CENTRAL ASIA

The preparation of a feasibility study on the possibility of exporting electricity from Central Asian countries to Europe through the territory of Azerbaijan will begin this year, the Deputy Energy Minister of Azerbaijan Elnur Soltanov told reporters, Trend reports.

He noted that the technical condition for attracting companies to carry out the work outlined within the project is already ready.

Azerbaijani and Kazakh Energy Ministers have discussed green energy cooperation opportunities, Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov wrote on X, Trend reports.

Prospects of „green“ hydrogen production in the countries of Central Asia and the Caspian region will be discussed in Kazakhstan's Astana on September 17, Trend reports via „Globuc International Company“.

The EU, through its structures, will allocate 10 billion euros for the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis said on January 29 in Brussels at the Global Gateway global investment forum.

Trend reported this on Monday with reference to Dombrovskis’s page on social networks.

The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor) is a green route, Kazakh National Economy Minister Alibek Kuantyrov said during the panel session "A New Dawn for Eurasia" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trend reports.

The Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan, Marat Karabayev, introduced to the Minister of Transport and Digital Development of Azerbaijan, Rashad Nabiyev, the draft road map for the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), which is planned to be signed by its participants.

Électricité de France (EDF) is looking to support hydropower projects in Uzbekistan, Pierre-Paul Antheunissens, General Director for EDF in Central Asia, told Trend.

The US hopes to strengthen cooperation with Turkmenistan, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.

This is stated in the congratulatory letter of President of the United States of America Joseph Biden addressed to President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the international Novruz holiday.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is implementing a project to assess Turkmenistan's potential in hydrogen energy, a source in the UNECE (https://w3.unece.org/PXWeb/en ) told Trend.

Uzbekistan and the US have discussed issues of expanding cooperation in the fields such as trade, economics, investment, education, and culture, Trend reports via the press service of Uzbekistan’s president.

The matter was discussed between Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.