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).
TASHKENT (TCA) — Last year some 4.8 thousand companies with foreign investments operated in Uzbekistan, and the country registered 494 new companies with foreign investment, including 330 in the capital Tashkent, Novosti Uzbekistana news portal reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — An auction to sell irrigated farmland will take place in the East Kazakhstan province this May along with an agricultural investment forum with the participation of domestic and foreign investors, the official website of the East Kazakhstan governor reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — A Kazakh delegation headed by East Kazakhstan province Governor Danial Akhmetov last week visited Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to discuss distribution of cars manufactured by Kazakhstan’s BIPEK AVTO-AZIA AVTO in these countries, the East Kazakhstan governor’s website reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan is looking for a new partner for the second phase of construction of an integrated gas-chemical complex in the country’s Atyrau province after South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd has quitted the project, Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry said in a report on the results of its work in 2015 and plans for 2016.
