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BAKU (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on December 7 said it will provide $1 billion in private and public sector assistance to expand Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II, one of the world’s largest gas fields. The move would become the first step in creating an alternative for gas deliveries to Europe from the Caspian region. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan have vowed to work together to prepare the grounds for the construction of a North-South Transit Corridor (NSTC), which is expected to provide a faster trade connectivity between Europe and South East Asia and become a rival to the Suez Canal, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A regular meeting of foreign ministers of the five Caspian Sea littoral states took place in the Kazakh capital Astana on July 13. Continue reading
BAKU (TCA) — Member countries of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey — are currently preparing for signing a protocol on the application of common customs procedures and standards. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Sir Suma Chakrabarti, is visiting three Caspian states next week. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have been involved in tensions concerning disputed border areas in the Ferghana Valley, a densely populated region shared by Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, we are republishing an article by Paul Goble, entitled “Central Asia’s ‘Karabakhs’ may be even more dangerous than the original”, originally published by the Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor, which draws a parallel between the Caucasus and Central Asia. The article is below: Continue reading
