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The Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea, signed during the V summit of the heads of the Caspian States, could be an additional step to increase gas exports through the TRANS-Adriatic gas pipeline (TAP). This was stated by Trend Deputy Director of the International Institute of energy policy and diplomacy of the...

The state and prospects of development of Turkmen-Russian relations were discussed at the meeting "without ties", which was held on Wednesday in Sochi by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. As Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed, Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation are strategic partners, building interstate relations on the principles of mutual respect. In this regard, the Turkmen...

On August 15, Sochi will host a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the press service of the Kremlin. As expected, the meeting will address key issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, trade, economic, scientific, educational, cultural and humanitarian spheres, as well as...

- A special high-level working group under the auspices of the Ministries of foreign affairs of the Caspian States, designed to implement the provisions of the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, will meet in autumn in Azerbaijan, - Minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov said, INTERFAX-KAZAKHSTAN reports. "There is an...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the signing of the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and called the document a historic achievement on the way to regional cooperation, INTERFAX reports. "This historic document demonstrates the importance of regional cooperation, which is necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security", - the...

CIS countries plan to create a single visa area of the Central Asian States, according to ORIENT news Agency.  This is due to the fact that in ancient times the Great silk road passed through the territory of the Central Asian States, and now on the world market all tourist products associated with this historical phenomenon...

The strategic partnership agreement between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation has entered into legal force. On the eve of the Fifth Caspian summit on August 11, 2018 in Aktau, an exchange of instruments of ratification of the Treaty between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation on strategic partnership was held, signed during the official visit of Vladimir...

The shipbuilding and ship repair plant "Balkan", located in Turkmenbashi, plans to develop a tanker fleet for the transportation of oil and gas products produced in the country. This was reported during a workshop on the tasks of the shipbuilding and ship repair plant "Balkan", which was held by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a visit...

World oil prices in the morning of August 13 do not show a single dynamics. This is evidenced by the auction data. As of 8:36 GMT, the cost of October futures for the North sea Brent mixture decreased by 0.26% to 72.62 dollars per barrel, September futures for WTI - fell by 0.06% to 67.59 dollars...

China is studying the possibility of building a branch of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline from Pakistan, Chief executive officer of the Pakistani State company "Interstate gas systems" (ISGS) Mobin Saulat said, ORIENT News agency reported, citing the firstpost publication. In the first half of 2018, the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline delivered 16 million 356 thousand tons...

The VI Summit of the heads of the Caspian States is scheduled to be held in Turkmenistan. This is stated in the document adopted following the results of today's meeting of the leaders of the Caspian countries in Kazakhstan's Aktau, the News agency ORIENT reports. As President Berdymuhamedov noted, today the importance of the Caspian sea...

On August 12, Kazakhstan's Aktau hosted the V Caspian summit, during which the President of Turkmenistan — Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Azerbaijan — Ilham Aliyev, Iran — Hassan Rouhani, Kazakhstan — Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russia — Vladimir Putin signed the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea – a historical, basic document that establishes the...

Last week, 17 transactions were registered at the trades of the State commodity exchange of Turkmenistan. For foreign currency businessmen from Afghanistan purchased carbamide grade "B" (SC "Turkmenchemistry"). Also colorless sheet glass, Portland cement, cotton yarn were realized. Countries buyers: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Afghanistan. The total amount of transactions exceeded 2 million 532 thousand...

During the meeting in the Ministry of Foreign affairs of Turkmenistan, the Secretary General of the chamber of Commerce and industry of the Economic Cooperation Organization Adem Kula presented his proposal on the holding of a briefing in Istanbul on the ongoing project of construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, as well as the...

October Brent crude futures on the London stock exchange ICE Futures rose to $72.10 per barrel by 8:21 GMT on August 10. This is evidenced by the auction data. The price of WTI crude fell to $66.75 per barrel in September. According to the trading results on August 9, the price of the October contract for Brent...