KABUL (TCA) — Direct talks between the Afghan government and authorized representatives of the Taliban may take place in early March, TOLOnews reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — The Government of Kazakhstan has approved a new forecast of the country’s socio-economic development for this year, Kazakh media reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan will cut its oil production to 74 million tons if the oil price falls below $30 per barrel, the country’s Deputy Energy Minister Asset Magauov told a press conference on February 23, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — A delegation of Kazakhstan’s national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), headed by the company’s President Askar Mamin, on February 21 and 22 visited Iran to discuss joint construction of a cargo terminal in Iran’s port of Bandar Abbas and a dry port at the Incheburun rail station on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran, the press service of KTZ said.
TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran expects to attract $45 billion in foreign investment this year as the country’s economy is opening up to global corporations, Iran’s PressTV news agency reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Global Firepower Military Ranks-2016, which includes 126 countries ranked by military strength, ranks Uzbekistan as the strongest among Central Asia countries (54th), followed by Kazakhstan (66th), Kyrgyzstan (78th), Tajikistan (81st), and Turkmenistan (90th).
