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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Avaza national tourist zone on Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea coast hosted the International conference HEAVY CASPIAN: TURKMENISTAN. The transport and logistics forum was organized by the Heavy World company, one of the world leaders in the field of heavy and oversized cargo transportation, together with the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan and the Turkmen Logistics Association (TLA), the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported on October 2. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan has been consistent in pursuing a balanced policy in its relations with the world’s big powers — which is particularly illustrated by Astana’s maneuvering between Russia and the US. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Nurlan Aliyev*: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has proposed to create a regional transport council of the Central Asian countries. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Even after the signing of the Caspian Sea’s Legal Status Convention, prospects of Turkmenistan being someday able to export its natural gas via the proposed Trans-Caspian gas pipeline remain vague and problematic. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Ilgar Gurbanov, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The first container train with a batch of non-ferrous metals was sent from Kazakhstan’s rail station Novoustkamenogorsk to the Turkish port of Derince. The train of 88-mi 20-foot containers will follow along the Trans-Caspian Transport Route (TITR) through the port of Kuryk and the water area of the Caspian Sea. The cargo will be delivered to Istanbul within 15 days, the press service of Kazakhstan’s KTZ Express company said on August 16. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted the president of Turkmenistan for talks following the long-awaited signing of a new convention on the legal status of the resource-rich Caspian Sea, RFE/RL reported. At the start of his meeting with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi on August 15, Putin said he would like to discuss "all issues that are of interest for bilateral relations" following the signing of the agreement. "We have always built our relations based on mutual respect, so we are really doing a lot to promote our cooperation," the Turkmen leader said. Ahead of the informal meeting, the Kremlin said the talks would touch upon the "entire range of bilateral relations," including a "possible energy dialogue." The Sochi meeting came three days after an August 12 summit in Kazakhstan's port city of Aktau during which Putin, Berdymukhammedov, and the presidents of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Kazakhstan signed a new convention on the legal status and delimitation of the oil- and gas-rich Caspian Sea — a matter disputed by the five littoral states for more than 20 years. The talks also followed the signing of a "strategic partnership" agreement between Russia and Turkmenistan in Ashgabat in October 2017. Ties between the two countries have been strained by disputes over the issue of natural-gas supplies. Russia has suspended gas purchases from Turkmenistan for years, citing contract violations by Turkmenistan, while the Central Asian country supplied China with its fuel. Turkmenistan casts itself as a neutral country and is not a member of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union or the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which include other former Soviet republics in Central Asia.
