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- May 13, 2008. Makhtumkuli Fragi international scientific conference opens in Ashgabat
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An international conference dedicated to the course of life and poetical heritage of Makhtumkuli Fragi, outstanding Turkmen poet-philosopher whose 275th birthday is marked this year, opened in Ashgabat on May 12. Azerbaijani, Armenian, Afghani, German, Indian, Iranian, Spanish, Kazakh, Chinese, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Pakistani, Russian, Serbian, US, Tajik, Turkish, Uzbek, Ukrainian and Czech scientist arrived in the Turkmen capital to participate in the conference titled "Makhtumkuli and the world spiritual-cultural values.
More information...Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Other Countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Germany, India, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Spain, Kazakhstan Locations: Turkmenistan Open press: Yes - April 28, 2008. Turkmenistan proposes amendments to Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project
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Issues related to preparation of a framework agreement on construction of a transnational gas pipeline were discussed in Islamabad on April 20-25 as part of the 10th meeting of the steering committee of the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline project. The delegation of Turkmenistan led by the minister of oil and gas industry and mineral resources, Baymyrat Khojamuhammedov, attended the meeting. The Turkmen side has proposed some amendments to the draft framework agreement taking into account its position on the sale of gas exclusively on the border of Turkmenistan, the Turkmen State News Agency (TDH) reports. Delegations of India and Pakistan also proposed amendments to the document. The sides agreed to submit the draft agreement to their governments for approval. "As regards terms and conditions of the draft agreement, the discussions focused on the gas price issue. In this regard, the meeting participants agreed that the gas price should be formed on the basis of the current situation on the global energy market," the TDH said. The sides also agreed to continue discussions at the level of technical groups to bring their positions closer. The first meeting of experts is scheduled for the next month. On the Indian side suggestion, the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline project steering committee will gather in Delhi coming autumn.
More information...Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India Locations: Pakistan Open press: No - April 7, 2008. Turkmenistan, India sign memorandum of understanding on cooperation in oil and gas sector
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The ministry of oil and gas industry and mineral resources of Turkmenistan and the ministry of oil and natural gas of the Republic of India signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the oil and gas sector. The signing ceremony took place in Ashgabat on April 5 on conclusion of negotiations between Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Indian Vice President, Chairman of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament Hamid Ansari who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of a high-profile delegation.
According to a report by the Turkmen State News Agency (TDH), the development of effective cooperation in the fuel-energy sector was paid particular attention during the talks. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited Indian partners to join such important international project as the construction of the Turkmenistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India gas pipeline. Hamid Ansari, in turn, expressed sincere gratitude to Turkmenistan for supporting India who wished to join this important project.
The Indian Vice-President said Indian big companies expressed willingness to establish closer cooperation with Turkmenistan. The sides highlighted agriculture, textile and pharmaceutical industries as promising areas of cooperation. The sides spoke in favor of boosting cooperation in the humanitarian sphere, in particular in education and science as well as in information technologies.
As the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports from Ashgabat, the Turkmen president's official visit to India has been scheduled for the near future.
More information...Type: Portal news Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Private Sector Development Countries: India Locations: Turkmenistan Open press: No - March 6, 2008. Indian companies seek to participate in investment in Tajikistan’s mining
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Five Tajik companies such as Ziyoratshoh, Tajikkabel, Dilnoz, Bibi Maryam and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Exporters of Tajikistan are participating at a March 3-6 INDO-CIS Reverse Buyer Meet 2008 in Jalandhar and Bangalore, India. The meeting has been staged by India’s Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC). The main objective of the meeting is to provide an opportunity to prospective importers in CIS area to interact with Indian counterparts about their requirements and provide an opportunity to Indian exporters to adjudge the acceptability of their products in the above markets, so that they are in a position to plan their strategy accordingly. Indian companies are interested in investing in development of mining sector and production of cement in Tajikistan.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Foreign organizations Participants: Foreign Organizations Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: India, Tajikistan Locations: India Open press: Yes - February 7, 2008. Foreign ministers of Kyrgyzstan and India signed cooperation program
