“Khizi-Absheron” wind farm with an installed capacity of 240 megawatts will become the largest wind power plant in Azerbaijan, energy expert Ilham Shaban stated.

According to Shaban, to date, a hybrid power plant at the Gobustan alternative energy experimental polygon has been the largest wind power plant in the country.

The representatives of the Nur-Sultan Antimonopoly Department are conducting the investigation at the office of Kazakhstan’s KazMunayGas national company, the Telegram channel of the Agency for Protection and Promotion of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan said, Trend reports citing Kazinform news agency.

Currently, the construction activities for the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) continues, with trenching and lowering of the welded pipeline being reported by the contractor as completed, the ICGB AD, the project company stated.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on the new staff of the government, Trend reports referring to the decree.

The new staff includes:

Turkmenistan will provide loans to Afghanistan to fund TAPI, Waliullah Shahin, chairman of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Afghan Foreign Ministry said, Orient reports.

“We have agreed with Turkmenistan to provide loans to Afghanistan to repay the costs that Afghanistan demands, and Afghanistan will repay in the future with operating costs,” he said.

Shahin also said that 7 agreements with colleagues on the TAPI gas pipeline will be signed soon.

There is no shooting reported in Kazakhstan’s Almaty city for more than a day, TASS reports on Jan. 11.

“The situation in the city is being stabilized,” the message said. “There are also many people and cars on the streets. Most of the stores have reopened. Nevertheless, the police cars are patrolling the streets”.

Source: https://en.trend.az/casia/kazakhstan/3539603.html

The Parliament of Kazakhstan unanimously approved the candidature of Alikhan Smailov as prime minister, Trend reports citing the Kazakh media on Jan. 11.

Smailov was nominated for the post of the PM by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

After the dissolution of the Kazakh government on January 5, 2022, Smailov served as acting prime minister.

Previously, Smailov also served as finance minister and first deputy prime minister.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved the appointment of Serdar Kilic as Turkey's special envoy to normalize relations with Armenia.

The corresponding decision was published in the official bulletin of the Turkish government - Resmi Gazete (Official newspaper).

Source: https://en.trend.az/world/turkey/3539204.html

The CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan has been successfully completed, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during the parliamentary session.

According to him, the phased withdrawal of troops will begin on January 13, 2022 and will take about ten days.

We remind you that Tokayev turned to the CSTO in connection with the mass riots in the country, which reached their culmination on January 5, 2022.

The destructive forces have repeatedly made the attempts to undermine stability and organize riots, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at an extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, Trend reports with reference to Kazinform news agency.

“Kazakhstan was tested in terms of stability and strength,” President Tokayev said. “All these actions were suppressed”.