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East Asia
G20 Hangzhou summit is continuative and constructive
Bao Jie and Li Feng – People’s Daily “China this year has been very constructive and diligent about ensuring the continuity of the work that has been done in the last few years in Turkey, Australia and Russia. But also I think China has done an excellent job of introducing…
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Central Asia
Russia refuses entry to Armenian political analyst
Russian border guards have refused entry to a noted Armenian political analyst, RFERL/RL reports. Stepan Grigorian, director of the Yerevan-based Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC), said on September 1 that he was told by Russian border guards that he has been barred from entering Russia until 2030.…
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West Asia
World Chess Olympiad started in Baku
The 42nd World Chess Competition started in Baku on September 1, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. The opening ceremony will last about an hour at the National gymnastics arena and the competitions will be held at the Sports and Concert Complex Baku Crystal Hall that was built four years ago. The opening…
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West Asia
Georgia enlisted as 3rd safest country in the world
Georgia has been named in the top three of the list of the world’s safest countries. Numbeo.com has surveyed 118 countries. As a result, the first three are the following countries: South Korea, Singapore and Georgia. The most unsafe countries were Venezuela, Papua New Guinea and Honduras. As Georgia’s neighbors,…
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East Asia
Japan-Turkey consortium building big plant in Turkmenistan
Consortium of Japan’s Kawasaki and Turkey’s Ronesans is constructing a big gas processing plant in Turkmenistan’s Ovadan to produce high-quality gasoline from natural gas, said the Turkmen oil and gas complex in a message Aug. 31, Trend reports. The project’s customer is the country’s Turkmengas State Concern. At the current…
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West Asia
Azerbaijan and Georgia to organize transit with China and India
In order to transport cargoes in a large amount through the South Caucasus logistics corridor, Georgia must work together with Azerbaijan, as well as conduct dialogue with China and India about the scale of transit, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said during his visit to Baku, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. According…
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Central Asia
Russia and Turkey to mull Akkuyu NPP, Turkish Stream
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan plan to discuss the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant and the Turkish Stream pipeline at the G20 summit in China, RIA Novosti reported Aug. 30 citing Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, Trend reports. The discussion of prospects…
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West Asia
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East Asia
Promotion of Borjomi Begins in South Korea
As a result of the promotion by the Embassy of Georgia of a mineral water – Borjomi, it has now started to be exported to the Republic of Korea. According to the supply agreement between IDS Borjomi Georgia and commercial firm ANK Service Co, the first shipment of Borjomi was…
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West Asia
5 million foreign tourists visited Iran in 2015
Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar said more than five million foreign tourists visited the Islamic Republic in 2015, Tasnim reports. Speaking in a meeting with Bangladeshi Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Rashed Khan Menon in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz on…
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