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By Rhod Mackenzie
The Chinese Premier Li Qiang embarks on a four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday. He will attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Bishkek and pay an official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from O...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Wednesday, 25th October that the relationship between Russia and Kazakhstan is currently of great importance. Mr Putin conveyed his message through a congratulatory telegram sent to the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, on...
By Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni
At the 15th annual BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22–24 August 2023, six new members were admitted into the bloc from 2024 onwards: Argentina, Ethiopia, and four states from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, namely Egypt, Sau...
History – complete with poetic justice overtones – presented us this week with the ultimate, glaring contrast between the geopolitics of the past, enacted in an incendiary corner of southwest Asia, and the geopolitics of the future, enacted in East Asia’s Beijing, one of the capitals of emerging mul...
By Rhod Mackenzie
A decade has elapsed since the emergence of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a momentous occasion that calls for acknowledgement of its remarkable achievemens and far-reaching global influence. The BRI stands as a powerful example of the effectiveness of internat...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The first ship with a load of more than 300 containers with lumber for China partners is about to depart from the Port of Arkhangelsk. The load will be delivered along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to Shanghai in a few days, the governor and government of the Arkhangelsk Oblast sa...
