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Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border conflict escalates amid fresh skirmishes
Sep 16, 2022 10:32Fresh clashes have erupted on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border, with Kyrgyz border guards accusing Tajik forces of opening fire on several of its outposts in the wee hours of Friday morning amid simmering tensions between the neighbors.
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EU plans investment in world's tallest dam to dent Russia's energy clout
Jul 07, 2022 04:32The European Union plans to become the top investor in the world's tallest dam in Tajikistan, EU officials told Reuters, in a move aimed at helping Central Asia cut its reliance on Russian energy and part of EU's answer to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
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Kyrgyzstan security officials thwart violent coup plot
Nov 26, 2021 14:56An attempt to violently seize power has been foiled in Kyrgyzstan, the State National Security Committee said in a statement on Friday.
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Iran posts $2.8bn trade surplus with bloc of ECO countries in March-October
Nov 25, 2021 07:16Iran has maintained a trade surplus of $2.8 billion with the bloc of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in the seven months to late October, according to figures by the Iranian customs office IRICA.
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President Raeisi urges removal of obstacles to closer ties among ECO states
Nov 23, 2021 16:51President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi said the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) enjoy great capacities that can bring about economic prosperity in the region, calling for efforts to remove the stumbling blocks to closer ties within the Asian politico-economic bloc.
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Uzbekistan declares dedication to promoting Iran's Chabhar plan
Oct 26, 2021 17:29Uzbekistan says it plans to hold the second trilateral meeting with Iran and India to discuss the joint use of Chabahar port on Iran's Makran coast for trade and transit.
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Iran-P4+1 talks on sanctions removal to resume soon: FM
Oct 23, 2021 15:34Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the negotiations between Tehran and the P4+1 group of countries on the removal of US anti-Iran sanctions will be resumed in the near future.
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Kyrgyz President says country will not host US military bases
Oct 23, 2021 14:03Kyrgyzstan will not host a US military base on its territory as Russia's presence was "enough," Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said on Saturday.
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Taliban say targeting Afghan provincial cities in retaliation for US aerial raids
Aug 06, 2021 08:28The Taliban have switched strategy from targeting rural areas of Afghanistan to attacking provincial cities in response to increased US airstrikes across the war-ravaged country, militant sources say.
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North-South corridor safer, cheaper alternative to Suez Canal: Iran's envoy
Apr 09, 2021 13:17Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) can serve as a safer and cheaper alternative to the Suez Canal, which had been blocked for nearly a week in March, causing billions of dollars in damages every day.