Turkey’s Choice between Shanghai and EU
Turkey, located between Europe and Asia, faces several conflicts due to recent political tension. Its geographical location provides significant opportunities as well as vital threats. The current Turkish government is trying to eliminate dangers and puts forth great efforts to create sustainable security in the region. But it seems that neither the European Union nor […]
Completion of Hoshab-Sorab highway a milestone for Pakistan
Nazir Siyal – Gwadar/Turbat Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO) Lieutenant General Muhammed Afzal highlighted that it was another landmark in the history of Pakistan that under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) objectives they have completed major portions of road communication in Baluchistan to connect western route via different national arteries for trade convoy to Gwadar. […]
What comes next after mining?
Chintushig Boldsukh – The UB Post Ever since the 2001 discovery of the Oyu Tolgoi mine by Ivanhoe Mines, there has been an equal amount of optimism and cautionary sentiment regarding the use of the resource model to develop the economy. While many have recognized the potential that a thriving mining industry can have for […]
Medvedev and Yildirim: Russia and Turkey should develop their relations more actively
Russia and Turkey have great potential to increase the bilateral trade and economic cooperation, the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. According to him, Russia and Turkey have a historically large volume of trade ties, but for a number of objective and subjective reasons these […]
Azerbaijani, Turkish and Turkmen energy ministers to meet early 2017
Meeting of energy ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan is planned for early 2017, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Cavusoglu made the remarks during a joint briefing with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku Dec. 3. “Azerbaijan and Turkey also intend to develop cooperation within trilateral formats with the participation of the region’s […]
National projects full swing under CPEC objectives
By Sameer Nazir – KARACHI Frontier Works organization (FWO) is committed to make prosperous country and its best resources utilizations under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) objectives, which is now turned into reality for world of opportunities in the region. Director General FWO Major General Mohammed Afzal has emphasized on the significance of CPEC projects in […]
Russia and Armenia sign combined forces agreement
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Armenian counterpart Vigen Sargsyan signed an agreement on establishing combined forces. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said the group would include Russia’s military base in Armenia, as well as units of the Armenian armed forces, Sputnik reports. The Defense ministers also signed a cooperation plan for 2017. On […]
Two main gas pipelines connected in Kazakhstan
Kazakh national gas transportation operator KazTransGas built a booster compressor station at the connection TIP-02 between the main gas pipeline “Bukhara gas-bearing region-Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty” and “Kazakhstan-China”, the company said in a message Nov. 29, Trend reports. The new booster compressor station located in Zhambyl region will allow to have gas pumping between these pipelines, despite different […]
What to Expect from the New American President Trump’s Foreign Policy
by Greg R. Lawson – Contributing Analyst, Wikistrat In light of the surprising election of Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States, leaders around the world are scrambling to determine what this means for their own national interests. On one hand, this is an entirely normal process. Though the U.S. […]
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