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The first delivery of Afghan goods through the international transport corridor Lapis Lazuli, which passes through Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and further to Europe, will be held in October, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said. The ministry noted that the first delivery will be of a test character …

Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, agreed in principle on Sunday how to divide up the potentially huge oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea, paving way for more energy exploration and pipeline projects. However, the delimitation of the seabed – which has caused most disputes – will require additional …

The State Migration Service of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia Giorgi Karalashvili, said the Migration Service in a message. The dynamics of Turkmen-Georgian migration relations is growing after the expansion of projects in the field of economic cooperation, which shows the possibility of increasing …

Parliament of Turkmenistan ratified the agreement on transit and transport cooperation (“Lapis Lazuli”) on Saturday, which was signed on the sidelines of the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA VII) in Ashgabat in mid-November. It is expected that the railways and motorways will connect the city of Torgundi …

The opening ceremony of the Tbilisi Sea Plaza shopping mall was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message. According to the message, “Turkmenistan” store with a wide range of textile products, carpets and rugs, souvenirs, was opened in the shopping mall. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi …

Ukraine’s Altcom Financial Industrial Group has completed the work on construction of a railway bridge over the Amu Darya River, said an official Turkmen source. The 1,750-meter long railway bridge is the most grandiose engineering structure in the Lebap region of Turkmenistan. The bridge’s opening ceremony was attended by Presidents …

Construction of the Atamyrat-Imamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) section of the Asian International Railway Transport Corridor (Phase 1) has been completed, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan said in a message Oct. 31. Construction of the Turkmen-Afghan railway started June 5, 2013. The total length of the transnational highway is 88 …

China is developing a railway corridor to Iran through Turkmenistan, the ‘Neutral Turkmenistan’ newspaper reported Oct. 11. The total length of the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway route is around 10,000 kilometers and travel time is around two weeks, which is, on average, two times faster than by sea. According to the report, …

Turkmenistan plans to allocate major part of investments to construction of TAPI gas pipeline, said the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a meeting of the Council of Elders. The groundbreaking ceremony for Turkmen section of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline with the capacity of up to 33 billion cubic meters of …

Representatives of the aviation agencies of Georgia and Turkmenistan have held negotiations in Ashkhabad, the capital city of Turkmenistan. The parties have discussed perspectives for starting direct flights between the two countries. The decision on negotiations had been taken  at the second session of Georgia-Turkmenistan  intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation …

The studies carried out by the Turkmengeologiya State Corporation made it possible to extend the gas-bearing part of Turkmenistan’s largest Galkynysh field, the country’s ministry of oil and gas said June 21. In addition, the commercial gas inflows were obtained by 3D seismic survey from the wells also located in …

Turkmenistan, which ranks fourth in the world on biggest gas reserves, is interested in the different routes of its gas export, including the TAPI gas pipeline project, which is being implemented, as well as in the western direction – the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, Matthew Bryza, former US assistant secretary for …