ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has proposed declaring 2016 the “year of deepening economic relations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) with third countries and key integration associations”.
ASTANA (TCA) — France’s Alstom and the Kazakh national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) have closed the deal of Alstom’s acquisition of an additional 25% in the EKZ joint venture (JV), created in 2010 by Alstom, KTZ and Transmashholding (TMH) to produce electric locomotives in Kazakhstan, Alstom said on February 11.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The demand for real estate, especially for housing, and motor vehicles has been declining in Tajikistan, Avesta news agency reported.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first regular container train running from China through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Iran on February 10 entered Iran through Turkmenistan’s Serahs rail station, the State Information Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran has said it needs $200 billion in investments to revamp its oil industry, the country’s PressTV news agency reported.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, led by Mr. Paul Ross, visited Tajikistan from February 1 to 10 to discuss the country’s macroeconomic policies and the structural reform agenda.
