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Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border conflict escalates amid fresh skirmishes
Sep 16, 2022 06:02Fresh 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 00:02The 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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Biden’s “diplomacy is back” falls flat as 2021 West Asia policy a miserable flop (2)
Jan 12, 2022 14:57By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability.
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Biden’s “diplomacy is back” falls flat as 2021 West Asia policy a miserable flop (1)
Jan 11, 2022 13:28By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability.
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ECO ought to materialize its powerful potentials
Nov 30, 2021 16:46ECO has all the potential to become one of the powerful economic and political blocs of the world, if heads of member state strive to remove distrust by adopting independent and progressive policies without any dependence on the exploitative West.
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Kyrgyzstan security officials thwart violent coup plot
Nov 26, 2021 11:26An 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 03:46Iran 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 13:21President 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 13:59Uzbekistan 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 12:04Foreign 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.