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East Asia
India to join Shanghai Cooperation Organisation within a year
India is to attain full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) within a year, Secretary General of the six-member political, economic and military alliance led by China and Russia has said, The Indian Express reports. “For almost a year, we held consultations with top representatives from India. To become…
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South East Asia
Putin: Russia, India have great room for expanding economic cooperation
Russia and India need to step up economic cooperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, emphasizing that the current trade turnover between the two countries has not reached its potential maximum, Trend reports. “As for our [India-Russia] relations, they have very deep roots, and we highly value this. We have very…
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Central Asia
Iran and Tajikistan stress enhanced cultural cooperation
Iran’s cultural counselor in Tajikistan Ebrahim Khodayar on June 16 underlined the need for enhanced cultural cooperation between Tehran and Dushanbe, IRNA reports. Khodayar was speaking during a meeting with the director of international affairs department of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Culture. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways for…
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Central Asia
Ukrainian Orthodox Church seeks to cut ties with Russia
The Ukrainian parliament has requested that Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s independence from Russia, the Moscow Times reports. The appeal to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople — the head of the Orthodox Church— was supported by 245 deputies, with 20 deputies voting against. The move is…
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Central Asia
Iran and Russia to product Sukhoi Superjet 100
Iranian trade minister said the country is interested in the joint production of Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner with Russia, Press TV reports. Iran says it is looking into a plan to jointly produce Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) airplanes with Russia – what could take the Islamic Republic to the…
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South Asia
Remittances from Central Asian labor migrants sharply decrease
According to the Central Bank of Russia, in the first quarter of 2016 money remittances from Russia to CIS countries amounted to $914 million, which is almost twice as less than in the first quarter 2015 ($1.781 billion) and 3.7-fold less than in the same period in the pre-crisis year…
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Central Asia
Uzbekistan closes borders before the summit
Uzbekistan has temporarily closed its border with four of its neighboring countries, the Uzbek State Border Service said in a statement, Trend news agency reported. People, vehicles, and goods from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan and will be unable to enter the country between June 15 and June 25. While…
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Central Asia
Turkmenistan to expand exploration of oil fields
One of the priority directions of exploration of the State Corporation “Turkmengeology” at the present time is the search for oil deposits. In connection with reliable security proved natural gas reserves for many years, “Turkmengeology” the last time orients the main volumes of geological exploration in search of oil deposits,…
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Central Asia
Iran to tighten competition by producing ‘custom’ crude oil
Iran is pursuing a new policy in the oil market by entering a fresh round of competition with countries that have less heavy crude oil production such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Russia, Mehr News Agency reports. Due to an increase in production of heavy crude oil (or extra…
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East Asia
Tajik-Chinese industrial zone to be established in Tajik city of Istiklol
Construction of a large metallurgical plant to produce zinc and lead has begun in the city of Istiklol in the Sughd province in northern Tajikistan. It will be the first production facility of a new Tajik-Chinese industrial zone in the city, The Times of Central Asia reported. The Governor of…
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