی) or PW index is an index that shows the geopolitical and eco-political situation of a country. A political index is a tool used to study country economic factors (especially government budget) with

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IIKSS- Raffaello Pantucci says China is slowly displacing Moscow as the regional guarantor, but Beijing does not appear to have fully considered the demands of its new role, especially in the context of its ambitious ‘One Belt, One

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IIKSS- Relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia are perfect, said Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, who is on a visit in Azerbaijan, in his interview with Trend. “We have total understanding and respect of each other. At the same time,

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IIKSS- China’s connectivity goals are threatened by regional politics. China’s announced US$57 billion investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an essential part of China’s goal to connect the Indian Ocean to Central Asia, but as Nicholas

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IIKSS- When leaders of Azerbaijan and Georgia took part in a session titled “The Silk Road Effect” at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, they were predictably eager to promote the importance of the China-led Silk Road

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Fluctuations in variables of political weight and government weight - The share of variables of political weight and government weight of the United States of America in the structure of political weight of this country International Institute

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International Institute of Khazar Studies (IIKSS) - In an interview with International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) (Farsi), Bahram Amirahmadian, an assistant professor at University of Tehran and the senior fellow at IRAS, discussed some deeper layers

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Nazarbaev's clenched fists: For Cossacks or economic reforms???!!!! (analysis of fluctuations in the Republic of Kazakhstan's ability (government weight) index) International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) - Kazakhstan's government weight indexes show that this country despite

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The gulf of Mazandaran As a geographical, political and legal undeniable reality 1- A gulf is a large bay that is an arm of an large body of water.  2- Countries customs show us that the gulf

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Ratio of population and territory in the Republic of Kazakhstan and its impact on the political weight of this republic International Institute of Khazar Studies (IIKSS) – Kazakhstan is a country with high per capita land because

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The first investment forum of the Saryarka district of Astana was organized in the capital of Kazakhstan on April 27 within the framework of the 20th anniversary of Astana by the akimat (administration) of the Saryarka district with

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A senior Russian official says Moscow will reinforce its relations with Iran in different sectors should the US withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement as a deadline looms for Washington to announce whether or not it will keep its

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 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that his government remains committed to a nuclear deal with world powers, despite the U.S. decision to withdraw, but is also ready to resume uranium enrichment should the accord no longer offer benefits.

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Moscow decried US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the historic 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions with the Russian Foreign Ministry saying it is “deeply disappointed”.   “There are and there may

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Beijing has officially opened its new train route to Iran, as the US urges its companies to wind down their operations with Tehran. As US President Donald Trump hardens his confrontational attitude to Tehran, tearing up the 2015 nuclear

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Future of the Iran nuclear deal following the United States’ withdrawal was in focus of a meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and EU Ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday, TASS reports. "The

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Oman is one of Kazakhstan's major partners in the oil and gas sector, according to the Central Asian nation's ambassador to Oman. Speaking exclusively to the Times of Oman, Ambassador Yerzhan Mukash praised the Sultanate's long-standing collaboration

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Japan, Russia and Turkey have warned the United States about potential retaliation for its tariffs on steel and aluminum, the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday, bringing the total U.S. tariff bill to around $3.5 billion annually. The

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Germany's foreign minister has reiterated Europe's determination to remain a part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal even in the face of a U.S. withdrawal from the landmark agreement. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Heiko Maas said he explained

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Iran, China and Russia may seek ways to salvage the nuclear deal ditched by Donald Trump when their leaders meet this weekend at a summit on the Chinese coast. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional security bloc led

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Kommersant: Gazprom signs deal to supply gas to Austria for another 20 years Russian energy giant Gazprom and Austria’s OMV extended a contract on gas supplies until 2040 on Tuesday. Austria, the first country in Western Europe to

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has agreed with his Russian and Chinese counterparts to maintain the 2015 nuclear agreement after the United States announced its withdrawal. With observer status, Rouhani attended the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that

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At the eight-nation SCO summit in Qingdao, Russia and Kazakhstan have pledged their support for the Iran nuclear deal as the organisation expands its mission to meet new challenges. As US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim

read more

Iran's Rohani to Macron: Tehran Not Ruling Out Military Withdrawal From Syria Rohani and France's Macron held a telephone call late Tuesday in which they also discussed the

