Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 10.6 percent year-on-year in 2021 after contracting by 6.1 percent a year earlier.

The bank raised the upper level of the rate corridor to 9.0 percent from 8.25 percent, while the lower level remained unchanged - at 6.0 percent.

SOCAR Enerji Ticaret AŞ, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan’s state energy firm SOCAR, will supply Turkey with 4 million cubic metres (mcm) of natural gas per day in February.

Uzbekistan plans to increase the total electricity generating capacity to 27,400 MW and annual output to 110 billion kWh by 2026.