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Azerbaijan, UK discuss oil refinery, Shafag-Asiman field
Azerbaijani and British ministers and oil executives have discussed development of the Shafag-Asiman gas field and construction of a new oil refinery.
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Russian-Kyrgyz Company in Fuel Deal With U.S. Base
A Russian-controlled company will soon start supplying 20 percent of the aviation fuel at the strategically vital U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan, and it could eventually increase that share, officials said
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EU to assist Azerbaijan to improve financial controlling systems
The European Union (EU) and Azerbaijani Finance Ministry launched a Twinning project "Support to the State Financial Control Service to improve financial controls". The project was presented in Baku on Wednesday.
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Technology Japan, Vietnam Move Ahead On Nuclear Reactor Plans
In Japan's most aggressive move to promote exports of nuclear technology since the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March, a Tokyo-based utility consortium signed a deal with Vietnam on Wednesday to conduct a feasibility study for two new reactors.
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North Korean prime minister in China on visit emphasizing economic ties
China and its impoverished neighbor North Korea are emphasizing trade and investment ties during a visit this week by Pyongyang’s prime minister that also highlights China’s efforts to restart talks on ending the North’s nuclear programs.
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Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan to discuss boosting economic cooperation in Baku
The next meeting of Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan intergovernmental commission will be held September 29 in Baku, the spokesman for Industry and Energy Ministry of Azerbaijan Azer Mensimli told Trend.
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Czechs: Nuclear power good despite Japan disaster
The catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power complex should not be allowed to call into question of the wisdom of atomic energy, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on Friday. "After the tsunami wave hit the Fukushima power plant, some governments decided not to build new nuclear power plants and some even to abandon nuclear energy as such," Klaus said in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
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US, Kazakhstan sign protocol on completion of WTO negotiations
The protocol on the completion of the bilateral negotiations between the United States and Kazakhstan on Astana's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was signed on Wednesday by the two countries' governments.
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