Tag Archives: Uzbekistan

Uzbek President talks up Russia links

APRIL 26 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov flew to Russia to hold high- level talks with his counterpart Vladimir Putin focused on security along Central Asia’s southern border with Afghanistan.

Just weeks after Russia ratified an agreement to pardon most of Uzbekistan’s debt, Mr Karimov’s visit looked like a show of support for Mr Putin.

“There are certain attempts to find a solution to the Afghan issue without Russia. I believe this is wrong,” Mr Karimov told the press after meeting Mr Putin.

On trade, Mr Karimov said a row between Russia and Turkey over the shooting down of a fighter jet over Syria last year may allow Uzbekistan to boost trade with Russia.

“Turkey today can not provide [fruits and vegetables] because of well known reasons. Now tell me, does Uzbekistan produce less fruit and vegetables?” Mr Karimov said, hinting that Uzbekistan might be the perfect substitute for Turkish goods.

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(News report from Issue No. 278, published on April 29 2016)

Uzbekistan’s Savitsky Museum to open new wing

APRIL 29 2016, NUKUS/Uzbekistan (The Conway Bulletin) — The Savitsky Museum in Nukus, west Uzbekistan, will open a new wing in September which will increase its exhibition space by five times, a museum official told a Bulletin correspondent.

The opening of the new wing will be welcomed by art lovers who want to see more of one of the largest collections of Russian avant-garde art.

In an interview, a curator at the Savitsky Museum said: “We will open the new wing on Sept. 1, Independence Day. It will mean we get to show 15% of the art collection, rather than just 3%.”

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(News report from Issue No. 278, published on April 29 2016)

Gulf trade corridor becomes operational, Uzbek government says

APRIL 23 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbekistan’s government said that an agreement signed in 2011 with Turkmenistan, Iran and Oman to establish what it described as a Central Asia-Persian Gulf Trade Corridor had finally become operational. The deal was agreed to boost trade between the regions. Some analysts, though, have derided the deal as window-dressing.

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(News report from Issue No. 278, published on April 29 2016)

Lukoil starts Kandym work in Uzbekistan

APRIL 19 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Russian oil and gas company Lukoil said it had started construction work at the $3.3b Kandym Gas Processing Complex in south-west Uzbekistan, which will include gas wells, pipelines, compressor stations, storage facilities and a 80MW gas fired power plant. Lukoil will use gas from six fields it is developing with state-owned Uzbekneftegaz to fuel the new plant. Hyundai Engineering will supply the equipment for the plant

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