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SCO’s 25th Anniversary Summit Brings Eurasian Leaders to Bishkek

Eurasia / Central Asia

SCO’s 25th Anniversary Summit Brings Eurasian Leaders to Bishkek

Leaders including Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Shehbaz Sharif convened in Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's...

Aug 31, 2026 Read →
Azerbaijan Ratifies Five-Agreement Cooperation Package with Turkmenistan

Eurasia / Central Asia

Azerbaijan Ratifies Five-Agreement Cooperation Package with Turkmenistan

Azerbaijan ratified a package of five agreements with Turkmenistan covering economic cooperation, defence, energy, customs and food safety, formalising accords concluded in...

Aug 22, 2026 Read →
Tajikistan Seeks Iranian Oil Amid Regional Energy Disruptions

Eurasia / Central Asia

Tajikistan Seeks Iranian Oil Amid Regional Energy Disruptions

Tajikistan formally requested Iran supply 2.55 million metric tons of crude oil and refined products, as Dushanbe seeks to diversify its energy...

Aug 22, 2026 Read →
ADB Appoints New Country Director for Mongolia

Eurasia / Central Asia

ADB Appoints New Country Director for Mongolia

The Asian Development Bank appointed John Juhyun Jeong as its new Country Director for Mongolia, tasked with implementing the bank's 2025-2028 country...

Aug 10, 2026 Read →
Uzbekistan Turns to Georgia and Iraq for Aviation Fuel Amid Rising Demand

Eurasia / Central Asia

Uzbekistan Turns to Georgia and Iraq for Aviation Fuel Amid Rising Demand

Uzbekistan announced new aviation fuel import arrangements with Georgia and Iraq as regional air traffic realignment drives higher demand, with Tashkent's aviation...

Aug 4, 2026 Read →
Dar Reaffirms Pakistan-Belarus Cooperation at SCO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Eurasia / Central Asia

Dar Reaffirms Pakistan-Belarus Cooperation at SCO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

On the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan, Ishaq Dar met his Belarusian counterpart Maxim Ryzhenkov, with...

Jul 25, 2026 Read →
Dar, Lavrov Discuss Rescheduling PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Russia Visit

Eurasia / Central Asia

Dar, Lavrov Discuss Rescheduling PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Russia Visit

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed rescheduling Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's postponed visit...

Apr 25, 2026 Read →
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