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Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia sign cooperation pacts

King Salman of Saudi Arabia and the leader of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held official talks in Riyadh on May 1. King Salman underlined the importance of bilateral relations and said that two countries are ready to improve relations on trade, investment, energy, agriculture, tourism, combating terrorism and extremism. Saudi Gazette…
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East Asia

Russia and China to hold computer-assisted military drills

Russia and China will hold the first computer-assisted missile defense exercise in May 2016, TASS reports. The press office of Russian Defense Ministry said, “The Russian and Chinese defense ministers decided to hold the first Air and Space Security 2016 joint computer-assisted command and staff exercise in May 2016 on…
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West Asia

Samsung – Creating Smiles for Tomorrow

I belong to a generation when meanings were symbolized by icons. For us, peaceful resistance was named after Gandhi, black liberation meant Martin Luther King, fighting for independence was called Nasser. It was the same when we were talking about items we use in daily life. Kodak for the world…
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West Asia

Samsung: People’s View in the United Arab Emirates

Android devices, particularly of Samsung are the most prevalent in the Gulf and particularly in the United Arab Emirates. Here are some views of people in the UAE using Samsung products. Dalal Mohamed (housewife): I have Samsung Galaxy S6 and I think it is the best phone in the market.…
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Central Asia

IRI Poll: Georgians Maintain Pro-Western Attitudes

International Republican Institute (IRI) released a poll about political choices of Georgian people between Russia and the West. “According to the poll, 85 percent of those surveyed say they support joining the European Union and 79 percent support joining NATO. Georgians list the European Union and the United States as…
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Central Asia

Saudi FM Visited Kazakhstan

Adel al-Jubeir, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia paid his first official visit to Kazakhstan on April 27. Al Jubeir met with his counterpart Erlan Idrissov and president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Two sides discussed bilateral relations, economic cooperation, investment and petrochemical development. Erlan Idrissov said, “This is the first official…
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Islamic Organisation for Food Security established in Kazakhstan

Member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) established the Islamic Organisation for Food Security on 28 April in Kazakhstan. The new initiative has been created after the 7th Islamic Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development of the OIC in Astana. Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Assylzhan…
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Russia and China to Increase Military Exercises

Russia and China announced the increase of joint military exercises in 2016. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu met with Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan on April 27. The talks were held at the 5th Moscow International Security Conference, TASS reports. Shoigu said: “We highly appreciate a high level of Russian-Chinese…
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Central Asia

Russian court jails an Armenian due to IS participation

The Russian court jailed an Armenian militant for joining to IS. Vazgen Zargarian, an Armenian resident of Kazakhstan, is sentenced by the North Caucasus Regional Military Court in Rostov-on-Don because of his attempts to join the IS in Syria. He was previously arrested in 2015 while he was trying to…
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East Asia

Afghan and Korean Journalists Discussed the Media

Korea-Afghanistan Media Workshop was held on 27 April in Seoul. Major Korean and Afghan journalists discussed the media mechanism and freedom in the world. Asia Journalist Association(AJA) organized a workshop with the major journalists from Afghanistan. Lee Sang Ki, the founder president and Ashraf Dali, the president of AJA, made…
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