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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is holding an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector. He noted that in the initial stage, projects to quickly build green capacity were often located in areas proposed by investors. This attracted significant investment, but in some places capacity became concentrated and the cost of transmitting electricity to other regions increased.
The second TAIM business forum was held in Kazan this week, aiming to strengthen economic ties between Russia and India. According to the report, trade turnover between Tatarstan and India has grown ninefold since the first forum.
The International Monetary Fund projects that Kazakhstan's inflation will fall to 8.2% in 2027, while economic growth is expected to accelerate to 4.9%, according to the IMF's latest World Economic Outlook. The report was released on October 13 at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told the COP17 Leaders' Summit on biodiversity about his country's efforts to restore rare species.
Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) has been extended by another two years. Milli Majlis deputy Soltan Mammadov called the decision a clear reflection of the country's international standing, its contribution to the development of multilateral diplomacy, and the high trust it has earned globally. Day.Az reported that, speaking to Trend, Mammadov said the decision, taken at a time of growing geopolitical complexity and weakening trust between states, is the result of Azerbaijan's far-sighted foreign policy course.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is holding an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector. Over the past five years, more than $2 billion has been directed to modernizing electricity grids. The next major task is renewing the networks and developing energy storage systems.
The social gasification potential in Yakutia exceeds 14,000 homes, according to the head of the republic, Aisen Nikolaev, who spoke at the Russian Energy Week forum.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has proposed a regional office of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Almaty. Speaking at the COP17 Leaders' Summit on Biodiversity Conservation in Yerevan, he said the office could support Central Asian countries in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry (MVR) has carried out 140 operations against vote buying so far and opened two investigations linked to the cases. The report was published on Friday, 16 October 2026.
Kyrgyzstan's Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution updating the model agreement for recipients of the President's international scholarship “El Umuty”. According to the press service of the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Innovation, the main aim of the changes is to ensure targeted and effective use of state funds and to increase scholarship holders' responsibility for their contractual obligations.
Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said legal regulations to strengthen the fight against capital market crimes, including coordinated fund transactions, are planned to be completed by early 2027. In a social media post, he said regulations by the Capital Markets Board had increased transparency and strengthened investor confidence, citing the Fund Guide announced at the end of August.
The government of Russia's Bashkortostan republic has outlined a plan to support families through 2030. Deputy Prime Minister and Sports Minister Ruslan Habibov chaired a meeting on a new action plan developed with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. The main goal, according to the government, is to strengthen the institution of the family and preserve the nation.
Komil Allamjonov, representative of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan in the United States, met with Michael Jeremiah, special assistant to the US president and senior director of the National Security Council for South and Central Asia. UzDaily reported the meeting from Tashkent.
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From 1 January 2027, 22 of the 36 types of state benefits in Kazakhstan will continue to be granted without taking into account the family's welfare category. Labour and Social Protection Minister Askarbek Yertayev announced this at a briefing at the SCC, according to a Kazinform correspondent.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement that a peace treaty with Azerbaijan could be signed by 2031 has sparked debate. While he has stressed the importance of a deal and faster opening of the Zangezur corridor, the distant date is seen as a contradictory approach, and 2031 is also the year of Armenia's next parliamentary election.
Ünal Üstel, leader of the National Unity Party (UBP) and prime minister, said a list of 72 prospective MP candidates had been approved by the party assembly, adding: “On October 24 we will give the country a democracy festival.”
Bishkek and the Japanese city of Nagoya plan to cooperate on reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency in urban infrastructure. The next step will be preparing a memorandum under a two-year partnership program, the city hall said.
Kazakhstan's Minister of Labour and Social Protection, Askarbek Yertayev, said at an SCC briefing who will make up the most socially vulnerable population category after the reform. He stated that there are 128,000 such families across Kazakhstan.
Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) received approximately $4.6 billion in net revenues from the sale of state-owned hydrocarbons as of October 15, 2026, the fund told APA-Economics in response to an inquiry.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation led by Muhammad Abunayyan, co-chair of the Uzbekistan-Saudi Business Council and chairman of the board of ACWA, within the first meeting of the investors' council in the fuel and energy sector.
Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan said that, under the Alma-Ata Declaration, delimitation and demarcation of the border should leave Armenia with an area of 29,743 km². He said there should be no enclaves or exclaves on either side of the border, and that the two countries should exchange territories “on an equal basis.”
The European Union will allocate a grant of 592 million soms to Kyrgyzstan to support reforms in the country's education sector, according to a report by the Kabar news agency.
North Macedonia's Health Ministry has announced new protocols that will allow multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment to be delivered in regional hospitals, so patients will no longer need to travel to Skopje every month for medication or treatment. Health Minister Saso Klekovski said the Neurology Clinic follows about 2,000 MS patients, of whom 1,800 are receiving active treatment.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for the wide use of technological progress to preserve biodiversity, according to Tengrinews, which cited the press service of the Akorda presidential administration. He spoke at the COP17 leaders' summit on biodiversity conservation held in the Armenian capital.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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