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Three-day official visit of Kyrgyzstan’s foreign minister Ednan Karabaev to India is wrapped up with acceptance of a joint statement of the foreign ministers and signing cooperation program between the two states’ ministries. Before leaving India, E.Karabaev met with tourism and culture minister of India Ambika Soni and minister of trade and industry Kamal Nat.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: India, Kyrgyzstan Locations: India Open press: Yes - February 6, 2008. Indian entrepreneurs showed interest in realization of investment projects in Kyrgyzstan
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ednan Karabayev held an enlarged meeting with business circles of India at the Trade and Industry Chamber in Delhi, during which the perspective areas of business cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and India were discussed. Indian businessmen showed serious interest in realization of investment projects in the sphere of transport, tourism, mineral resource and reclamation industry.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s), Foreign Organizations Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: India, Kyrgyzstan Locations: India Open press: Yes - January 14, 2008. Turkmen delegation will visit India
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On the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan a representative delegation of Turkmenistan will visit New Delhi, India on January 19-23 to take part in the first meeting of the Turkmen-Indian intergovernmental commission for trade, economic, scientific and technological co-operation.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s), Foreign Organizations Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: India, Turkmenistan Locations: India Open press: Yes - October 11, 2007. A protocol on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation between Tajikistan and India to be signed in Dushanbe
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A two-day meeting of Tajik-Indian commission for trade and economic cooperation was opened in Dushanbe yesterday. Indian delegation, comprising nine persons and led by Commerce Secretary Sri Pillai (phonetically spelled), who is also co-chairman of the Tajik-Indian economic commission, participated at the meeting. The commission co-chairman on the part of Tajikistan is Economic Development and Trade Minister Ghulomjon Bobozoda. Yesterday, the sides discussed a broad range of issues related to state and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of commerce, industry, tourism and health care. The meeting is expected to result in signing of a protocol on trade-economic and scientific-technological cooperation between Tajikistan and India.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Tajikistan, India Locations: Tajikistan Open press: Yes - October 3, 2007. Tajik-Indian business forum to be held in Dushanbe
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A business forum with participation of Tajik and Indian entrepreneurs is expected to be held in Dushanbe on October 12. An agreement on holding the forum was reached at a meeting of head of the Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said with Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan Omar Singh in Dushanbe. Some 30 Indian entrepreneurs, presenting various branches of Indian food, textile and processing industries, are expected to attend the business forum in Dushanbe.
More information…Type: Forums Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s), Foreign Organizations, Private Sector Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Tajikistan, India Locations: Tajikistan Open press: Yes - October 2, 2007. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to pay an official visit to India
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Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India Mohammad Afzal who handed over to the head of state his credentials. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov informed the ambassador about his intention to pay an official visit to India at the head of a top-level Turkmen delegation early next year. In the course of the meeting the sides discussed the state of and prospects for Turkmen-Indian partnership. The sides singled out the fuel and energy sphere, agriculture, education, culture, healthcare and high tech as priority areas of cooperation.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Turkmenistan, India Locations: Turkmenistan Open press: Yes - September 10, 2007—September 12, 2007. Third International Cotton Fair in Tashkent
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The Third International Cotton Fair and an International Cotton and Textile Conference titled "The world market for cotton and textile products: current situation and prospects to 2010" will be held in Tashkent. The fairs and conferences that have become important events in the life of the world cotton and textile businesses are organized by the Government of Uzbekistan with the assistance of the International Cotton Advisory Committee and the Cotton Outlook magazine. The aim of the fair and conference is to establish long-term partnership relations in the textile industry, to organize direct supplies of raw cotton, and to discus the current status and prospects of the world cotton and textile industries. The delegates of large companies from Russia, China, Korea, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey and many other countries are expected to participate in the events.