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Kazakhstan and France mark 10 years of strategic cooperation. France is the first European country that signed a partnership agreement with Kazakhstan. Today, the countries established cooperation in various fields. The mutual trade surpassed the US$3 billion in 2017,

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The Labyrinth of the Caspian Sea Legal Regime in an interview with Tasnim Dr. Maysam Araee Daronkola, the director of the International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) in an interview with Tasnim News Agency International

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Unilateral steps to disrupt major international agreements indicate clear evidence of efforts aimed at undermining international law, Russia’s Security Council secretary said at a Friday meeting with top representatives of BRICS countries overseeing security issues. “Member-states of BRICS

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Turkmenistan needs to cooperate with Azerbaijan and Turkey to enter the gas market in Europe, expert on Central Asia, Bruce Pannier, stated last week. On June 22, the Russian legal information portal published the full

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The top diplomats of China, EU, France, Germany, Russia and the U.K. have assured Iran that they were willing to salvage a historic nuclear deal abandoned by the U.S. The deal, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),

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UKOIL has certain risks associated with the negative impact of US sanctions against Russia and Iran on company’s shareholders and partners, as well as on the company itself, a source in the Russian company told Trend. “The company [LUKOIL]

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Iranian officials have repeatedly accused US of imposing illegal sanctions after pulling out from the Iran nuclear deal Iran has filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to "hold [the] US accountable for

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After more than 20 years of debate between the governments of the five Caspian Sea littoral states over the status of what is the world’s largest lake, its legal status and how its

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MMK, one of Russia’s largest steel producers, has stopped deliveries to Iran against the backdrop of new sanctions Washington has promised to impose on Tehran. The announcement was made by Andrey Eremin, the company’s director for economics, in an

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A researcher on Caspian Sea issues: TANAP can be a pretext for West's presence in the Caspian Sea International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) – According to the Tasnim News Agency's International Group, the opening of

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 The re-imposed US sanctions are unlikely to make Iran change its policy in the Middle East, a Russian expert told TASS on Monday. "The sanctions that have come into effect from today may only reinforce Iran in its

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During a government meeting President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed the importance of resolving the tasks of the fuel and energy complex, including those related to attracting investments for the development of the complex, Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper wrote. President

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August 12th, 2018 could well become a historic day for the Caspian Sea region, with states aiming to end a long-running legal disagreement involving the areas natural resources. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in the region, Azerbaijan,

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Energy projects in the resource-rich Caspian Sea could receive a boost after five nations agreed on the legal terms of how to share access after 20 years of negotiations. Despite being one of the world's oldest hydrocarbons producing regions,

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Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. "The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire from large-caliber machine guns 92 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement.

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declared the year of import in China, which means that the country is widely opening its gates for import of goods from around the world. Therefore, at the moment, our task is to carefully prepare for the first Chinese

read more

With the outlines of its six idle cranes obscured by thick fog and pouring rain, Kazakhstan's Caspian seaport Aktau seems an unlikely stop on China's much-hyped new silk road. But the sleepy port, which has been badly hit in

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The intensive population growth in China, India and North Africa will increase the demand for Kazakh grain in the future, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Astyk Trans JSC Oleg Rogachev said, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported. At the moment, the

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The relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan are at the highest level, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, the Turkish media reported October 1. Erdogan noted that the relations between Baku and Ankara are developing in all spheres. He

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Russia's Gazprom next year will resume imports of natural gas from Turkmenistan that it stopped three years ago, the energy giant's chief executive has said. In an interview with Turkmenistan's state television channel during a visit to Ashgabat

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On 12 August 2018, the five Caspian littoral states, after two decades of negotiations, finally agreed on the status of the region when they signed the ‘Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea’ document in the port

read more

President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke about Kazakhstan's transport potential at the meeting with Finnish businessmen in Helsinki. “We have launched multi-modal Eurasian transport corridor. 5 railway and 6 international auto-road routes are running through Kazakhstan. They connect China and other

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Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev in a phone conversation noted solid potential for building up interaction in the economy, the Turkmen government said in a message. The sides stressed that the two neighboring countries

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India, Iran and Russia will meet next month to discuss the operation of a 7,200 km trade and transport corridor that presents a cheaper and shorter alternative to the traditional route through the Suez Canal.

