The Central Asian country is making efforts to improve its business and investment climate after more than two decades of economic isolation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s overtures over the last week, aimed at meeting Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, have so far been met with dismissiveness from Moscow.

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power signed an agreement to build a 1,500 MW wind farm in the country’s northwestern Karakalpakstan republic, which is expected to become the largest in Central Asia, the Energy Ministry said.

Georgia's National Bank's president said bank lending is expected to increase 7.5 percent year-on-year in 2021.