The OPEC Fund for International Development has approved a $250 million loan for the Istanbul North Rail Crossing project, marking the largest single financing commitment in the institution’s history.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Russia is awaiting documentation from Iran to confirm that land acquisitions for the Rasht‑Astara railway section have been completed.
Uzbekistan planned to build a second and a third nuclear power plant, with talks involving potential investors in the second project scheduled for Saturday, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.
Russia and Iran hope to begin construction work on the Rasht-Astara railway line in northern Iran in 2027 and complete it within three years, Russian Railways First Deputy CEO Sergei Pavlov said.
The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project begins a new era for Armenia and its economy, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a panel discussion at the Concordia annual summit in the U.S.
Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi has ruled out using pipelines as an alternative route for Qatar’s liquefied natural gas exports.
Preliminary agreements have been reached between Chinese and Kazakh energy sector representatives for the construction of a large‑scale wind power plant in Kazakhstan's Pavlodar region.
Russia has announced the expected timeline for signing a contract with Iran for the Rasht‑Astara railway.
Construction work on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project in Armenia will begin in late 2026 or early 2027, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.
Iran attaches great importance to the development of the North-South and East-West international transport corridors, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh said during a meeting in Tehran with members of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
Mayor of Akyaka Ergüder Toptaş said work has already begun to prepare the border crossing points and railway infrastructure for the opening the Armenia-Türkiye border.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed confidence that progress would soon be achieved in implementing the North-South international transport corridor project.
Turkey's Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said Türkiye plans to increase the number of provinces directly connected by high-speed rail from 11 to 27 by 2028, with a long-term goal of enabling travel across the country within 48 hours by 2053.
Construction of the Balkhash nuclear power plant, Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant (NPP), for which Rosatom was selected as the leader of the construction consortium, will begin next year. The decision by citizens to build the plant was the right one, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said.
The United Arab Emirates has announced it will complete a new oil pipeline bypassing the strait of Hormuz by 2027 to secure its future crude exports against the threat of disruption.
Kazakhstan Railways has completed the modernization of the Altynkol-Zhetygen railway section, part of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor), Samruk-Kazyna reported.
Iranian specialists are already starting to return to the Bushehr nuclear power plant, and the construction of the second and third units could resume shortly, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said.
The Basra-Ceyhan oil pipeline could become an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz for energy exports, according to the head of the IEA.
A new city, Makran-e Markazi, will be built in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province soon. It will be built on the Persian Gulf coast and will have a population of over 150,000.
Türkiye’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the construction has already started on Türkiye's Zangezur Corridor section.
