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Central Asia
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia regarding the 8th anniversary of the August 2008 War
7 August 2016 marks the 8th anniversary of Russia’s large-scale military intervention and aggression against Georgia. Since then Russia has continued illegal occupation of the regions of the sovereign and independent state in contradiction with the international law as well as the commitments of the 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement. Eight…
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East Asia
Traitor Trump?
By Donald Kirk – The Korea Times Donald Trump should be thankful the Republican convention in Cleveland that nominated him for the presidency was held the week before Hillary Clinton’s shining moments at the Democratic conflab in Philadelphia. Just think what the fallout would have been if the Muslim parents…
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East Asia
Japan to invest $10bn in Iran
Iranian officials declared that Japan to move faster on presenting a credit package worth $10 billion for investment in Iran. Mehr New Agency reports that Iranian Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs Amir Hossein Zamaninia touched upon negotiations with Japan over investment in Iran’s oil industry adding that “Japan has…
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East Asia
The Female Mayors of Asian Countries
Virginia Raggi has been selected as Rome’s first female mayor. Raggi, a lawyer with a three-year stint as a city councilwoman, took 67.2% of the vote and she promised to work to bring “legality and transparency” to Rome’s City Hall. According to researches, currently, fewer than 5% of the world’s…
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Central Asia
Moscow, Ankara discuss construction of two lines of Turkish Stream
Russia and Turkey are discussing the construction of two lines of the pipeline Turkish Stream, one of which is to supply gas to Europe, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel on July 29, TASS reports. “Overall, we are currently talking about the construction of two lines. The second…
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Central Asia
Turkey loses $209 mln 2016 due to food embargo
Turkey lost $209 mln in the Q1 of 2016 due to the Russian food embargo on imports of certain food items imports to the country, Russia’s Economic Development Ministry said in its report for January – June 2016, TASS reports. “Import of goods prohibited from January 1, 2016, to enter…
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West Asia
Azerbaijan allocates $850M for refinery construction in Turkey
Azerbaijani State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) has allocated $844 million as of July 1, 2016, as part of the country’s financing the project of construction of a new oil refinery of Azerbaijan’s SOCAR in Turkey, SOFAZ told Trend. In accordance with the decree of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on additional measures…
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Central Asia
87% of Turkey’s Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway section ready
87% of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway has been constructed in Turkey, the Turkish minister of transport, shipping and communications, Ahmet Arslan said, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. “The BTK is being constructed on the schedule,” the minister said, adding that two bridges are being built over the Kars river. The minister stressed…
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West Asia
Leading Turkish historian Halil İnalcık dies at age 100
Prof. Halil İnalcık dubbed as ‘the professor of professors’, one of the most respected historians in Turkey, passed away Monday in Ankara at 100-years-old, Daily Sabah reports. Early life and education İnalcık was born on Sept. 7, 1916, in Istanbul. His father Seyit Osman Nuri Bey and his mother Ayşe…
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Central Asia
Russia restarts talks on economic cooperation program with Turkey
Russia will restart talks on the draft trade and economic cooperation program with Turkey for 2016-2019, the Russian Government said in the decree on trade and economic relations with Turkey, posted on the Cabinet’s website on July 22, TASS reports. “In accordance with introduced amendments the mixed intergovernmental commission on…
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