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China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has increased output from the Saman Depe gas field in Turkmenistan by 6.5 million cubic metres per day following the launch of four new compressor units on Monday, CNPC said on Friday. The field

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that his country plans to engage in trade with Iran, China and Russia using national currencies to be able to stand against economic threats. Addressing the 18th session of the

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described relations and cooperation between Iran and Russia as friendly, voicing Tehran’s readiness to take advantage of all potentials for development of relations with Moscow. Iranian President

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Russia and the European Union continue to maintain extensive contacts concerning the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, Russia's permanent representative to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, said during a video link between Moscow

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Alternative energy may take a significant share in Azerbaijan’s energy market, Director General of Russia’s Energy Development Fund Andrei Listovsky told Trend. He said this is not yet envisaged in Russia, since there are no consumers in places where

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Azerbaijan is one of the major producers and exporters of date. The dates are grown mainly in Goychay, Balakan, Agjabadi and Ganja. Date holds a major share in the export of non-oil products of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan will continue to

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The cost of transporting oil from Russia through Kazakhstan to China is fixed until 2023, the Kazakh national company KazTransOil reports. The press service of the company states that the tariff was approved by the order of the Kazakh

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You know that feeling when you wake up wanting to check out some stunning Soviet-era architecture or chase wild horses in the steppes? Just for days like that, the Republic of Kazakhstan has introduced e-visas to tourists from 117

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Russian economic influence in the Central Asia has rebounded over the past six months. A focal point in Russia’s advances in the region is Turkmenistan and the economic woes the country is experiencing.

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Kazakhstan on Monday responded to alleged house arrest of its citizens by Chinese authorities urging Beijing to be fair in its treatment. “We call on the Chinese side to always act in accordance with law, objectively and

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Mohammad Ghaderi, chief editor of the Tehran Times, says Iran and Russia can establish strategic partnership in the multipolar world. Following is the text of his interview with Ghaderi posted on geopolitica.ru: Q: Do you think

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Kazakhstan will expand the types of products it exports this year,, said Kazakh Vice Minister for Industry and Infrastructure Development Arystan Kabykenov at a January press conference. “Sodium cyanide will be shipped to Russia; semolina to China, Europe, Kyrgyzstan,

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As reported by Eghtesadonline this Sunday, Iran exported US$533 million worth of commodities to Russia in 2018. This is a growth of 36 percent in Iran's exports to the northern neighbour, compared to the year before. Iran's exports mainly

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As reported by Eghtesadonline this Sunday, Iran exported US$533 million worth of commodities to Russia in 2018. This is a growth of 36 percent in Iran's exports to the northern neighbour, compared to the year before. Iran's exports mainly

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Kazakhstan will expand the types of products it exports this year,, said Kazakh Vice Minister for Industry and Infrastructure Development Arystan Kabykenov at a January press conference. “Sodium cyanide will be shipped to Russia; semolina to China, Europe, Kyrgyzstan,

read more

Mohammad Ghaderi, chief editor of the Tehran Times, says Iran and Russia can establish strategic partnership in the multipolar world. Following is the text of his interview with Ghaderi posted on geopolitica.ru: Q: Do you think

read more

Kazakhstan on Monday responded to alleged house arrest of its citizens by Chinese authorities urging Beijing to be fair in its treatment. “We call on the Chinese side to always act in accordance with law, objectively and

read more

Russian economic influence in the Central Asia has rebounded over the past six months. A focal point in Russia’s advances in the region is Turkmenistan and the economic woes the country is experiencing.

read more

You know that feeling when you wake up wanting to check out some stunning Soviet-era architecture or chase wild horses in the steppes? Just for days like that, the Republic of Kazakhstan has introduced e-visas to tourists from 117

read more

The cost of transporting oil from Russia through Kazakhstan to China is fixed until 2023, the Kazakh national company KazTransOil reports. The press service of the company states that the tariff was approved by the order of the Kazakh

read more

Azerbaijan is one of the major producers and exporters of date. The dates are grown mainly in Goychay, Balakan, Agjabadi and Ganja. Date holds a major share in the export of non-oil products of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan will continue to

