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East Asia
China supporting expansion of co-op with Turkmenistan
The Chinese government attaches great importance to all kinds of cooperation with Turkmenistan, said Song Tao, minister of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Trend reports. He made the remarks at the meeting with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat, the Turkmen Vatan TV channel reported June…
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West Asia
Turkey to appoint new envoys to Russia, France, Israel
Ankara is making a host of new diplomatic appointments, including to UN, EU, Baghdad, Paris, Moscow, Anadolu Agency reports. Turkey is set to appoint more new ambassadors, including to Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Russia and France, Turkish diplomatic sources told Anadolu Agency on June 13. Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the…
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West Asia
Turkey to build industrial city in Iran
Head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce Mohsen Jalalpour said that Turkey is planning to construct an industrial city in Iran, ISNA reports. “Istanbul’s Chamber of Industries will build an industrial city with 140 units in Iran,” Jalalpour told reporters on June 15, He reiterated that Turkey will invest $10 billion…
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Central Asia
Gay couple in Moscow arrested over tribute to Orlando victims
A gay couple arrested by Russian authorities after attempting to pay tribute to the victims of a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. The young couple, Islam Abdullabeckov and his boyfriend Felix Glyukman went to the American embassy in Moscow with a candle and a sign that said “Love…
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East Asia
China ready to work in a constructive manner with U.S.
BEIJING, June 9 (People’s Daily, Chen Shangwen) While reassuring the world Monroe Doctrine is out-of-date in the 21st century, China’s Ambassador to the U.S. launched an appeal for a peaceful South China Sea. In an article wrote for Bloomberg Review titled ” How to Bridge the Divide Over the South…
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East Asia
Chinese embassy asks US to stop muscle flexing in the South China Sea
BEIJING, June 9 (People’s Daily, Chen Shangwen) “China is exercising its legitimate rights by upholding the sovereignty of our islands in the South China Sea.” The New York Times received a dispassionate retort from the Chinese embassy, in response to NYT’s editorial titled “Playing Chicken in the South China Sea”.…
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East Asia
China insists on settling its disputes with the Philippines through bilateral negotiation
BEIJING, June 9 (People’s Daily, Chen Shangwen) The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a statement on settling disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiation. The latest statement stressed that it is the common agreement and commitment of China and the Philippines to…
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West Asia
Abkhazia asks FIFA to consider Abkhazia’s accession
De facto Prime Minister Arthur Mikvabia of occupied Abkhazia region in Georgia has sent a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked for consideration of the possibility of accession of the Abkhazian Football Federation to FIFA, Interpressnews reports. “We hope that the desire of the Abkhazian Football Federation to…
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South East Asia
First train from India to Russia to cross Azerbaijan soon
The first cargo train from India to Russia passing through the territory of Azerbaijan will be launched in late August 2016 as part of the North-South Project, Javid Gurbanov, head of the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, told reporters in Baku June 9, Trend reports. He told that “The first freight train…
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Central Asia
Russian MiG-29 fighter jet crashed in Moscow
The fighter jet has crashed in the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow region, a source in the local emergencies services said; a pilot’s body was found near the plane’s wreckage, Sputnik reports. The pilot was killed in the accident, which took place away from residential areas. Original reports suggested the crashed…
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