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BISHKEK (TCA) — After the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is constructed, Kyrgyzstan will have access to sea and become a transit country, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev said on Kyrgyz national radio this week. Currently, the railway track gauge is being discussed with the Chinese side, he added. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Economic growth could resume modestly in Central Asia if there is a stabilization of commodity prices, according to the World Bank’s January 2016 Global Economic Prospects. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Russian gas giant Gazprom in 2016 will increase natural gas purchases from Uzbekistan, Russia’s TASS news agency reported citing Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan's state natural-gas company Turkmengas on January 4 said that Russia’s Gazprom Export, the export arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, had notified Turkmengas of a decision to terminate purchases of Turkmen natural gas in January 2016. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Politically and economically, Central Asia will largely depend on Russia’s and China’s recovery and any prediction for 2016 can make sense only with consideration of the political and economic capabilities of these two countries. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas. Continue reading