The State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Turkmenistan is studying the possibility of transporting liquefied gas in special containers to the Baku Port, state news service Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary (TDH) reported on Tuesday.

• August 8, 2012

The Atyrau Oil Refinery in Kazakhstan has signed a loan agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ to construct an oil-deep processing plant, KazMunaiGas said on Wednesday.

• August 8, 2012

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) welcomed a decision of the Turkmen Parliament to join the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, UN News Centre said in its press release.

• August 8, 2012

Turkey's Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan next week will arrive in Azerbaijan to attend a meeting of economic ministers of member countries of Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking states, which will open in Baku on August 13, advisor to the minister Cevdet Kaledci told Trend on Thursday.

• August 8, 2012

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received the Russian military delegation headed by Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov. The delegation is in Dushanbe on a three-day working visit, military and diplomatic sources told ITAR-TASS. The sources noted that the main theme of the meeting was the question of the terms and conditions of 201st Russian military base stay in Tajikistan.

• August 8, 2012

Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov will visit Tajikistan on Aug.9, CA-News reported on Tuesday. Antonov will hold a number of meetings with Tajik defence officials.

• August 7, 2012

Tajikistan has invited Azerbaijani investors to participate in investment projects, the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) said on Tuesday.

• August 7, 2012

Trade turnover between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan decreased by 30 percent from the beginning of the year, CA-News reported on Tuesday.

• August 7, 2012