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Reducing transit times, cutting transport costs and hurting the Kremlin’s bottom line.

Economic necessity is the mother of diversification.

Holding out for last penny could cost Ashgabat.

With swap deal bogging down, Turkey looks for alternatives.

Events enable Central Asians to reconnect with their roots.

Hungary’s Viktor Orban attends a summit of Turkic leaders as observer.

Outreach campaign shifts into top gear.

War in Gaza and domestic politics in Turkey create cracks in Azerbaijani-Turkish alliance.

MoU with Azerbaijan, Georgia gives boost to Middle Corridor.

Moderization enabling five-fold increase in EU-bound freight.

Azerbaijan making green energy push ahead of global climate conference.

FDI takes a substantial dip in 2023.

Turkmenistan gently presses Afghanistan on the Qosh-Tepa Canal. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin on Turkmen affairs.

Azerbaijan’s strategic relationship with Israel is a stumbling block.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in remarks broadcast on Tajik state television that a frontier demarcation agreement would be signed in March.

New arrangements could be vulnerable to Western sanctions.

Ankara is positioning itself as a conduit for Turkmen dealings with the world. But Ashgabat has its own ideas on this front. This and more in this week’s Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

The Gaza war has further worsened relations between Baku's "brother" nation Turkey and another of its key strategic partners, Israel.

Berdymukhamedov headed to Turkey to explore options for energy cooperation. And he brought a puppy along as a gift. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Turkey will be key to ensuring Turkmenistan can get its gas riches to customers in Europe. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin

Azerbaijan's state oil company, SOCAR, will receive a $1.5 billion loan from Russia's Lukoil as part of a deal to supply crude oil to SOCAR's oil refinery in Turkey.

Armenia doesn't trust Azerbaijan's recent actions and rhetoric indicating that it's deprioritizing its ambition for a corridor through Armenia to its exclave Nakhchivan.

The long-planned pipeline will be able to supply Azerbaijani gas via Turkey to Nakhchivan, ending the exclave's dependence on Iran.

Russian diplomacy and Turkmenistan's evolving foreign relations amidst president Berdymukhamedov’s growing influence. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Ashgabat's announcement that it is open to developing a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline has sparked strong interest from potential importers.