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With a voter turnout of almost 40%, the Iranian people participated in the first round of the presidential elections on June 28. Following the death of former President Ebrahim Raisi in a plane crash on May 19, it decided to hold presidential elections in no more than 50 days, according to the constitution of the Islamic […]
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Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks on Thursday, June 27, in Beijing on the development of strategic cooperation in transport infrastructure. The Vietnamese leader was in China on June 24-27 to attend the 15th annual meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which was […]
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The Rasht – Caspian Sea Railway in Gilan province, Iran, was inaugurated on Thursday (June 20) morning in the presence of Iranian and Russian officials, led by the interim President of Iran, Mohammad Mokhber, and the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Igor Levitin, along with Igor Babushkin, the governor of Astrakhan province. The […]
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On the evening of June 19 (according to Vietnamese media and the Kremlin’s website), the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and his delegation consisting of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russian presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov and a number of other senior Russian officials, arrived at […]
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Mehdi Soltani, an independent researcher from the Islamic Republic of Iran, wrote for the journal “Международный бизнес | International Business” edited by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, also known as MGIMO University, a detailed and comprehensive article on “The role of the SCO in economic relations in the context of sanctions, with an […]
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On June 17, a delegation from the China Science and Technology Association led by its president, Wan Gang, traveled to Iran to hold talks with Ali Salajegheh, head of the Environment Department. China Association for Science and Technology | 中国科学技术协会 is an organization made up of researchers and engineers. It has hundreds of branches nationally […]
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On June 6, 2024, an intergovernmental agreement was signed in Beijing on the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project, part of the Belt and Road Initiative. On this occasion, a video link was also made between the presidents of the three states. The route starts from Kashgar | 喀什市, a city and major transport hub located in […]
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In recent years, India and Saudi Arabia have significantly strengthened their economic interactions and turned their bilateral relations into a strong partnership. This development reflects a strategic alignment of interests in the economy, energy security and geopolitical considerations. Saudi Arabia has now become one of New Delhi’s largest trading partners. In 2021, the volume of trade between […]
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Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, said in an interview conducted by Izvestia on June 10 that there is talk of resuming diplimatic ties. It should be noted that since August 29, 2008, the two countries have closed their embassies, at the initiative of Georgia and as a result of the Russian-Georgian war […]
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On 7 and 8 of June 2024, the ASEAN + 3 Senior Officials Meeting (APT), the East Asia Summit (EAS) Senior Officials Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting were held in Vientiane, Laos. During the meetings, the level of cooperation between the parties was analyzed and the development directions for the next period were agreed upon. Participants reviewed […]