TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – Oil minister said President Rouhani today will officially propose a new plan for oil and gas cooperation in the Caspian Sea to his Azerbaijani counterpart. In time with today’s visit of Azerbaijani

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Baku, February 23, AZERTAC Following a ceremony of signing documents, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani have made statements for the press. Statement by President Ilham Aliyev: -

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Introduction   The tragedy of the commons dates all the back to Aristotle.  It is the story of humans depleting and destroying the free gifts of the world.  There have been many incidences of other commons being destroyed like, the Black Sea,

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TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – An energy analyst has said Iran can establish an energy trade zone in the Caspian Sea region to export electricity to its neighbors instead of natural gas. Mahmoud Khaghani, a member of

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TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy-foreign minister and Turkmen foreign minister have urged extension of bilateral and regional cooperation. Ehrahim Rahimpour, Deputy-FM for Asian-Pacific and special envoy to Caspian Sea affairs met with Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow

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TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published its latest version of the Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin for the period January-March 2016 that indicating that Dieback of

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Moscow wants to ease customs procedures for Iranian agricultural products and speed up their delivery, according to Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Sergey Levin. During a two-day visit to Iran he said the southern Russian ports of Makhachkala and Astrakhan on the

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Tehran, Feb 29, IRNA – Director General for Europe, America and Caspian Sea Neighbors in the Ministry of Petroleum Hossein Esmaeili said that Swiss companies are interested in buying petrochemical products from Iran. Following a meeting with a visiting

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Iran, where beaches are segregated by gender and alcohol is banned, is getting its first foreign-branded seaside hotel, complete with swimming pools, bars and a spa. Melia Hotels International SA plans to open the five-star property in a 130-meter (427-feet) tower

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: Iran is capable of turning into a regional tourism hub in the near future, a Spanish envoy to Tehran believes. “Iran will turn into a regional tourism and economic destination,” IRNA news agency

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Trend: Azerbaijan and Hungary can jointly work in Iran, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. He made the remarks during Azerbaijan-Hungary business forum in Baku March 6. The business forum is being held during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to

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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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By Hossein Kebriaeezadeh* Any assessment of military cooperation between Iran and Russia would be meaningless outside the general framework of the two countries’ relations. Therefore, study of the two countries’ relations and approaches to each other will shed more light on

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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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Azerbaijan’s state oil firm SOCAR says it is looking to revive trade with Iran as the two neighbors are strengthening relations after the lifting of sanctions on the Islamic Republic.  Azeri President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to

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By Aynur Karimova Azerbaijan and Qatar, the two energy-rich countries located in the South Caucasus and the Middle East regions, respectively, have expressed intention to further develop both political and economic relations. President Ilham Aliyev believes that the two countries should raise

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By Vagif Sharifov, Anakhanum Khidayatova – Trend: Trend Agency has had an exclusive interview with the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, who earlier arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to take part in the Fourth Global Baku Forum. The interview with

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Kiev says Ankara is considering an offer to buy Ukrainian coal mines as part of the country's plan to privatize state assets this year. During his visit to Ankara, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko asked Turkish

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On February 23, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Tehran, where he met with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani. Notably, the two presidents signed 11 memoranda of understanding (MoU) across several areas of cooperation, including energy, the economy and transport (IRNA,

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Turkey and Ukraine decided to cooperate in a number of fields, including politics, economy, education and tourism, during a three-hour Turkey-Ukraine High Level Strategic Council meeting which was chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko

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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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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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Azerbaijan is Kazakhstan’s strategic partner in the Caucasus. Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev made the remark during the meeting with Azerbaijan’s new ambassador to Kazakhstan Rashad Mammadov, KAZINFORM news agency reported on March 15. “We actively cooperate in the spheres of energy, logistics

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Religious hatred and violence are now a sorrowful fact of life, with the killing of Catholic nuns in Yemen on March 4 being only the most recent tragic example. It is a rarity

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The Beginner's Guide to Caviar How to serve, pair, and savor the finest sturgeon roe. There's no quicker way to announce that a meal special. More than lobster or champagne (or even a giant bucket of fried chicken), a dollop of

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President Erdoğan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Aliyev met at the fifth Azerbaijan-Turkey High Strategic Cooperation Council, where Erdoğan announced that the works for the construction of the TANAP are progressing as planned The fifth Azerbaijan-Turkey High Strategic Cooperation Council

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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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Road and Traffic 2016, the 6th Caspian International Road Infrastructure and Public Transport Exhibition, will be held at Baku Expo Center on May 11-13. Road&Traffic is the region’s leading trade event bringing together professionals in road and tunnel planning and construction,

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By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: Turkmenistan and the Czech Republic discussed the expansion of cooperation and the possibility of partnership in the fuel and energy industry, transportation and communications sectors, read a Turkmen government message, released March 18. These discussions took place

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Iran will receive only a fraction of the $500 billion it needs to modernize its infrastructure because foreign banks are still unwilling to risk penalties from the U.S. Treasury, a major domestic construction company said. “The projects are there, they are

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Investing In Iran Is Still A Key “Uncertainty” Expect Iran will receive much less than $500-B it needs to modernize its infrastructure because foreign banks are still unwilling to risk penalties from the US Treasury. The projects are ready, but the problem

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Dubai, UAE - Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel company, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2015 (in the following referred to as "the period").   Business Highlights · Net Profit for the period was US$

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Hoshang Tale, Ph D (Economics), Consultant Economist & Researcher Before Peter the Great (1682- 1752) played his political games in the Caspian region, this Sea was under the sole control of Iran and was known as the Sea of Mazandaran after

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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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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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Nowadays, a variety of means are being used in order to implement and extend the “controlled chaos” in the national economies and societies in the geopolitical struggle. The actor, who is using the tool, is maintaining the “controlled chaos” within

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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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Trend: Turkmenistan and Russia have discussed the prospects for intensifying the interregional cooperation in various spheres, said the message from Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The sides focused on the spheres of mechanical engineering, energy, chemical, oil and gas industry, agriculture,

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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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Trend: Iran, Russia gas swap remains as an idea at the moment, however Tehran is prepared for that, Hamid Reza Araqi, Iran’s deputy oil minister said. Iran and Russia’s Gazprom have held various talks on the issue in recent months, but no

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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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Trend: Parliament of Turkmenistan approved and adopted the bill “On Trading Activity”, according to the Turkmen government’s message issued March 28. The bill was passed at a parliament meeting, during which the MPs stressed that systematic work on creation of goods surplus

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Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel company, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Business Highlights   * Net Profit for the period was US$ 20.8m before exceptional items, impairment charge

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Trend: Documents on bilateral cooperation in the fields of construction, as well as the purchase and sale of agricultural and industrial equipment have been signed between companies and economic entities of Turkmenistan and Russia, the ministry of foreign affairs of Turkmenistan

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CASPIAN SEA ii. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY IN MODERN TIMES A new area of sub-systemic studies in international relations, which encompasses the Caspian basin and its immediate surroundings, emerged in the post-Soviet Union era. CASPIAN SEA ii. Diplomatic History in Modern Times. A new

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ran's ambitious project to build a 'trans-Iranian' canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf will only be possible with Russia's help, says Bahram Amirahmadiyan, an expert on political geography at the University of Tehran. Over the weekend, media

