Kim-Putin summit: North Korea pivots to Russia
As a nuclear super power Russia can assert itself by extending symbolic ‘security guarantees’ to the North Korean leader
Defence & Diplomacy
Moon Jae-in in Tashkent on second leg of Central Asian tour
Trade and economy dominated the talks with agreements worth more than $12 billion signed
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South Korean President begins Central Asian tour in Ashgabad
The President of the Republic of South Korea began his 3-nation Central Asian visit with his first stop in Turkmen capital Ashgabad with trade and investments dominating bilateral talks
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkmenistan
India-US ties promoted in sustained manner by Trump: Report
The CFR in its special report Trump’s Foreign Policy are Better Than They Seem said President Trump “deserves credit for promoting strategic ties with India in a sustained manner”.
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Taliban offensive blow against ‘sustainable peace’
The United Nations Security Council has condemned the announcement by Taliban militants in Afghanistan of its spring offensive, saying it will result in more “unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people”.
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New Kazakh President in Tashkent to further regional ties
At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on 14 April 2019 arrived in Uzbekistan on a two-day state visit.
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan
Zalmay Khalilzad visits Tashkent
On 10th April President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Special Representative of the United States of America for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who paid an official visit to Uzbekistan.
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Women must be at ‘centre of peacekeeping decision-making’
Women’s rights, voices and participation must be at “the centre of peacekeeping decision-making”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday, describing them as “central to sustainable solutions” to challenges facing the Organization worldwide.
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NATO AT 70: A REVIEW
Even though NATO has evolved over the years, at 70 it seems to be plagued with crisis
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Strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in context of region-wide development of Central Asia
Today in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, we are witnessing and directly participating in the process of updating the centuries-old chronicle of friendship and good-neighbourliness between our countries.
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