Iran has authorized duty-free imports of three million tons of wheat and 1.5 million tons of barley from Eurasian Economic Union member states for 2026 under a customs directive.
Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Terekhov met Kyrgyz Deputy Cabinet Chairman Eрліст Akunbekov in Minsk on 10 November to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, with the economy central to the agenda.
Tajikistan held talks with French financial institutions and government officials on potential investment in its transport infrastructure during Paris InfraWeek 2026, the Tajik Embassy in Paris said.
Environmentalist Vadim Ni warned that Kazakhstan's Trans-Caspian transport ambitions face a growing challenge from the shrinking Caspian Sea, as COP31 opened in Antalya on November 9.
Turkmenistan's transport and communications sector posted 13.6% growth in completed work and services for January-October 2026, with air transport and communications leading, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Batyr Annayev told a government meeting chaired by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
A Eurasian Development Bank report says Uzbekistan's fast-growing solar and wind capacity is straining its transmission network, with renewable curtailment projected to rise from about 2.2bn kWh in 2026 to 3.5bn kWh by 2028, even as new cross-border transmission projects aim to deepen Central Asian power integration.
Uzbekistan finalized agreements to increase flight frequencies with Kazakhstan and China during the third Central Asia–China (C5+1) Civil Aviation Cooperation Working Group meeting in Tashkent from November 3–5.
Experts at an OSCE online seminar on Nov. 6 called for stronger regional coordination, better social protection and diversified destinations for Central Asian labor migrants as changing policies reshape mobility.