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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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Aspen Institute Romania organized Bucharest Forum-Keystone Projects initiative dovetails with Romania long term economic and territorial development strategy, centered on designing concrete measures and projects that support the capacity of urban centers to generate growth and competitiveness. Bucharest Forum / Keystone

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The arc of instability amid the oil rich Southern Caspian and the Middle East made the South Caucasus region another stage for geopolitical struggles. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a small, but a key block of this arc. Armenia, Azerbaijan and

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Iran to start new round of regional diplomatic initiatives in coming days, Tehran’s envoy to Baku, Mohsen Pak Ayeen said. “In coming days we will witness more intensified regional diplomacy of Iran, as trilateral meetings are on the agenda,” Pak Ayeen

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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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On April 2, Armenia and Azerbaijan declared a dramatic escalation of the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baku and Yerevan traded blame for breaching the truce in the conflict and reported heavy fighting in the area. The

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Astara, April 3, IRNA- Head of Astra Customs General Administration announced that 373,000 tons of non-oil products worth $155m have been exported from the customs of this province during last Iranian year (ended on March 20, 2016). Mohammad Shahbazi told

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Take a virtual tour of the city on the Caspian Sea with 500-year-old steam baths and the world’s largest KFC.   Paul Salopek is walking the global trail of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the

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Agreement Concerning Persia The Governments of Great Britain and Russia having mutually engaged to respect the integrity and independence of Persia, and sincerely desiring the preservation of order throughout that country and its peaceful develop ment, as well as the

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full text of Treaty of Gulistan (1813) In the name of Almighty God With the intention to cease horror of the war and re-establish steady peace and well-wishing friendship neighborhood shared by Russia Empire and the State of Iran since the

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full text of Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) ARTICLE I His Majesty the Russian Emperor and His Majesty the King of Iran have agreed to eternal peace, friendship and full agreement between them, their heirs to the throne,

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Lahijan Lahijan is a Caspian sea resort in and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 71,871, in 21,518 families. The resort Lahijan has both traditional and modern architecture. The

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Leading maritime exhibition offers gateway to maritime and offshore opportunities in Iran   Europort has become the official and exclusive international partner of IRANIMEX, the leading maritime & offshore exhibition in Iran. The agreement brings together the brand behind the

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Fishing for vital company knowledge   Large building projects are delayed by all sorts of issues — money, employees who lack the right skills, public sentiment. But sometimes it is fish spawn, or great-crested newts. The deliverer of such bad news might

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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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OIC Summit should send signals of unity to world Hassan Rouhani has said upcoming Istanbul Summit of the OIC should communicate to the world signals of unity among the member states. President Rouhani and his Kazakh counterpart

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Iran, Kazakhstan to build joint shipping company The Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazakhstan have agreed on the establishment of a joint shipping company. Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) Mohammad Saeidi announced the news in

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North-South Corridor from Russia to India to compete with Suez Canal   Following talks with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that Russia has agreed to begin substantive studies on the implementation of

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Leader calls for ‘honest cooperation’ among Muslims to uproot terrorism Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev late on Monday. “Certain powers, particularly America, are not honest and serious in their alleged fight against

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Russia, Azerbaijan agree to activate Russian-Azerbaijani Business Council visit of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in Baku has led to a number of economic agreements. "We’ve agreed that we will intensify the work of the Russian-Azerbaijani Business Council

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Azerbaijan invites U.S. companies to Baku-based FTZ Azerbaijan has invited the U.S. Agency for International Development and other organizations to participate in the establishment of a free trade zone in the Alat settlement of Baku. Azerbaijan's Economy and Industry Minister Shahin

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Russia still most important partner for Turkmenistan, says president Russia remains the most important partner for Turkmenistan, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said during the meeting with Alexander Zhilkin, governor of Russia's Astrakhan region, in Ashgabat, the Turkmen government reported. The president

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Blurring the Lines of Kazakhstan-Russia Relations Forecast     Kazakhstan will try to increase its independence from Russia-led alliances.     To that end, Astana will make economic and military deals with other countries and build up its domestic military capacity.

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In 25th anniversary of Independency, Turkmenistan focuses on giant TAPI energy project Celebrating its 25th independence anniversary, Turkmenistan - one of major energy exporting countries - is making efforts toward creating stable systems to carry energy to world markets. It

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Rosneft interested participate in Iran's oil, gas plans Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced that Russian Rosneft Company is interested to participate in Iran oil and gas plans, IRNA reported. Rosneft is the leader of Russia's petroleum

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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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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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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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Iran, Kazakhstan’s Speakers Meet in Moscow Senior Iranian and Kazakh legislators on Tuesday held a meeting on the sidelines of the first session of Eurasian parliamentary speakers in the Russian capital, Moscow. At the meeting, Speaker of Iran’s parliament

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Bilateral and three lateral agreements will not be effective until the five-sided agreement is signed - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Rahimpour An issue of transit and provision of assistance to

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Situation in the exhibition industry of Azerbaijan will remain stable - Farid Mammadov, Director of Iteca Caspian   Situation in the exhibition industry of Azerbaijan will remain stable - Farid Mammadov, Director of Iteca Caspian   About the company: Iteca

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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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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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President Aliyev presents ‘Dostluq’ Order to Iranian minister Vaezi   President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Minister of Information and Communications Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran, co-chairman of Azerbaijan-Iran State Commission

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Baku Higher Oil School to organize int’l conference On 25-28 April, 2016, BHOS and UK-based Confidence Capital company with the support of SOCAR will jointly organize international practical conference on 'Caspian Basin and Central Asia: Trade, Logistics, Oil Processing and

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Iran-Azerbaijan trade turnover up by 53% Trade turnover between Iran and Azerbaijan has increased by 53 percent in the first three months of the current year, said Iran's ICT Minister Mahmoud Vaezi speaking to reporters in Baku April 21. Vaezi, who

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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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Azerbaijan may discover additional gas condensate reserves   Azerbaijan has all opportunities for discovering additional gas condensate reserves at its fields in the Caspian Sea, said Natig Aliyev, Azerbaijani energy minister. The minister made the remarks Apr. 25 at the SOCAR International

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Iran to Launch Shipping Line to South America Managing Director of Iran’s Shipping Lines Mohammad Saeedi said the country plans to launch a shipping line to South American countries, as sanctions against the shipping

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Iran ready to be bridge between South Africa,Europe Iran has expressed its readiness to be a bridge between South Africa and the countries in Central Asia, Caucasus and Russia, as well as Eastern Europe. President of the Islamic Republic Hassan Rouhani

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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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Caviar exports from Iran up 183% yr/yr Tehran- Iran’s exports of caviar rose to worth $1.7 million showing 183.3 percent increase in the past Iranian calendar year of 1394 (ended March 19, 2016), the ISNA news agency reported on

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Kazakhstan plans to enter top 10 oil exporters Kazakhstan plans to produce 77 million tons of oil in 2016, Deputy Director General of the Information Oil and Gas Center of Energy Ministry of Kazakhstan Askar Kenzhekhanov said. He made the remarks

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BP with partners invest $58B in Azerbaijan The British BP company and partners have invested $58 billion in Azerbaijan's projects over the period of its activity. The statement came from Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, BP's regional vice president, said Apr. 25, Trend reports. He

