Uzbekistan and Pakistan's leaders have committed to pursuing the construction of a Trans-Afghan railway line that would link Central Asia’s most populous nation with Pakistani seaports, a project that is designed to attract significant cargo flows.

Kazakhstan has revised its economic growth forecast to 3.1 percent in 2021 from 2.8 percent amid improved macroeconomic indicators in the first quarter of this year, Economy Minister Aset Irgaliyev said.

British oil major BP plans to undertake 15-days of maintenance work on its West Azeri oil platform.

The state-owned International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) reported a net profit of 32.4 million manats ($19.1 million) in the first quarter of 2021, 36.5 percent less than in the same period last year.