Turkey is one of Kazakhstan's key strategic partners and the ties between the two countries are developing in all areas, Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamain told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his official visit to Ankara on November 11.

Iran is planning to open the country's largest aluminum plant SALCO soon.

Kazakhstan's economy has been showing upward growth trend in the recent years.

High interest rate in banks is the source of dissatisfaction among the Armenian public.

State procurement of low value goods, work and services (amounted to 145 billion tenge or $372.2 million in 2018) in Kazakhstan will soon be implemented via new, competitive methods, Kazakhstan’s Vice-Minister of Finance Ruslan Beketayev told Trend in an interview.

The Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Education Aknabat Atabaeva took part in the official opening of the 40th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO took place on Nov. 12, 2019 in Paris, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.

The problem of Armenian public debt remains critical in the context of discussions of the country’s draft budget for 2020.

Armenian soldiers are paying the price for the policies of expansionism and aggression pursued by Yerevan. Refusing to withdraw its troops from Azerbaijan’s occupied territories, Armenia continues to suffer losses on the line of contact.

A regular meeting of the working groups of the joint Uzbek-Turkmen intergovernmental commission on delimitation and demarcation of the common state border was held in Turkmenabat city (Turkmenistan) from November 6 to 12, Trend reports referring to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

The trade turnover between Turkey and Belarus increased by $2.9 million in September 2019 compared to September 2018 and reached $61.1 million, a source in the Turkish Ministry of Trade told Trend on Nov. 12.

The Turkmen delegation led by Deputy Minister of Education Aknabat Atabaeva is taking part in the second Paris Peace Forum, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen government.

Turkey and Kyrgyzstan will collaborate in the healthcare sector, Trend reports via Turkey's Resmi Gazete newspaper.

Iranian parliament ratified a shipping transportation agreement with Kazakhstan on Nov. 11 and it will contribute to the country's economic growth, said Director of International Agreement in Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran.

France is one of Kazakhstan’s key partners in Europe and the cooperation between the countries is actively developing.

Tajikistan and Switzerland have signed memorandums of understanding on commerce, trade and tourism.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) believes the economy of the most populous country in Central Asia will continue its strong showing in 2020.

Norway’s Equinor has on 8 November 2019 purchased 1,024 own shares at Oslo Stock Exchange at an average price of 178.7199 Norwegian kroner per share, Trend reports via GlobeNewswire.

Georgian wines tasting was held in the Japanese city of Kagoshima Bay, Trend reports with reference to National Wine Agency of Georgia.

Italy’s Saipem and South Korea’s Daewoo E&C Co. Ltd have signed a strategic agreement for cooperation on targeted worldwide opportunities in the onshore oil and gas industry, with specific emphasis on the LNG sector, Trend reports citing Saipem.

The Turkmen delegation took part in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member-states in Turkey’s Antalya city, Trend reports on Nov. 11 referring to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.

Georgia will take over the chairmanship of Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers for a six-month term starting November 27, Trend reports citing Georgian media outlets.

The rates of 10 foreign currencies have increased in Iran, while the rates of 21 currencies have decreased, according to Iran’s official state exchange rate, Trend reports referring to the website of Iran’s Central Bank (CBI).

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Greece Sunday for a three-day state visit to consolidate traditional friendship and strengthen cooperation between the two countries, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

Armenia is experiencing problems in drafting soldiers to the army and in maintaining military personnel in the army.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi commented during his weekly Sunday press conference about the possibility of Tehran’s withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).