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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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Time ripe for Iran-Russia trade: Official An Iranian parliamentarian says ground is apt for promoting trade between Iran and Russia.   Member

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Over $20m agricultural products exported from Astara   The Agricultural Jihad Director of Astara Iraj Shiarkar said that agricultural products worth $20,561,450 were exported abroad in the first month of current Iranian year. Shiarkar told IRNA on Tuesday that

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  Energy: what was once a largely single-resource/two-state controlled industry has given way to other resources of significance. In turn, this has also given rise to other states as major players in the arena. Given the increased need for energy among

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Energy-rich Kazakhstan, which enjoys 30 billion barrels of proved crude oil reserves (as of January 2014, according to the Oil & Gas Journal), expects to enter the top 10 oil exporters by 2020 through producing 130 million tons of oil

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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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Dubai: When Iran took delivery of the first parts of an advanced Russian air defence system this month, it paraded the anti-aircraft missile launchers sent by Moscow to mark Army Day. Tehran had cause to celebrate: the Kremlin`s decision

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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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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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Keeping microbes, zebra mussels away By Kris B. Mamula / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Only in dreams do zebra mussels have anything to do with implants for the brain — unless you’re Noah Snyder. He’s now marketing a chemical compound that can both

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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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Gazprom executives to visit Tehran A 30-strong delegation of Russia’s Gazprom Company, the world’s largest gas exporter, will soon travel to Tehran to launch fresh round of talks with Iran. Headed by Deputy Chairman of Gazprom's Board

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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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Tatarstan interested in trade with Iran A Chamber of Commerce official of Tatarstan, a republic of Russian Federation has voiced the republic’s interest in trade with Iran. This official is the first deputy-head of the Chamber of

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Moscow to host Confab on Iran-Russia Economic Opportunities Conference on Iran-Russia Economic Opportunities will be held in Moscow as part of programs to promote cooperation between the two countries' private sectors and raise economic exchanges from the current

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Russia eases tariffs on Iranian products Russia is paying due attention to imports of commodities from Iran and have eased tariffs on Iranian products by 25%, an official said. Hassan Mortaji, the director of Iran-Russia

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The Ultimate Caviar Tasting Experience In 1991, co-founders Hossein Aimani & Amy Arrow-Aimani set out to bring the best caviar from around the world to the United States. Over the course of the last 25 years, Paramount Caviar has been guided

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Turkmenistan looking to Belarus as a transit partner Turkmenistan views Belarus as a promising partner in a large-scale transit project, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov told reporters after his talks with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on May 11, BelTA

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Moscow eyes more economic ties with Tehran Iranian and Russian officials discussed the ways to develop bilateral economic ties in a meeting on the sideline of Iran’s industry exhibition in Moscow. “It is the best time

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Kiev, Ankara discussed possibility of Ukraine joining the Southern Gas Corridor project   Kiev and Ankara discussed the possibility of Ukraine joining the Southern Gas Corridor project, project, aimed to bring gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe, Ukrainian Vice Prime

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Exports to Russia rapidly increasing: Official Governor General of Gilan province Mohammad Ali Najafi said exports to Russia is rapidly increasing. He made the remarks while talking to reporters in this northern province on Saturday. He said thanks

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Minister: Iran can replace Turkey as Russia's trade partner Iran can replace Turkey as Russia's trade partner, Iranian head of Iran-Russia joint economic commission Mahmoud Vaezi said on Saturday. Speaking in a meeting with East Azerbaijan businessmen, the

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Minister of Agricultural Jihad to visit Azerbaijan Republic Minister of Agricultural Jihad Mahmoud Hojjati is to depart for Azerbaijan Republic on Sunday on an official visit at the invitation of his Azeri counterpart Haydar Asadov. In addition to

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Iran to build 50MW wind farm in Kazakhstan Iran has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan towards building a 50-megawatt wind power plant in the west of Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea coast within 18 months, a report said. The agreement with

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Iran to export agricultural products to Russia Deputy agriculture minister said Iran’s agricultural and fishery products will be deployed to Russia via Tehran-Astrakhan direct flights. Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hassan Salehi announced the launch of direct

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Dutch logistics company eyeing Azerbaijani market The Dutch logistics service company Royal Wagenborg is considering the possibility of entering the Azerbaijani market, Fabio Giurato, director of the company's branch in Kazakhstan, said in an exclusive interview with Trend May 16. Giurato

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Azerbaijani investors to build trade and logistics center between Makhachkala and Kaspiysk Head of the Republic of Dagestan of the Russian Federation Ramazan Abdulatipov posted an information on Instagram highlighting the outcomes of his visit to Baku. Recalling his meetings

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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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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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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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Zero tariff for 8 Iranian export products   Based on an agreement between Tehran and Eurasian Economic Union, the exports tariff for Iran to export eight products to EEU members was eliminated. EEU includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and

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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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Iranian, Kazakh provinces opt for expansion of bilateral ties A Mazandaran provincial official said that the province is ready to expand trade ties with Kazakhstan. Deputy Caretaker of Mazandaran Governor's Office for Coordination of Economic and Development Affairs

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Iran bridge role for india and russia relation Iran’s President Rouhani and the Indian PM Modi have emphasized on boosting ties between the two countries. Speaking at a joint press conference with the visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra

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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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Turkmenistan, Malaysia mull prospects for co-op The prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and Malaysia were discussed during a meeting between Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Malaysian ambassador Norman bin Muhammad, read a message from Turkmenistan's government May 25. During the meeting,

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Iran-Azeri ministers hope for completion of 'friendship railway'   Minister of Communications and Information Technology said on Thursday that construction of the railway linking Iran and Azerbaijan gain momentum and soon become operational. Mahmoud Vaezi, made the remarks

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Russian President Vladimir Putin Aims to Renew Ties During Visit to Greece In his first visit to a European Union member nation in six months, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Greece on Friday to discuss energy and privatization

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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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Iran, Eurasia Economic Union hold first meeting on free trade At the first round of negotiation between Trade Promotion Organization of Iran led by Ziaei Bigdeli and officials of Eurasian Economic Union in Moscow, the two parties reviewed feasibility studies

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Official says easy, inexpensive tranportation allure of trade with Russia A Tehran province trade official referred to easy and inexpensive transit routes as the allure of Russian markets for the Iranian businessmen. Talking to IRNA on

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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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Rouhani: Post-JCPOA era unique opportunity for foreign investment President Hassan Rouhani on Monday hailed the post-JCPOA era as opening up unique opportunity for Iran to attract foreign investment. Speaking in a meeting with the businessmen and investors in

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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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Russian hopes for Iran trade boom run aground at Caspian port   Trade to Iran down at Russian port after end of sanctions. The value of goods shipped from the Astrakhan region to Iran in the first four months of

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Zarif, Nalbandian highlight economic ties   Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has told his Armenian counterpart Iran would help solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Republic of Azerbaijan. Mohammad Javad Zarif and Edward Nalbandian met and discussed bilateral and regional issues

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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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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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Posidonia 2016: DNV GL presents modern classification solutions The promise of new modern classification solutions to deliver quality, fulfill customer’s needs, and implement innovative technologies was the key theme for DNV GL at their

