Eight Ukrainian reactors will now run with U.S. fuel instead of the Russian variant.

Realising that fossil fuels would not last forever, Kazakhstan took steps to diversify its economy. This included a new focus on its tourism industry. Though under-developed, officials knew it was an area that had much to offer.

The remaining issues are border demarcation between the two former Soviet countries. As well as the issue of re-establishing a trade and transit corridor via Armenia between the rest of Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan exclave.

The new plant will be built in the Mangystau region in western Kazakhstan and completed by 2023.

The first batch of 3,500 tonnes of methanol was exported to Turkey from Georgia's Black Sea port of Kulevi, which is managed by SOCAR.

With over 90 percent of the vote counted, the 46-year-old journalist and writer’s Civil Contract party held an insurmountable lead of 54-21 percent over the “Armenia” bloc headed by 67-year-old ex-President Robert Kocharyan – a far more overwhelming result than expected.