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Foreign ministers meet over Caspian Sea legal status

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

Kazakhstan and Iran to establish joint shipping company in the Caspian

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Iran have agreed on the establishment of a joint shipping company, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported on April 12. Continue reading

Norway interested in cooperation with Kazakhstan’s Mangistau region

ASTANA (TCA) — Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Norway in Astana Vegard Stensrud discussed issues of cooperation with Kazakhstan’s western Mangistau region, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website on March 4. Continue reading

Iran’s opening-up: southern comfort for Central Asia

LONDON (TCA) — Amidst the wildest speculations that predominantly Shiite Iran might emerge as a powerful buffer to keep Sunnite extremism at bay for Central Asia and take the shape of a regional power broker, realities speak a different language. For the moment, Iran needs everybody else’s help a lot more than anybody else needs Iran’s. But where politics face a long haul, trade might have a unique and immediate opportunity – especially where the landlocked Central Asian former Soviet republics are concerned. Continue reading