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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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Iran to attend St. Petersburg Intl. Economic Forum   High-ranking Iranian delegation led by Industry Minister will participate in the biggest international economic forum in Russia (SPIEF) with a focus on Iran’s plans for the post-sanction era. In

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“Iran, post-sanctions” seminar to be held in Petersburg   A ranking Iranian economic delegation is to attend a seminar in Petersburg, Russia, which will explore Iran’s special programs for the post-sanctions period. The meeting is to open in

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Europe’s Final Hope For Energy Independence From Russia Europe’s reluctance towards reliance upon Russian natural gas trade is no secret. It’s also no surprise, due to fallouts between Russia and Ukraine (a major transit country for the trade)

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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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Turkmenistan to host 3rd Iran-Project expo   Turkmenistan is to host the 3rd edition of Iran's exclusive exhibition of oil, gas and petrochemicals, water and electricity, construction industry as well as engineering and technical services, known as “Iran Project-2016”,

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Georgia Plans for Energy Overhaul   Georgia is looking to win formal approval to join Europe's Energy community this October, making the country a more competitive location and partner for energy projects, the Georgian government said June 9. In a wide-ranging presentation, which

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Foreign company to assist in creation of Baku FTZ   A foreign company will be involved in the project on creation of a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in the territory of the Baku International Sea Trade Port located in Azerbaijan's Alat

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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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Shifting Conflict and Security Dynamics in the Caucasus: The Role of Regional Powers By Neil J Melvin, Ekaterina Klimenko for Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) As Neil Melvin and Ekaterina Klimenko see it, the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh is arguably

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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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Iran, Russia May Agree to Trade in Local Currencies 'Very Soon' Tehran and Moscow may reach an official agreement on carrying out transactions in national currencies "very soon," Hossein Yaghoubi Miab, the director general of the international affairs department of Iran's

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Iran wants to start joint aircraft production with Russia — minister Negotiations are under way for concluding a Sukhoi Superjet deal Iran wants to start joint aircraft production with Russia, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Iran’s minister of industry, mines and trade, told journalists

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Tehran-Astrakhan direct flight starts operation Deputy-minister of industry, mines and trade has said beginning from early June, flights has been operated directly between Tehran and Russian Caspian port city of Astrakhan. Valiollah Afkhamizadeh told reporters on Saturday

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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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Azerbaijan, Korea to cooperate on infrastructure, energy   Azerbaijan and Korea on June 14 held the first round of a joint commission on economic cooperation aimed at bolstering partnerships in infrastructure, industrial plants and trade and investment. The meeting

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Navy planning to extend presence to Atlantic waters   Islamic Republic of Iran's Navy commander said the presence in the Atlantic Ocean, according to international laws and regulations, is naval forces’ agenda this year. Speaking among reporters on

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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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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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Turkey needs to reduce gas dependence from Russia   After the relations between Turkey and Russia worsened due to the incident with Russian SU-24 bomber in 2015, some say Turkey needs to decrease its reliance on Russian gas and diversify further

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Turkmenistan OKs double taxation avoidance agreement with Czech Republic Turkmen parliament has ratified the convention on double taxation avoidance and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to income taxes and capital signed with the Czech Republic, the Turkmen government reported. Trade,

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Iran Signs Protocol to Import Russian Beef: Rosselkhoznadzor   Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said Tehran and Moscow have signed a protocol whereby Iran allows import of frozen Russian beef to the Islamic Republic. In a statement on Tuesday, Rosselkhoznadzor

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SOCAR activates talks with Iran on trade operations with oil & oil products The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has intensified negotiations with Iran on trade operations with oil and petroleum products on the threshold of the planned visit

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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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<header class="entry-header"> Singapore wins Baku port deal </header>   Baku International Sea Trade Port has signed an MoU with Singapore-based SMRT International and Ectivise Solutions to enhance the operational effectiveness of Azerbaijan’s new port.  The two Singapore-based companies will support the Port of Baku

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Russia’s Lukoil plans to resume Iranian oil refining at Sicily plant Russian oil giant Lukoil plans to resume refining of Iranian oil at the company's ISAB refinery located at the Italian island of Sicily to replace Russian Urals

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MOL wins right to explore for hydrocarbons in Azerbaijan sector of Caspian Sea   Hungary’s largest oil & gas company MOL will conduct exploration works in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. Within his current Baku visit Minister of Foreign

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Iran Sends Commercial Attaché to Russia to Promote Bilateral Trade Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) Valiollah Afkhami Rad said the country’s commercial attaché has been stationed in the Russian capital to help boost economic relations

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An Iranian Petroleum Ministry official says Iran and Turkmenistan have envisioned a $30bn barter deal in their economic exchange. The deal allows for Iranian goods and services to be bartered for Turkmenistan’s natural gas, the official IRNA news agency quoted

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Washington (AFP) - Washington and Moscow on Tuesday accused each other of conducting dangerous maritime maneuvers after two warships sailed closely past each other in the Mediterranean Sea earlier this month.

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TEHRAN (TCA) — An Iranian Petroleum Ministry official says Iran and Turkmenistan are pursuing a $30 billion goods-for-energy barter deal to take place in the course of the next 10 years, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported.   The deal

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Iran will import gas worth $30bn from Turkmenistan over the next ten years in exchange for engineering goods and services of the same value. Oil ministry representative Mohammad Taqi Amanpour said June 27 that the two countries had finalized $2.5bn of

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Iran, Russia to set up 1st joint expo The first joint exhibition of Iran and Russia will be held in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. During the exposition, which will take place from October 26-28 in Yerevan’s venue

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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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Russia and Turkey will “coordinate” their policies over Syria, the countries' foreign ministers said on Friday, in a major diplomatic realignment that could be a major blow for the Western goal of

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On 1 July 2016, the Council prolonged the economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the  Russian economy until 31 January 2017. These measures were introduced on 31 July 2014 initially for one year in response to Russia's actions

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Azerbaijani-Belarusian business forum will be held July 15 in Baku, the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) said July 1. Nearly 10 Belarusian companies will take part in the business forum, organized by Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry and AZPROMO. Trade turnover between

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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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Iran, Russia reach new banking agreement   Officials of Iranian and Russian central banks have reached an accord over launching broker relationships between Russia’s major banks and their Iranian counterparts. On the sidelines of the XXV International Financial

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Russian media, economic delegation in Mazandaran   A Russian media and economic delegation, headed by the manager of the Center for Contemporary Iran Studies in Russia, Recep Safarov, arrived in this northern province on Sunday. The

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India's Iran oil imports rose about 39 per cent in June year on year, preliminary data obtained by Reuters shows. In the first half of 2016 India's Iran oil imports surged by about 58 per cent to about 342,000

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Establishing direct banking relations between Tehran and Ashgabat is a priority for Iran in line with efforts to boost trade ties between the two countries, the Iranian commercial attaché to Turkmenistan said. Ramatollah Khormali said launching

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TEHRAN – An Iranian squadron prevented 12 boats carrying 115 armed pirates from seizing an Iranian oil tanker around the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. The pirates sought to attack the oil tanker, but were forced to flee while facing Martyr Naqdi destroyer. The