read more

Alternative energy may take a significant share in Azerbaijan’s energy market, Director General of Russia’s Energy Development Fund Andrei Listovsky told Trend. He said this is not yet envisaged in Russia, since there are no consumers in places where

read more

Russia and the European Union continue to maintain extensive contacts concerning the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, Russia's permanent representative to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, said during a video link between Moscow

read more

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described relations and cooperation between Iran and Russia as friendly, voicing Tehran’s readiness to take advantage of all potentials for development of relations with Moscow. Iranian President

read more

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that his country plans to engage in trade with Iran, China and Russia using national currencies to be able to stand against economic threats. Addressing the 18th session of the

read more

China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has increased output from the Saman Depe gas field in Turkmenistan by 6.5 million cubic metres per day following the launch of four new compressor units on Monday, CNPC said on Friday. The field

read more

India, Iran and Russia will meet next month to discuss the operation of a 7,200 km trade and transport corridor that presents a cheaper and shorter alternative to the traditional route through the Suez Canal.

read more

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev in a phone conversation noted solid potential for building up interaction in the economy, the Turkmen government said in a message. The sides stressed that the two neighboring countries

read more

President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke about Kazakhstan's transport potential at the meeting with Finnish businessmen in Helsinki. “We have launched multi-modal Eurasian transport corridor. 5 railway and 6 international auto-road routes are running through Kazakhstan. They connect China and other

read more

On 12 August 2018, the five Caspian littoral states, after two decades of negotiations, finally agreed on the status of the region when they signed the ‘Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea’ document in the port

read more

Russia's Gazprom next year will resume imports of natural gas from Turkmenistan that it stopped three years ago, the energy giant's chief executive has said. In an interview with Turkmenistan's state television channel during a visit to Ashgabat

read more

The relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan are at the highest level, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, the Turkish media reported October 1. Erdogan noted that the relations between Baku and Ankara are developing in all spheres. He

read more

The intensive population growth in China, India and North Africa will increase the demand for Kazakh grain in the future, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Astyk Trans JSC Oleg Rogachev said, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported. At the moment, the

read more

With the outlines of its six idle cranes obscured by thick fog and pouring rain, Kazakhstan's Caspian seaport Aktau seems an unlikely stop on China's much-hyped new silk road. But the sleepy port, which has been badly hit in

read more

declared the year of import in China, which means that the country is widely opening its gates for import of goods from around the world. Therefore, at the moment, our task is to carefully prepare for the first Chinese

read more

Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. "The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire from large-caliber machine guns 92 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement.

read more

Energy projects in the resource-rich Caspian Sea could receive a boost after five nations agreed on the legal terms of how to share access after 20 years of negotiations. Despite being one of the world's oldest hydrocarbons producing regions,

read more

August 12th, 2018 could well become a historic day for the Caspian Sea region, with states aiming to end a long-running legal disagreement involving the areas natural resources. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in the region, Azerbaijan,

read more

During a government meeting President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed the importance of resolving the tasks of the fuel and energy complex, including those related to attracting investments for the development of the complex, Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper wrote. President

read more

 The re-imposed US sanctions are unlikely to make Iran change its policy in the Middle East, a Russian expert told TASS on Monday. "The sanctions that have come into effect from today may only reinforce Iran in its

read more

A researcher on Caspian Sea issues: TANAP can be a pretext for West's presence in the Caspian Sea International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) – According to the Tasnim News Agency's International Group, the opening of

read more

MMK, one of Russia’s largest steel producers, has stopped deliveries to Iran against the backdrop of new sanctions Washington has promised to impose on Tehran. The announcement was made by Andrey Eremin, the company’s director for economics, in an

read more

After more than 20 years of debate between the governments of the five Caspian Sea littoral states over the status of what is the world’s largest lake, its legal status and how its

read more

Iranian officials have repeatedly accused US of imposing illegal sanctions after pulling out from the Iran nuclear deal Iran has filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to "hold [the] US accountable for

read more

UKOIL has certain risks associated with the negative impact of US sanctions against Russia and Iran on company’s shareholders and partners, as well as on the company itself, a source in the Russian company told Trend. “The company [LUKOIL]

read more

The top diplomats of China, EU, France, Germany, Russia and the U.K. have assured Iran that they were willing to salvage a historic nuclear deal abandoned by the U.S. The deal, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),

