Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has concluded his working visit to Azerbaijan. In Baku, he attended the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have signed a cooperation agreement to develop the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, also known as the Middle Corridor. The document also seeks to further unlock the route’s transit potential.
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have launched an undersea fibre-optic communications line across the Caspian Sea. Presidents Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Ilham Aliyev took part in the launch.
Armenia’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Davit Khudatyan met Kazakhstan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Alibek Kuantyrov. They discussed cooperation on subsoil use, green transport, renewable energy and waste management.
Heads of intellectual property agencies from Organization of Turkic States member countries met in Baku for their second meeting. Kazakhstan’s delegation included Sholpan Abdreeva.
Aizere Toleu, a young performer from Karaganda, won a gold medal at the 20th Youth Delphic Games. The event in Dushanbe brought together hundreds of young talents from nine CIS countries.
A business forum in Baku brought together officials from Azerbaijan and Cambodia and about 100 businesspeople. The two countries’ chambers of commerce exchanged a memorandum of cooperation.
Azerbaijan has added seven sectors to the list eligible for tax and customs exemptions on imports in territories liberated from occupation. The exemptions cover equipment, raw materials and materials used in the listed activities.
Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Economy Samad Bashirli met Gerlind Heckmann of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. They discussed expanding economic ties and opportunities for new joint projects.