Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit 2016 in Washington.At the meeting the sides discussed the priority areas of bilateral cooperation, including interaction in the commercial and economic, political and cultural spheres.Nursultan Nazarbayev noted that Shinzo Abe's ...

Kazakhstan and Japan adopted the statement on making the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty come into force as soon as possible at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.The sides confirmed their commitments to building the world free of nuclear weapons. Joint statement of Kazakhstan and Japan making the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty come into force ...

On 29 March, a meeting with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Uzbekistan Bahman Agharazi Dormani will be held at the Ministry of foreign economic relations, investments and trade of Uzbekistan. During the meeting, the sides discussed the current state and prospects of expansion of mutually ...

Uzbekistan is planning to direct US$595.9m to development of food industry in 2016-2020, the Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan said. The Government approved a programme on developing the industry, which includes 180 investment projects with the cost of US$595.9 million. The projects are directed at construction of new, reconstruction and modernization ...

Turkmenistan and Russia held a business forum at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. The forum aimed to bolster trade and economic cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation, identifying new areas of cooperation, creating favorable conditions to enhance partnership between business structures of the two countries,...

Ten high level-officers from the State Border Service of Turkmenistan took part in a roundtable meeting that took place today. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat in cooperation with the State Border Service of Turkmenistan to assess the needs of the national border guards with the aim of enhancing their border patrol capacities....

The Kyrgyz parliament is considering the draft law on strengthening the punishment for participation in illegal armed groups. In particular, it provides for a decrease the age limit of judicial liability from 16 to 14 years. According to local media, the new draft law provides for a punishment for financing of terrorism, harboring of extremists, recruiting ...

The Chinese Railway Corporation “Utszyuy” will be engaged in the rehabilitation of priority sections of the road network in Sughd Province of Tajikistan. According to the Tajik Ministry of Transport, the corporation has won the tender to select a contractor for implementation of the second phase of the Program on improvement of traffic routes ...

On March 18, Uzbekistan deployed troops and military equipment, including armored vehicles and trucks, to the unmarked area of Chalasart on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, closing the Madaniyat highway checkpoint on the border with Kyrgyzstan and restricting the entry of Kyrgyz citizens at the Dostuk highway checkpoint.It is not the first time Uzbekistan ...

Behzad KhoshandamPh.D. in International Relations & Expert on International IssuesFollowing the historical agreement between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his American counterpart, John Kerry, over the future of Syria in 2016 and subsequent to the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2268, cessation of hostilities ...

Saeed DavarInternational Analystyou don’t know the Russians, you would be surprised, but if you understand the Russian spirit properly, you would know that it is a mixture of the Eastern essence and Western thought. Therefore, you have to understand why Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to checkmate everybody.Do you think that Russians would ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has "firmly condemned" terrorist bomb explosions in the Belgian capital city of Brussels.The Iranian president offered his deepest condolences to the Belgian government and people, particularly those who lost their loved ones.Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also denounced Tuesday’...

Originating in Iran’s ancient history, Nowruz is celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide on March 21, the day of the spring Equinox, which marks the sun’s crossing of the Equator and the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Nowruz is as one of the oldest and most cherished festivities celebrated for at least 3,000years....

Monday’s Radikal daily newspaper says that Turkey vetoed the participation of Israeli in the NATO summit to be held in Chicago on May 20-21. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu informed NATO colleagues about the Turkish decision at a meeting on April 19 in Brussels. Other NATO members reportedly voiced objections to the Turkish veto, saying that ...

 Georgia is clearly the closest US ally in the South Caucasus, moving in lockstep with American interests on just about every foreign policy issue – except one: Iran. Not wanting to become embroiled in a potential regional conflict, officials in Tbilisi are trying to finesse relations with Tehran, while staying in Washington’s good ...

Saturday’s Cumhuriyet daily newspaper reviews the developments which led to escalation of tensions between Ankara and Baghdad. The paper says that the attitudes of AKP government brought ties between Turkey and Iraq to the verge of break. According to Cumhuriyet, on the eve of the recent elections in Iraq AKP government attempted to shape political ...

Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff Çevik Bir told the prosecutor that he had just implemented the orders of the government, the National Security Council (MGK) and the Prime Minister, Hürriyet daily newspaper reports. Rt. Gen. Bir said that the activities of the Western Working Group were “legitimate.” He added that the documents ...

The Iranian problem stands out on the international agenda. But it is much broader and more diverse than Iran’s desire to acquire a nuclear bomb. Iran is accused of being a source of both regional instability and far-reaching geopolitical ambitions. Although today's Iran demonstrates a desire to play in the international geopolitical game, it ...

Today, the Public Chamber of the Azerbaijani opposition held a protest rally in front of the Mayoral Administration of Baku. Protesters demanded that the Azerbaijani government respected the right of the Azerbaijani citizens to freedom of assembly and released the opposition activists jailed for their participation in opposition rallies. The Azerbaijani ...

Sabah daily newspaper says that five US giants decided to make investments in Turkey as the Turkish government announced new incentives for investors. The paper says that Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan was holding contacts in the US. He meets representatives of leading US companies to give details about the new incentives. “American businessmen ...