read more

Turkmenistan needs to cooperate with Azerbaijan and Turkey to enter the gas market in Europe, expert on Central Asia, Bruce Pannier, stated last week. On June 22, the Russian legal information portal published the full

read more

Unilateral steps to disrupt major international agreements indicate clear evidence of efforts aimed at undermining international law, Russia’s Security Council secretary said at a Friday meeting with top representatives of BRICS countries overseeing security issues. “Member-states of BRICS

read more

The Labyrinth of the Caspian Sea Legal Regime in an interview with Tasnim Dr. Maysam Araee Daronkola, the director of the International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) in an interview with Tasnim News Agency International

read more

Kazakhstan and France mark 10 years of strategic cooperation. France is the first European country that signed a partnership agreement with Kazakhstan. Today, the countries established cooperation in various fields. The mutual trade surpassed the US$3 billion in 2017,

read more

Iran's Rohani to Macron: Tehran Not Ruling Out Military Withdrawal From Syria Rohani and France's Macron held a telephone call late Tuesday in which they also discussed the

read more

At the eight-nation SCO summit in Qingdao, Russia and Kazakhstan have pledged their support for the Iran nuclear deal as the organisation expands its mission to meet new challenges. As US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim

read more

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has agreed with his Russian and Chinese counterparts to maintain the 2015 nuclear agreement after the United States announced its withdrawal. With observer status, Rouhani attended the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that

read more

Kommersant: Gazprom signs deal to supply gas to Austria for another 20 years Russian energy giant Gazprom and Austria’s OMV extended a contract on gas supplies until 2040 on Tuesday. Austria, the first country in Western Europe to

read more

Iran, China and Russia may seek ways to salvage the nuclear deal ditched by Donald Trump when their leaders meet this weekend at a summit on the Chinese coast. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional security bloc led

read more

Germany's foreign minister has reiterated Europe's determination to remain a part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal even in the face of a U.S. withdrawal from the landmark agreement. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Heiko Maas said he explained

read more

Japan, Russia and Turkey have warned the United States about potential retaliation for its tariffs on steel and aluminum, the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday, bringing the total U.S. tariff bill to around $3.5 billion annually. The

read more

Oman is one of Kazakhstan's major partners in the oil and gas sector, according to the Central Asian nation's ambassador to Oman. Speaking exclusively to the Times of Oman, Ambassador Yerzhan Mukash praised the Sultanate's long-standing collaboration

read more

Future of the Iran nuclear deal following the United States’ withdrawal was in focus of a meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and EU Ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday, TASS reports. "The

read more

Beijing has officially opened its new train route to Iran, as the US urges its companies to wind down their operations with Tehran. As US President Donald Trump hardens his confrontational attitude to Tehran, tearing up the 2015 nuclear

read more

Moscow decried US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the historic 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions with the Russian Foreign Ministry saying it is “deeply disappointed”.   “There are and there may

read more

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that his government remains committed to a nuclear deal with world powers, despite the U.S. decision to withdraw, but is also ready to resume uranium enrichment should the accord no longer offer benefits.

read more

A senior Russian official says Moscow will reinforce its relations with Iran in different sectors should the US withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement as a deadline looms for Washington to announce whether or not it will keep its

read more

The first investment forum of the Saryarka district of Astana was organized in the capital of Kazakhstan on April 27 within the framework of the 20th anniversary of Astana by the akimat (administration) of the Saryarka district with

read more

Ratio of population and territory in the Republic of Kazakhstan and its impact on the political weight of this republic International Institute of Khazar Studies (IIKSS) – Kazakhstan is a country with high per capita land because

read more

The gulf of Mazandaran As a geographical, political and legal undeniable reality 1- A gulf is a large bay that is an arm of an large body of water.  2- Countries customs show us that the gulf

read more

Nazarbaev's clenched fists: For Cossacks or economic reforms???!!!! (analysis of fluctuations in the Republic of Kazakhstan's ability (government weight) index) International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) - Kazakhstan's government weight indexes show that this country despite

read more

International Institute of Khazar Studies (IIKSS) - In an interview with International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) (Farsi), Bahram Amirahmadian, an assistant professor at University of Tehran and the senior fellow at IRAS, discussed some deeper layers