Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Bigger Problem For Azerbaijan Than Karabakh

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:41:04 -0500

The leadership of Azerbaijan keeps insisting that it wants the Nagorno Karabakh problem be solved keeping the territorial integrity of the country intact. Now an expert from Turkey says that the territorial dispute in the Caspian Sea with Turkmenistan is a bigger worry for Azerbaijan than Nagorno Karabakh.

Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan sign Caspian gas deal

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:04:53 -0600

Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan signed a landmark agreement today to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian Sea coast that would strengthen Moscow's monopoly on energy exports from the resource-rich region.

Turkey, Iran and Turkmenistan Build Jointly Power Plant

Anastvatz — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:51:48 -0500

Turkey, Iran and Turkmenistan will set up a company to build a natural gas-fired power plant in Turkmenistan, a senior Turkish energy ministry official said on August 22.

China's Largest Energy Firm to Buy Gas from Turkmenistan

Anastvatz — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:44:06 -0500

China National Petroleum Corporation has signed a 30-year gas import deal with Turkmenistan on the export of 30 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet) of gas a year to China via a planned Central Asia gas pipeline, according to a CNPC statement late Tuesday, July 17.

China signs natural gas deal with Turkmenistan

Dinka — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:48:12 -0500

China signed deals Tuesday to produce and import natural gas from Turkmenistan, a major step in the realignment of the resource-rich central Asian country away from its former rulers in Russia, a news report said.

CNPC to Develop a Gas Field in Turkmenistan

Anastvatz — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:39:10 -0500

China National Petroleum Corp, will sign a deal to develop a gas field in Turkmenistan during an upcoming visit to Beijing by the Turkmen president, a news report said Friday, July 13.

Turkmenistan: Ancient City Nisa Added To UN's Cultural Heritage List

Dinka — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:29:38 -0500

UNESCO has released its most recent additions to the World Heritage List of cultural and natural sites, which this year included Nisa, the capital of the ancient Parthian Empire, in what is now Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan To Supply Gas to Afghanistan

Anastvatz — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:14:26 -0500

Turkmenistan and Afghanistan presidents discussed prospects for a natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan.

Karzai Heads To Turkmenistan For Talks On Trade, Business

Dinka — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:27:28 -0500

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai travels today to Turkmenistan for two days of talks on expanding trade and business between the two countries, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

Turkmenistan Pushing North-South 'Trade Corridor' With Iran

Dinka — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:11:45 -0500

The issue of transport routes between Central Asia and Iran was the focus of talks between Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and Iranian leaders in Tehran on June 15-16.

Turkmenistan allows Russia to work Caspian Sea energy fields

Dinka — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:15:09 -0500

Russian JSC Lukoil was allowed by Turkmenistan's government to work three fields in the energy-rich Caspian Sea, official media in the Central Asian nation reported Wednesday.

Kazakhstan/Turkmenistan: Resource-Rich Central Asian Duo Seeks Cooperation

Dinka — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:03:33 -0500

The presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, Nursultan Nazarbaev and Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, have held talks that both sides hope will lay the basis for close cooperation between their resource-rich Central Asian countries.