More information…Type: Exhibitions/Contest Organizers: Government, International organizations Participants: Government(s), International Organizations, Foreign Organizations Theme: Other Countries: Uzbekistan, Russian Federation, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh Locations: Uzbekistan Open press: Yes - August 8, 2007. President Rahmon highly appraises level of Tajik-Indian relations
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State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and India were discussed at a meeting of President Emomali Rahmon with Indian Deputy Foreign Minister, Nilekantan Ravvi, in Dushanbe. President Rahmon stated that Tajikistan attaches great significance to its relations with India and highly appraised the present level of Tajik-Indian relations, which are continually developing and are an important factor of peace and stability in the region. During the meeting, the sides considered issues related to expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and India in the fields of tourism, hydropower, pharmaceutics, food supplies and minerals. The sides also exchanged views on international and regional issues being of mutual interest.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Tajikistan, India Locations: Tajikistan Open press: Yes - August 6, 2007. Kazakh-Indian foreign affairs ministries held consultations in Delhi
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Bilateral Kazakh-Indian foreign affairs ministries’ consultations were held in Delhi. The Kazakh and Indian delegations were headed by their vice ministers of foreign affairs Nurlan Yermekbayev and N. Ravi. The two parties emphasized the positive dynamics of the Kazakh-Indian cooperation development in the spheres of trade and economy, science, information technologies, energy. With the purpose of further expansion of bilateral relations the parties discussed possibility of organization and holding mutual visits at the different levels.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: India, Kazakhstan Locations: India Open press: Yes - July 20, 2007. Indian companies are interested in oil and gas, nuclear cooperation with Kazakhstan
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Energy and Mineral Resources Minister of Kazakhstan Baktykozha Izmukhambetov received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan Ashok Sajjanhar. The bilateral meeting was mainly dedicated to the cooperation of both countries in energy sphere. A. Sajjanhar, expressed interest in strengthening cooperation with the Kazakh oil and gas sector. “Our companies are displaying a profound interest in developing oil and gas fields in Kazakhstan, namely Satpayev oil-bearing structure”, the envoy added.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Kazakhstan, India Locations: Kazakhstan Open press: Yes - June 22, 2007. Indian-Kyrgyz ITC to prepare high-qualified programmers in Kyrgyzstan
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Indian-Kyrgyz Information-Technologies Center (ITC) will prepare high-qualified programmers in Kyrgyzstan. Chief of the marketing and information management department of Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture Meiman Abdyldaev told “Kabar”.
More information…Type: Campaign Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: ICT for Development Countries: Kyrgyzstan, India Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: Yes - June 4, 2007. Tajikistan, India to sign MoI on rehabilitation of Varzob-1 power plant soon
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Tajikistan and India will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoI) on rehabilitation of a 7.4 MW Varzob-1 hydropower plant in Dushanbe in the near future. The Government of Tajikistan on May 31 endorsed the memorandum. Tajik Energy and Industries Minister Sherali Gulov and Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan Omar Singh will sign it. The Government of India had granted an assistance of US$13 million for rehabilitating the Varzob-1 power plant.
More information…Type: Campaign Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Economic Reforms Countries: Tajikistan, India Locations: Tajikistan Open press: Yes - May 28, 2007—May 31, 2007. Bishkek to host III Turkic Civilization International Congress
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The main objective of the International Congress is to determine the role of Turkic civilization among other civilizations in the process of globalization. Some 70 scholars from 20 countries will take part in the Congress, including Japan, United States, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and others. The scholars will make reports and hold discussions. The event will be organized by the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency and Turkic Civilization Center of the Kyrgyz-Turkish University "Manas".
More information…Type: Forums Organizers: Government, Academia Participants: Government(s), Academia, Private Sector, Mass-Media Theme: Other Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Hungary, United States, Japan, Germany, Spain, Italy, India, China, Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: Yes - April 30, 2007. India expresses interest in Turkmen gas imports
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President of Turkmenistan received the outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India, Ram Pal Kaushik. During the meeting the sides discussed the state of and prospects for Turkmen-Indian partnership, highly rating the achieved level of interstate cooperation. The diplomat expressed India's high interest in joining the implementation of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project which would meet the growing needs of the Indian market by Turkmen gas supplies.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Turkmenistan, India Locations: Turkmenistan Open press: Yes - April 26, 2007. Kyrgyz-Indian Center of Information Technologies to be open in Bishkek
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The Kyrgyz-Indian Center of Information Technologies will be opened this summer in Bishkek. The memorandum on opening of the center was signed in March of the last year between Governments of India and Kyrgyzstan. In accordance with this document the Indian Government will grant $ 1 million for opening of the Kyrgyz-Indian Center of Information Technologies.
More information…Type: Campaign Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Internet Governance Countries: Kyrgyzstan, India Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: Yes - April 16, 2007. Uzbek-Indian intergovernmental commission met in Tashkent
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Uzbek-Indian intergovernmental commission for trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation held its regular session in Tashkent’s International business-centre. During the session, there were discussed issues of increasing of trade-turnover, creation of JVs and diversification of mutual trade. The sides also exchanged opinions on the issues of economic potential of both countries. On the same day, business-forum of business circles of Uzbekistan and India was held in Tashkent.
More information…Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s), Foreign Organizations Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Uzbekistan, India Locations: Uzbekistan Open press: Yes
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