Fitch ratings agency has affirmed the Southern Gas Corridor -- extending from the Caspian Sea to the Adriatic ad Europe -- senior unsecured long term debt rating at BB+.

The government in Azerbaijan is taking heed of the COVID pandemic and its economic consequences in issuing a cautious forecast for gold production over 2021-24.

Azerbaijan supported a new deal agreed at a ministerial meeting of OPEC members and other oil producing states, effectively extending until April daily production quotas in place throughout the first quarter of 2021.

A preferential trade agreement between Azerbaijan and Turkey went into effect on 1st March, with both sides hoping the deal will generate a huge boost in trade and triple existing volumes.

Kazakhstan is considering increasing its childcare allowance, after the deputy of the Majilis --Kazakhstan's lower house of Parliament-- called for a series of improvements to the country's provisions for mothers and their children.