Three large agreements totaling $ 18.8 million were signed with Tajikistan following the results of the Kazakh trade and economic mission in Dushanbe, according to the Foreign Trade Chamber of Kazakhstan, Kazinform reported.

Kazakhstan's Qazaq Banki JSC decided to terminate activities of the structural subdivisions of the Astana and Almaty branches, the bank said in a message posted on the website of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).

Iran's Defense Ministry on Monday unveiled a new homemade ballistic missile, which can "evade radars and hit targets with pinpoint accuracy," Tasnim news agency reported.

Iran will not rein in its influence in the Middle East despite mounting U.S. pressure on Tehran to curb its regional activities, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told al Jazeera TV.

Russian-Turkmen high-level talks may be held in Sochi on August 15, Russian Izvestia newspaper reported Aug. 14.

Turkmenistan plans to start building railway ferries, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Manmathan Chakaev said.

Uzbekistan may limit the sale of alcohol after nine o’clock in the evening, Gazeta.uz reported.

A meeting of the fuel and energy industry was held in Ashgabat under the chairmanship of Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Myratgeldi Meredov, the State Concern Turkmengas said in a message Aug. 6.

Georgian Ambassador to Tehran Ioseb Chakhvashvili said Tbilisi is willing to increase its economic cooperation with Iran and looks forward to win-win trade with the Islamic Republic.

The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Iran increased by 70 percent in January-June 2018, Iranian ambassador to Kazakhstan Mojtaba Damirchilu said.

The next VI summit of the heads of the Caspian states will be held in Turkmenistan within the agreed time frame, the final communiqué of the fifth Caspian summit, held yesterday in Aktau reads, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan said in a statement.

The passenger car production in Uzbekistan amounted to 94,370 units in January-July 2018, thus showing an increase of 18.8 percent compared to the same period in 2017, according to the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.

In January-July 2018, Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $17.8 billion, which is 24.2 percent more than in the same period last year, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said in a message.

Iran's military has demonstrated Aug. 13 a new generation ballistic missile dubbed Fateh Mubeen, Tasnim agency reported referring to the Ministry of Defense of Iran.

Uzbekistan’s natural gas production in January-July exceeded 34.33 billion tons thus showing an increase of 6.6 percent, according to the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic could overcome the new US sanctions with “better management and planning”.

The exchange of ratification documents of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, signed on April 18, 2017, took place in Aktau, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement Aug. 13.

Uzbekistan intends to build a solar photovoltaic power plant with a capacity of up to 100 MW.

A delegation comprised of Iranian economic experts has traveled to Syria to explore investment opportunities and finalize the reconstruction plans of the war-stricken country.

By Aug. 1, 2018, 6,468 enterprises with foreign capital were operating in Uzbekistan, which is 1,195 more (22.6 percent) than by Aug. 1, 2017, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said on Aug. 10.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Gholam-Reza Ansari said the country plans to use small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe to circumvent the new sanctions imposed by Washington against Tehran.

The Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan held a meeting with a delegation from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) led by the senior adviser of Credit Department Kenji Hosono, said a message from the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.

The task has been set to achieve an increase in the volume of export of processed products by 2.5 times within the program of development of the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region, said a message posted on the website of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture.

The trade turnover between the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation amounted to more than $52 million in the first five months of 2018, said the message on the website of Kazakhstan's embassy in Russia.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described Caspian Sea Legal Regime Convention as a very important step towards enhancing more convergence among the Caspian Sea littoral states.