Chile’s ambassador to Kazakhstan, Eduardo Escobar, visited Astana and met Deputy Foreign Minister Alibek Kuantyrov. Their talks covered bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including an industrial investment agreement between ME Elecmetal and KAZ Minerals.
The Khoja Ahmed Yasawi School in Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, Türkiye, welcomed its first students on September 14. The school was built with funding from Samruk-Kazyna.
Investment income for depositors in Kazakhstan exceeded 2.8 trillion tenge over 12 months. It is generated by managing pension assets through the National Bank and private investment portfolio managers.
Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover reached $103 billion in January–August 2026, up 12.8% from the same period last year. Export growth was more than four times faster than import growth.
Mongolia’s export revenue rose 54% year on year in the first nine months of 2026. Its foreign currency reserves reached a record $8.9 billion by the end of September.
KazMunayGas-Aero has begun refueling aircraft for US airline National Airlines under a new agreement. The first flight was served at Turkistan International Airport on October 16.
Kyrgyzstan had harvested grain crops from 586,800 hectares by September 23. The grain yield recorded at initial receipt weight reached 2.0491 million tonnes, up 32.7% from the same date last year.
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.
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network assessed a $1.2 billion penalty against Bank of America. The bank also faces separate penalties and a settlement over compliance failures and apparent sanctions violations.
With support from Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Astana Hub and Belgium’s Ghent University will open an artificial intelligence and mathematics lab at Alem.ai.
Kazakhstan and Belgium discussed joint processing of critical minerals. Kazakhstan plans to expand raw-material processing, produce high-tech materials and pursue projects with European partners.
Kazakhstan and Mongolia are entering a new stage of bilateral cooperation, with an emphasis on implementing practical joint projects in trade, investment, industry and logistics.
Two intersections in Tajikistan’s capital have been equipped with AI-powered traffic lights. Dushanbe has also introduced illuminated pedestrian crossings and street signs translated into English.
Tajikistan’s Tajik Railway state unitary enterprise and Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) have signed a cooperation agreement. It provides for broader ties in the railway sector.
Baktybek Kudaibergenov, head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Statistical Committee, presented the country’s experience using administrative data in official statistics at a CIS forum in Yerevan.
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.
The Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre sends alerts when it has reliable information that a cyber threat or vulnerability may affect an organization. It recommends publishing a security.txt file so security issues can be reported and warnings can reach the right people.
The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre has published policy and control guidelines for developing secure software. They are based on the SIVA framework.
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