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Serbia is performing a delicate balancing act between its European aspirations, partnership with NATO and its centuries-old religious, ethnic and political alliance with Russia. Belgrade is being wooed by the West which has sought to

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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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Pakistan, Azerbaijan call for resolution of Kashmir, Nagorno-Karabakh disputes Ambassador-designate of Azerbaijan to Pakistan calls on SAPM on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi in Islamabad. The Ambassador-designate of Azerbaijan to Pakistan, Ali Alizada called on Special Assistant to the Prime Minister

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U.S. House of Representatives panel will debate legislation on Thursday intended to block Boeing Co's planned sale of dozens of commercial aircraft to Iran, which could also affect other planemakers, including Airbus if they became law. A Financial Services subcommittee will

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  The United States Republican-controlled Congress is set to block Boeing Co's planned sale of dozens of commercial aircraft to Iran. The House of Representatives was to debate an anti-Iran legislature on Thursday that could influence trade between Tehran and Boeing as

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has lashed out at U.K. parliament after its lower house published a report calling on the EU to extend anti-Russian sanctions. The U.S. and EU imposed trade sanctions on Russian businesses perceived to be close to the Kremlin

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Vladimir Putin’s government is considering shifting the burden of oil taxes from the point of export to the point of extraction, a move that would eliminate the benefit of duty-free supplies enjoyed by neighboring Belarus and Kazakhstan, according to two

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Iran's Hassan Rouhani has told India's Narendra Modi his country will remain committed to trilateral agreement on Chabahar, to which India is a party. "The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to promote its ties with India to a strategic level,"

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A House subcommittee on Thursday will debate three bill aimed at halting Boeing’s sale of passenger jets to Iran. The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade plans to debate the measures aimed at stopping the largest U.S. business

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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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Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will resume sailing to Iran this month after a four-year gap, transporting an oil cargo for a state-run refiner, the chairman of India’s biggest shipping company said on Tuesday. The news sent SCI shares trading on

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If the Azerbaijani government had its way, the capital city of Baku might be called a “second Dubai.” Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) – located on the Absheron Peninsula and surrounded on three sides by the inland Caspian Sea –

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Boeing Co BA and the government of Iran have signed a provisional agreement for the sale or lease of more than 100 of Boeing's aircraft to the country's national carrier in a deal valued at around $20 billion. If the deal

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If the Azerbaijani government had its way, the capital city of Baku might be called a “second Dubai.” Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) – located on the Absheron Peninsula and surrounded on three sides by the inland Caspian Sea

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Russia considers Azerbaijan as important strategic partner for Russia in South Caucasus and Caspian Sea region, says FM   Azerbaijan is an important strategic partner for Russia in the South Caucasus and the Caspian Sea region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei

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Beyond Baku: Cargo carriers reach past the Caspian If the Azerbaijani government had its way, the capital city of Baku might be called a “second Dubai.” Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) – located on the Absheron Peninsula and surrounded on three

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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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NIOC, Zarubezhneft ink confidentiality agreement   NIOC and Russia’s JSC Zarubezhneft have signed an MoU as well as a confidentiality contract over expanding two of Iran’s joint oil fields with Iraq. The deal was sealed with the Russian

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Elena Dunayeva: "Azerbaijan is a link between Russia and Iran"   The meeting of presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran will be held in the first decade of August. A senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Middle

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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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President Aliyev: Relevant instructions given to revive Odessa-Brody project   Relevant instructions have been given to revive the Odessa-Brody project, said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev while making a press statement jointly with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Baku July 14. President

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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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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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Russian Ministry of North Caucasus eyes Caspian hub project   The first session of a working group to analyze potentials of a Caspian transportation and logistics hub and to prepare proposals on its efficient implementation was held at the Russian Ministry of

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Iran’s communication minister to visit Russia next week   Iran’s Minister of Communication and IT Mahmoud Vaezi will pay a visit to Russia next week, the Iranian embassy in Moscow said on Wednesday. "An economic delegation led by Vaezi will visit Astrakhan and

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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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Iran after creating large-scale exporting firms   Iran’s deputy industry minister has announced that the country is seeking to establish major exporting companies. Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Valiollah Afkhami Rad said there exists no doubt that

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Yelena Dunayev: "Iran was closed, inaccessible and strange country for Russia"   Russia plans to complete the delivery of S-300 to Iran until the end of the year, the work under contract goes according to plan, the head of

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Taban Air launches Tehran-Astrakhan direct flight   Taban Air CEO has announced the operation of a new flight path between Tehran and Russia’s Astrakhan. Founder and CEO of Taban Air Airline Company Asghar Abdollahpour made the announcement saying

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Iran’s IT minister leaves Tehran for Russia on Tue.   Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi left Tehran for Moscow on Tuesday. Heading an economic delegation, Vaezi is slated to attend Russian-Iranian joint trade and economic

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Georgia and Turkey look to build HPP on river Mtkvari   Georgia and Turkey are jointly looking at ways to deepen energy cooperation and build a hydroelectric power plant on the river Mtkvari, which originates in Turkey then runs eastward

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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 self-sufficient in wheat for 2nd year   Iran expects its state-sponsored purchases of wheat from domestic farmers to surpass 10 million tonnes this year, Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati says. Harvests in the 2016/2017 crop season are on track to make

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Iran, Russia want broader ICT cooperation   Iran and Russia have called for stronger measures to promote cooperation in the area of telecommunications and cyberspace. This was expressed in a meeting between Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud

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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, Russia discuss creation of satellite, free trade zone   Russian companies are interested in the Iranian market, said Russia’s Energy Minister and Co-chair of the Russia-Iran Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation Alexander Novak. Novak made the remarks during the

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Iran, Russia Plan to Ink 70-Project Cooperation Deal   Iran and Russia are to sign a cooperation deal on more than 70 industrial projects, Russian media reports said on Saturday. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the plans were decided

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Russian industrial giant seals deal with Iran   Russia’s Technopromexport has become the country’s first enterprise to win a major industrial deal from Iran after the removal of the sanctions against the country.  Technopromexport, part of Russia's

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Russia may supply components for Iranian satellites   Components for Iranian satellites may be produced by Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation, said Russian Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov after meeting with Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Vaezi in Moscow. “Iran shows a great

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Turkmenistan, France strengthening co-op   Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with France’s extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador Patrick Pascal, said the message from Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry. Pascal is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties expressed intention to further

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Leaders of Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan to discuss North-South transport project on August 8 The project will be a great contribution to developing inter-regional cooperation, says the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry The presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran - Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliev

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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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Putin: Russian-Iranian co-op has already become strategic   Establishing a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran can give a strong impetus to expanding bilateral trade and investment, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an

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Iran’s oil minister to mull oil, gas co-op with Azerbaijan   Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh will visit Baku Aug. 7 to discuss the cooperation in oil and gas sector with Azerbaijani officials. Zanganeh, who will accompany Iranian president Hassan Rouhani

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Putin praises prospects of Russia-Azerbaijan transit traffic capacities   The Russian leader welcomes consolidation of Iran's and Azerbaijan's railway infrastructure under the International North-South Transport Corridor. The integration of Iranian and Azerbaijani railroads within the north-south transport corridor opens up new

