Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has been familiarized with the planned work to modernize the energy system of the country’s capital, Ashgabat, “Trend.az” reports with reference to the Turkmenistan State News Agency.
Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Vladimir Norov met with Turkmen Ambassador to China Parahat Durdyev in Beijing, “Trend.az” reports with reference to the SCO website.
The parties discussed the prospects for cooperation in the field of innovations, digitalization and electronic commerce. The meeting participants also noted the role of SCO in regional and international initiatives and the organization's economic, transport and logistics potential.
The US “Procter & Gamble” company is interested in the possibility of starting production in Uzbekistan.
The prospects of the initiative were discussed at a meeting held at Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, “Trend.az” reports citing the press service of the ministry.
The company returned to Uzbekistan for product selling in 2017. Currently, 260 people work in the staff of its distribution network.
Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates may sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of international motor vehicle communication, “Trend.az” reports with reference to the press office of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.
This issue was discussed during a meeting of Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UAE Madiyar Menilbekov with Director General of the UAE Federal Transport Authority H.E.Eng. Ahmed Al Khouri.
Indeed, a lot of progress has been achieved in the negotiations on the new partnership agreement between the European Union (EU) and Azerbaijan in 2019, Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan - Kestutis Jankauskas told “Trend.az”.
He pointed out that large parts of the agreement are provisionally agreed.
Turkish lawmakers approved a bill, authorizing the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya. That's what Radio Liberty writes about (https://www.svoboda.org/a/30357500.html ). The vote took place at Parliament's sitting on January 2-nd, 2020.
509 MPs took part in the vote, 325 voted in favor of the bill and 184 opposed it, NTV reports (https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2273820/ ).
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan will connect their highways and railways.
According to the “Azerbaijan Press Agency” (“Azəri Press Agentliyi” - APA), the Minister of Roads and Urban Development - Mohammad Eslami, stated this in an interview with journalists during his visit to Astara today.
According to the Iranian minister, an agreement has already been reached on connecting the two highways.
On 30 December 2019, under the leadership of the Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov (until his appointment as Minister of Foreign Trade at the end of January 2019, Sardor Umurzakov led the Leather, Footwear and Fur Goods Association in Uzbekistan – “Uzcharmsanoat”), the first meeting of the interdepartmental working group to coordinate work related to the organization of constant, systemic interaction with the Cotton Campaign coalition, human rights organizations and industry associations of the United States.
The Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, Hrayr Tovmasyan (Grair Tovmasyan), has been charged. According to “Trend.az”, which refers to the Armenian media, human rights activist Ruben Melikyan said this.
“For now, I don't know on which article the charge is based, but according to the information I have, he has been charged”, said Melikyan.
The Armenian Prosecutor's Office has decided to reopen the investigation of the terrorist act in the Parliament, which took place in 1999, Arevik Khachatryan, press secretary of the Prosecutor General's Office, told “RIA Novosti” on December 25, 2019. This was reported by “Trend.az”, citing “RIA Novosti”.
On October 27, 1999, a group of terrorists stormed the plenary hall of the National Assembly of Armenia and shot down the leaders and members of Parliament and government, who were present there.
