SCO heads hold 20th summit in virtual format
This was the first SCO Summit held in Virtual Format and third meeting that India and Pakistan participated after becoming full members in 2017.
Kazakhstan
‘COVID-19 has exposed our past mistakes and failures’ says Kazakhstan President
Mr. Tokayev described a “critical collapse of global cooperation” in response to the crisis, as well as a lack of mutual confidence, a misunderstanding of international competition, trade wars, and sanctions which, he said, are undermining the prospects and hopes for a better world.
Plans for border city, trade centre mark latest Kazakh-Uzbek co-operation
A new Uzbek satellite city in Tashkent Province and Kazakh-Uzbek trade centre straddling the border will lead to closer trade relations between the two countries, observers say.
Repatriating Foreign Fighters: The Case of Kazakhstan
Kazakh government estimates at least 260 Kazakhs were killed in Syria since 2011 and at least 150 people still remain there. However, even before 2019, the government has been quietly repatriating some of its citizens.
Germany, Kazakhstan agree to boost investments in Kazakhstan
Bilateral trade between Germany and Kazakhstan amounts to some 5 billion euros a year, with a deficit for Germany due to gas and oil imports.
OPEC announces further supply cuts
This means a 500,000 barrels a day decrease from world markets from January 2020, in additon to the existing 1.2 million bpd cut arrived in October 2018.
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First Indo-Kazakh joint working group meeting on connectivity held
Kazakhstan is India’s largest trade and investment partner in Central Asia.
Joint India-Kazakhstan military exercise concludes successfully
Exercise KAZIND 2019 could be termed “as a facade of long standing strategic ties between India and Kazakhstan.”
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How Serious is Religious Radicalization in Turkmenistan?
The worsening economic situation, growing poverty and unemployment, inadequate and limited opportunities to gain both secular and religious education, tight control of all religious activities of the people, and numerous state restrictions on these activities are contributing to the increased religious radicalization.
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Khiva to become capital of Turkic world in 2020
At present, Osh in Kyrgyzstan is the capital of Turkic world.