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Moscow more than willing to extend nuclear partnership with Iran   Moscow intends to continue to help Tehran in the implementation of Iran nuclear deal, as parties agreed on plans for construction of 8 nuclear power plants in Iran,

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Iran would help solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict   President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has told a press conference in Baku Iran has welcomed intermediation in Nagorno-Karabagh to help Republic of Azerbaijan solve the conflict with Armenia. President Rouhani is

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'Rouhani-Putin-Aliyev meeting to set in motion regional convergence'   Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Paka'ein asserts that the tripartite meeting between presidents of Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan in Baku on August 8 will open a new chapter in regional

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Week Ahead Political Diary: Erdogan to meet Putin for talks     Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold talks

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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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Baku meeting to kick-start Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan trilateral ties   President Rouhani said the Monday meeting in Baku aimed at promoting Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan relations will meet the interests of the three countries as well as the whole region.   President Rouhani

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Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan Plan to Boost Trade Via Major Transport Project   The International North–South Transport Corridor (NSTC) is expected to become the key topic on the agenda of a summit involving Russian President Vladimir Putin, his

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Russia, Armenia to host Iranian goods expo.   Head of Tehran Agriculture Organization said exhibitions of Iranian products will be held in Russia and Armenia in near future. The event will pursue the aim of introducing Iranian products

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Iran, Azerbaijan ink 6 MoUs in Baku The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan signed six memoranda of understanding in Baku on Sun. to further deepen ties between the two countries. In the ceremony

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Putin indicates Russia wants Iran in EEU   Russia says it wants Iran to join a regional economic alliance of Eurasian countries in which it is a leader – a move that could bring the two countries closer in their

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Baku Summit to Enrich Persian Gulf With Caspian Sea Resources   Leaders of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan met in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to intensify their cooperation in the energy field. Political expert Sajjad Tayeri said

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'Rouhani-Putin-Aliyev meeting to set in motion regional convergence'   Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Paka'ein asserts that the tripartite meeting between presidents of Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan in Baku on August 8 will open a new chapter in regional

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Putin: Trade, economic relations with Turkey to be discussed in autumn   Trade and economic relations with Turkey will be discussed in the autumn, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a joint press conference following the meeting with his Turkish counterpart

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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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 Trade between Russia & Iran surges 71 percent   With the lifting of sanctions, trade turnover between Moscow and Tehran has grown 70.9 percent in year-on-year terms, according to Russia's ambassador to Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan. Since international sanctions against Iran

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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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From Iran to Russia, Trade Links Promise Protection Against Future Sanctions     Geo-economics dominated the agenda of two critical meetings this week: a trilateral economic summit in Baku between Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani, followed by a

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Mastercards now available in Iran   Iran’s ICT Minister Mahmoud Vaezi has announced that MasterCard’s international credit cards are now available inside the country. Speaking during a ceremony to inaugurate infrastructure projects of Iran Post, Iranian Minister of

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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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Iran and Russia: The emergence of a new connectivity alliance    Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan’s trilateral summit to further strengthen cooperation in economy, energy and transport fields will be a step in the right direction to enhance connectivity,

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Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran: New format for long-term partnership   On August 8, 2016 a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran took place in Baku. A joint declaration was adopted to underline and affirm intent

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Azerbaijan Courts Russia and Iran   Analysis The balance in the Caucasus is changing. With Iran emerging from the malaise of sanctions, it is reaching north and becoming more

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Iran, Armenia to boost electricity exchange   An official has announced that Iran-Armenia electricity exchange volume will become trebled upon completion of the third transmission line. Vice President of Iran Power & Water Industries Equipment & Services Export

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Iran eyes resumption of oil swap operations   Iran, which ranks the fourth in the world for the volume of its proven oil reserves, is about to resume oil swap scheme with Caspian littoral states

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Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan ready to cruise organizing on Caspian Sea if other riparian countries agree   Tourism industry of Kazakhstan welcomes the initiative of cruise organizing on the Caspian Sea. Today, during the video-bridge titled “Prospects for tourism development in Azerbaijan

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 Turkey and the Energy Transit Question   For foreign and security policy analysts, pipelines tend to be the entry point into the world of energy. Pipelines create dependencies between countries, pipelines stay for decades, and pipelines have a highly symbolic political value. In

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 Topaz buck trend with H1 profit, reveal 1.6bn dollar order backlog Topaz Energy and Marine has achieved what most operators in the battered offshore sector can only dream of – a first half profit – courtesy of a “rigorous cost containment

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Batumi to host 3rd International Black and Caspian Sea Transport Forum, Sept. 19-21 The 3rd  International Black Sea and Caspian Sea Transport Forum will be held in Batumi City, the Republic of Georgia, on September 19-21, the event organizing committee said. The

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Turkmenistan, Germany to sign some documents   Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov intends to pay a working visit to Germany August 29-30, the Turkmen government said Aug. 27. According to the message, several documents are planned to be signed as part of the

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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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Vitol to buy Iran, Russia swap oil   An oil official has announced that Vitol S.A. of Switzerland is likely to purchase Russian crude to be swapped through Iran’s largest oil terminal in the Caspian Sea. Despite the

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Socar Joins New Adriatic Pipe Project   Four western Balkans nations signed a memorandum of understanding with Azerbaijan state Socar on co-operation on building the Ionian Adriatic pipeline (IAP) on the sidelines of a Dubrovnik forum 25-26 August. The

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Iran pursues rail link to Caucasus states   Deputy road minister has announced that Qazvin-Rasht railroad, upon completion, will connect Iran to Caucasus countries. Ali Nourzad, Iran's Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development, deemed Qazvin-Rasht railway as

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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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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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Russia, Iran sign MoU on banking coop.   Iran and Russia on Thu. signed an MoU in the fields of banking cooperation, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, and development of settlements in national currencies in bilateral trade.

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Renewal of Tehran-Ankara relations   Since July 15 failed coup in Turkey, Iranian FM Zarif embarked on a visit to Ankara to hold close consultation with Turkish officials on the Syrian crisis since its outbreak some five years ago.

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 Summit Signals Russia’s New Strategy Towards Iran Faced with recent strains in the relationship, Moscow has expanded its dialogue with Tehran to issues beyond the Syrian conflict. Hassan Rouhani, Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin meet in Baku. In early August, Russian

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Challenges and Prospects of International Transport Routes Discussed in Aktau   The Caspian and Black seas regions international conference, designed to address efficient logistics in the countries with the participation of Caspian and Black sea regions representatives, took place Aug. 24-25 in

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Topaz cable layer wins North Sea wind farm contract extension   Dubai-based OSV operator Topaz Energy and Marine has been awarded a one year contract extension, with options for at least 12 months, from ABB

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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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Weekly Overview: Caspian Sailaway; East-West Politics and the East Med   Weekly Overview: Caspian Sailaway; East-West Politics and the East Med The sailaway of the first Shah Deniz jacket on time on September 1 from its Caspian Sea shipyard was marked by a

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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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Iran, Russia to boost Ruble-Rial swap   Vice chairman of Iran-Russian Chamber of Commerce has called for currency swap to further develop volume of the two countries' trade exchanges. Ghadir Ghiafeh touched upon the banking cooperation agreement between

