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Sun Weidong will meet his Philippine counterpart Theresa Lazaro during his visit to the country The visit comes as the Philippines has moved to strengthen its ties with the US amid fears of growing Chinese assertiveness China’s foreign vice-minister Sun Weidong is set to visit the Philippines later this week to discuss issues including the disputed South China Sea. The visit takes place after recent moves by Manila to strengthen its ties with the United States amid fears of growing Chinese assertiveness. Wang Wenbin, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday that Sun would visit the Southeast Asian country…

Since the implementation of Uzbekistan’s new economic policy last year, the country’s economic cooperation with external powers, including Russia, China, and the countries of the European Union has deepened considerably, with the Chinese presence in Uzbekistan deemed significant. In this article we aim to analyze economic cooperation between Uzbekistan and China in terms of trade, investments, and infrastructural projects. China considers Uzbekistan as a country with a sizeable consumer market, cheap labor force, stable political situation, and strong state power. It is interested in Uzbekistan’s favorable business environment, and great potential for infrastructural development projects. In 2021, China’s share in…

The Russian Football Union (RFU) are negotiating with FIFA and UEFA to retain eligibility to participate in competitions with friendlies already lined up. The Russian team will play a friendly match against Iran in Tehran on March 23 and are also due to face Iraq on March 26 in the city of Saint Petersburg. They will also be participating in the Championship of the Central Asian Football Association, which will involve Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, and is due to be held from June 9 to 21 in Bishkek and Tashkent. FIFA and UEFA were both on the…

Rahmon wished the Kyrgyz people peace and prosperity. On March 21, the head of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon sent a congratulatory telegram to the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and the people of the country on the occasion of Novruz holiday. This was reported by the press service of the head of Kyrgyzstan. “The creative spiritual principles and ideals of this anciently revered holiday in the difficult conditions of the modern world acquire their special significance,” the Tajik leader said in a message. Rahmon expressed confidence that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, with new hopes and aspirations, will continue to expand and develop…

The earthquake occurred at 01:37:44 (UTC 05:30) and hit Novobod, Tajikistan on Thursday, at a depth of 5.6 km, the USGS informed. An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale struck 51 km north-north west of Novobod, Tajikistan on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Navobod is a town in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at 01:37:44 (UTC 05:30) and hit Novobod, Tajikistan on Thursday, at a depth of 5.6 km, the USGS informed. The earthquake’s epicentre was 39.452°N and 69.953°E, respectively.No casualties have been reported yet. Further details awaited. (ANI) Source : Hindustan Times

Renovation work has been carried out at Tajikistan’s Bokhtar International Airport. Following the renovation, the airport’s capacities in terms of service quality have expanded. In the area of 1,250 square meters in front of the airport building, new lights were installed. Before the airport administration building, 4 new terraces were built, and at the entrance to the airport a pedestrian alley was paved. Additionally, a spacious hall for receiving passengers was repaired and put into operation. As a means of gardening and gentrification of the airport, in the area of 1,200 square meters, were planted: tulips, petunias, violas, catharanthus, chrysanthemums…

Ask a local in Almaty, Kazakhstan whether there are McDonald’s fast food restaurants in the city and the reply might go something like: “Yes there are, but no there aren’t.” Food Solutions KZ, the McDonald’s franchisee in Kazakhstan, on January 23 said that it had resumed operations at five of its former McDonald’s-branded Almaty outlets, but with no name on the doors. It added that more of the 24-strong chain of former McDonald’s restaurants it has nationwide would reopen after it decides on a brand name. It was supply-chain effects related to Ukraine war sanctions imposed on Moscow that last…

“Will you turn it on, or not?” asked a woman in the Uzbek town of Chirchik, as she grabbed a grid electrician from behind and held a kitchen knife to his neck in an exchange captured on camera. “If you are going to cut me, cut me,” responded the electrician, after power-starved residents descended on company premises for a control room showdown. The incident in Chirchik, an hour outside the capital, Tashkent, that led to the 35-year-old woman’s arrest speaks to the desperation that has set in as parts of Central Asia clocked up their coldest cold snap in 15…

Kenes Rakishev, former special envoy of the Kazakh government and current chairman of Fincraft Resources signed a memorandum of understanding, as well as a shareholder agreement with the Indian holding Monnet Group on the establishment of a joint venture in Kazakhstan for the production of ferroalloys. The company was named TB Alloys Kazakh Limited.The new plant is planned to be located in the industrial zone of the Taraz city. The company has already started pre-project work. At the first stage, the planned capacity of the enterprise will be up to 50 thousand tons of ferrosilicon per year with a gradual…

The government is aiming to bring in more foreign workers from Central Asian countries, partly through the “specified skilled worker program” that allows foreign nationals to do jobs that involve manual work. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is expected to announce the policy during a meeting between the foreign ministers of Japan and five Central Asian nations of the former Soviet bloc, in Tokyo on Dec.24. This move is believed to be aimed at encouraging the self-reliance of the countries — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — and at reining in Russia and China, both of which have strong influence…