The 3.9 billion euro aid package consists of a 1.17 billion euro grant and a loan.

ADB will also provide $250,000 in technical assistance to support ongoing public financial management reforms in Azerbaijan.

Armenia's current energy policy is focused on developing indigenous energy sources, mainly renewables.

The European Commission has put forward a 2.3 billion euro ($2.72 billion) economic and investment plan for Eastern Partnership countries.

Moody's said it expected Uzbekistan's GDP growth to rebound to 5.5 percent in 2021 and 6.3 percent in 2022.

While Russian and Soviet leaders generally gave the nod to the ethnic differences with other nations with very different ethnicities, languages or religions in their midst, this did not extend to Ukrainians.