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Turkmenistan discussing Caspian Sea agreements   Another meeting of the Turkmen Interdepartmental Commission on the Caspian Sea was held in Ashgabat, the Turkmen government said Sept. 6. According to the message, the draft agreements on trade and economic cooperation among the Caspian-littoral

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Eurasian security: from Baku to Moscow and beyond   A series of meetings in August between the leaders of the most influential states in the South Caucasus could have broad implications for the entire region. On Aug. 8, Russian President Vladimir

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Cuba to seek oil imports from Russia, Iran   Cuba is looking to Russia and Iran to make up for dwindling oil supplies from close ally Venezuela. The island is keen to replenish oil supplies as it works to revive foreign tourism

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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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NICO, Total to sign oil swap contract   Iran’s Naftiran Intertrade Company Sàrl (NICO) and France’s Total S.A. Company have agreed on sealing an oil swap deal. Naftiran Intertrade Company Sàrl (NICO), a Swiss-based subsidiary of the National

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Russian-Iranian bank may ditch the US dollar   Moscow and Tehran are actively working on opening a joint bank with plans to carry out operations in national currencies, according to the former president of the Russia-Iran Friendship Society

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Iran, Kazakhstan establish new sea trade route   An Iranian official announced Mon. the official inauguration of a new port in Kazakhstan’s city of Aktau by the docking of an Iranian ship there. Ali Akbar Ghonji, Managing Director

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Turkmenistan opens $2.3 billion bird-shaped international air terminal   Turkmenistan opened a $2.3 billion air terminal at Ashgabat International Airport on Saturday as part of its bid to become an international transport hub and offset a plunge in traditional revenues from gas

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Turkish company to build major new port in Turkmenistan   Turkish construction company GAP, owned by the Çalık Group, will build a port in the city of Turkmenbashi on Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea coast over four years, Hurriyet reported. The

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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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Oil Rebounds on Talk of Russia-Iran-OPEC Cooperation Russia supports year-long deal to stabilize oil, its OPEC representative tells Interfax Oil prices rebounded from a new one-month low Tuesday after further talk of cooperation to cap output among the world’s largest oil exporters. Russia

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Opportunities in Iran and Russia   Pakistan’s increasing isolation as a result of a flawed foreign policy  requires immediate rectification.  There is a need  to mend  damaged relations and at the same time make as many new ones as  possible. Nawaz

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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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Iran, Russia to build 4 thermal power plants   Iran and Russia authorities have emphasized implementation of the Green Corridor customs and the need to finalize the contract for construction of four thermal power plants. Iran's Ambassador to

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Today, the Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Moscow. The two leaders discussed key issues of bilateral cooperation and exchange views on important regional issues during the talks. Russian President noted that

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IIKSS- Baku has today hosted Caspian European Club’s (Caspian Business Club) business forum held with participation of the governor of the Tyumen Oblast of the Russian Federation Vladimir Yakushev. Prospects of cooperation between the companies of Azerbaijan and

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IIKSS- Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom will discuss energy cooperation during UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan Baroness Nicholson’s visit to Azerbaijan on November 28–December 1. The UK Embassy in Baku told Trend that

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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- Turkmenistan and Malaysia aim at enhancing of the mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, energy sector, as well as petrochemical, gas chemical, textile, food sectors, the Turkmen state news agency (TDH) reported. Meanwhile, the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov

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IIKSS- Together with centuries of European music and literary works, the legendary Volga is celebrated in the song of the Volga boatmen. Europe's longest river, the Volga remains a big influence in Russian history. It is a region

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IIKSS- Tehran is hoping to sign new agreements with Russian energy companies by mid-December, Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Amir Zamaninia said Thursday. "We hope that by the second half of December, we are ready to sign

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IIKSS - Voters in Bulgaria and Moldova could extend Moscow’s influence in eastern Europe on Sunday in potential fresh blows to the European Union. Bulgarians are expected to elect a Russia-friendly former air force commander as president in

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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 - HE Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan received HE Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on the side-lines of his visit to the Chamber’s International Office-hosted annual networking reception held in Baku

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IIKSS - During the session of the cabinet of Ministers on November 18, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted that development of mutually beneficial partnership with neighbouring countries including with Caspian states is one of the priority directions of foreign

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IIKSS - Representatives of the Mejlis of the country, hyakims of velayats and Ashgabat, chancellors of universities, leaders of ministries and departments, mass media were invited to the session. Having announced the agenda, the Leader of the

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IIKSS - President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Rustam Azimov, who arrived in Ashgabat to take part in the Global Conference for Sustainable Transport System. Expressing gratitude for

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IIKSS - Speaking during the opening ceremony of Atamurat-Ymamnazar-Akina railway - the first link of the Asian transnational transport corridor, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mojhammad Ashraf Ghani underlined the

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IIKSS - The Azerbaijan-Pakistan business forum will be held in Baku on December 6, the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Fund (AZPROMO) reported on November 29. The representatives of the Pakistani companies specializing in food industry, textiles, pharmaceutics,

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IIKSS - Since 2007, the European Union has successfully implemented 48 twinning projects in Azerbaijan. Jeroen Willems, Head of the Cooperation Section of the EU Delegation in Azerbaijan announced about this during the event dedicated to summing up

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IIKSS - Dubai hosted a trade mission of Kazakhstani producers organized by the Kazakh Agency for Export and Investment KAZNEX INVEST, Ministry for Investments and Development of Kazakhstan, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Dubai with

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IIKSS - Iran and Turkmenistan intend to boost their ties and level of cooperation in various fields of economy, including energy, transport, and trade. Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Ebrahim

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IIKSS - Azerbaijan and Cuba enjoy good political relations and have good opportunities for cooperation in spheres of trade and economics, as well as, tourism, culture, and sports. The remarks were made at a meeting of Foreign Minister

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IIKSS - President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan where outcomes of the government activity and work of branches were summed up for the past 11 months of the year. The

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IIKSS - The first meeting of Azerbaijan-Qatar Joint Economic, Trade and Technical Intergovernmental Commission with participation of members from Azerbaijani side has been held in Baku, Azertac reported. Azerbaijan’s Minister of Emergency Situations, Colonel General, co-chair of the

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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 - Iran is going to participate in construction of renewable energy plants in Kazakhstan and the two countries are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding in this regard, Shana quoted a Kazakh official as saying on

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IIKSS - Having announced the agenda of the session, the Head of the State gave floor to Chairperson of the Mejlis A. Nurberdiyeva who reported on the activity of the Parliament for improvement of legislation base as well

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IIKSS - Turkey’s Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci has voiced his country’s intention to simplify customs procedures with Azerbaijan, and establish a “green corridor”, similar to the one existing between Russia and Turkey. “Turkey’s Ministry of Customs

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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 - Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates discussed perspectives of the development of the bilateral relations, as Baku’s Ambassador to the UAE Dashgin Shikarov met the country`s deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan,

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IIKSS - Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and Ambassador of Palestine Muhammad Abdullah Tarshahani discussed intensifying the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres, the Turkmen foreign ministry said in a message Dec.

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IIKSS - The energy cooperation prospects between Turkmenistan and Bangladesh were discussed during a meeting with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Bangladesh to Turkmenistan (with a residence in Tehran) Mahbur Rahman in the Turkmen Foreign Ministry. The Turkmen

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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 - Turkey’s foreign minister Sunday said Russia has kept its recent promises to Turkey on upholding the cease-fire in Syria. "In recent days, Russia has kept its promises on all efforts regarding the cease-fire, for humanitarian aid,

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IIKSS - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed on Dec. 28 Kairat Abdrakhmanov the country’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Timur Suleimenov the new Minister of National Economy, according to a release from the President’s press service. Abdrakhmanov,

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IIKSS - Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent congratulations to leaders of a number of post-Soviet countries on the occasion of the New Year and the forthcoming Eastern Orthodox Christmas, which is observed on January 7. The Kremlin

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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 - Azerbaijan will consider renewing its air fleet until 2020 as the country endorsed the Strategic Road Map for the development of logistics and trade. Azerbaijan Airlines will particularly consider renewing old Airbus and Embraer planes. Azerbaijan

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IIKSS - Azerbaijani government intends to increase the share of the private sector in the sphere of logistics in 2017-2020, according to the country’s “Strategic road map on development of logistics and trade”. The government will prepare a

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IIKSS - Iran and Azerbaijan are boosting trade and transportation ties, following the new agreements reached during a joint intergovernmental commission held in Baku and Nakhchivan last week. The two sides agreed to reduce transit fees to $100

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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 - The Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan has announced privatization auction for 34 government-owned companies, the state news agency said. The auction will be held on January 31, 2017. Theses companies are located in different

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IIKSS - Turkmenistan will transit 300,000 tons of carbamide through Azerbaijan in 2017, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC said in a message Jan. 6. Azerbaijan Railways actively participates in implementation of the projects of international transportation corridors, important for Azerbaijan,

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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 - President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov hold first in 2007 session of the Government where the vice-premiers gave report on their activities and drafts of certain documents were reviewed. First, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers B. Hojamammedov

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IIKSS - Azerbaijan and Iran have started studying opportunities for integration of the two countries’ bank card systems, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) told Trend. "Currently, this issue is being studied by a special expert commission," said

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IIKSS - A business mission representing Russia’s South Urals Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SUCCI) will pay a visit to Azerbaijan in June 2017. The visit is expected to enhance the relations between the entrepreneurs of the two

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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 - Qatar has offered Azerbaijan to organize a forum of Islamic countries on the eve of the fourth Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Baku on May 12-22, 2017, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economy said in

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IIKSS - The railroads of Iran and Azerbaijan will be connected in a month, according to Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi. The two country’s rail networks will be linked via a 10-km route connecting the

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IIKSS - Azerbaijan, which is one of the largest suppliers of oil to the Czech Republic, is interested in development of cooperation in the energy sector. Azerbaijani Ambassador to Czech Republic, Farid Shafiyev said that currently the two

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IIKSS - Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates signed a number of documents within the talks of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in expanded format on Jan.

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IIKSS - Iran, Germany ink transportation dealsThe agreements were signed by Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi and German Minister of Transportation Alexander Dobrindt here in Tehran. They also agreed to form a work group

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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 - President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent deep condolences to President of Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani with relations to the collapse of Plasko Trade Centre in Teheran resulted in numerous human casualties and injuries. On

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IIKSS - The volume of Azerbaijan’s GDP reached 5.23 billion manat (official exchange rate on Feb. 18 is 1.7352 AZN/USD) in January 2017 that is by 0.8 percent more than in the same period of 2016, according to

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IIKSS- Azerbaijan and Iran will create a joint chamber for settling possible differences between traders from both countries, Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi, who is on a visit in Baku, said in an interview with Trend. The minister

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IIKSS - With all the expectations that Russian businesses had about Iran after the lifting of American sanctions, the 60% growth in Russia-Iran trade from $1.2 billion in 2015 to almost $2 billion in 2016 can hardly be

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IIKSS- Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in Almaty on February 27. The two presidents are expected to discuss current bilateral cooperation in trade and the economy, culture and the humanitarian sector,

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IIKSS- President of CJSC Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) Jahangir Asgarov received the delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Djibouti, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on February 24. At the meeting the sides discussed bilateral relations between

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IIKSS- Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev entered Ardebil Province in northwest Iran on Wednesday to take part in a business forum. Heading a 50-member economic delegation, the minister discussed ways of expanding transactions with Iran, particularly in

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IIKSS- Iran’s major car-maker plans to open new plants in neighboring Azerbaijan. The issue was on agenda of the Azerbaijan-Iran Business Forum in Urmia, where a delegation headed by Minister Shahin Mustafayev arrived in to discuss expansion of

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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- Turkmenistan will further consider the prospects of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), the ‘Neutral Turkmenistan’ newspaper quoted President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov as saying Feb. 21. President Berdimuhamedov made the remarks at a meeting of the Cabinet of

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IIKSS- Ashgabat hosted a meeting with Palestine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mazen Shamiyah, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message. During the talks, the sides exchanged views on cooperation in trade, economy, as well as in the political

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IIKSS- Ashgabat city hosted a meeting with an Afghan delegation led by the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nasir Ahmad Andisha, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message Feb. 22. “Regular political consultations are one of the most

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IIKSS- Turkmenistan will continue the active cooperation on the Caspian Sea issues on a five-party basis, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. The Caspian Sea is surrounded by Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan

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IIKSS- Last week, Russia and Iran launched the construction of the Sirik 1.4-gigawatt thermal nuclear plan in the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. The opening ceremony was attended by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. In mid-December

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IIKSS- Relations between Russia and the United States are at their worst since the Cold War, a Russian Foreign Ministry official has said, placing the blame on the Obama administration. “The current state of relations between Russia and

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IIKSS- Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed the importance of developing the trade and economic relations with Iran for the strengthening of mutually beneficial partnership. Berdimuhamedov said about this in his message to participants of the specialized exhibition of Iran, which

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IIKSS- The president of the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, described Russia as the Central Asian nation’s number one partner during talks Monday with counterpart Vladimir Putin in Almaty. “For our country, Russia remains the number

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IIKSS- A ceremony to sign documents between Azerbaijan and Qatar has been held with participation of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani. Qatari Minister

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IIKSS- A team at International Research Networks (IRN) organised an excellent Iran Business Symposium on Feb. 21+23, 2017, at the Renaissance Hotel in Amsterdam. It was attended by Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Italy, and many other EU countries and

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IIKSS- A team at International Research Networks (IRN) organised an excellent Iran Business Symposium on Feb. 21+23, 2017, at the Renaissance Hotel in Amsterdam. It was attended by Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Italy, and many other EU countries and

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IIKSS- The Vice-Governor of Iran’s Central Bank for Foreign Exchange Affairs, Gholamali Kamyab, met with Kassymbek, the Kazakh Minister of Investment and Development on Thursday in Astana. Gholamali Kamyab, the Vice-Governor of Iran’s Central Bank for Foreign Exchange

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IIKSS- In a message on the occasion of 515 years of Iran-Russia historical ties, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that few countries in the world have as deep and historical relations. However, he said that

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IIKSS- The recent visit of Azerbaijani president to Tehran as well as signing of several important documents showed an eternal friendship between the two neighboring countries. President Ilham Aliyev paid a one-day official visit to Iran on March

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