The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Qatar, Arman Issagaliyev on December 26 met with the Group Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways, Badr Mohammed Al Meer. The Kazakh diplomat noted the strengthening political, trade and economic ties between the two countries, as well as the expanding flow of tourists in both directions. The CEO of Qatar
An informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS member countries took place on December 26 in St Petersburg, Russia. The meeting was attended by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Before the informal summit, the leaders visited the Pavlovsk, Tsarskoye Selo,
The Uzbek Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Oleg Malginov on December 22 and told him that statements by ultranationalist pro-Kremlin writer Zakhar Prilepin a day earlier are “provocative and may have a negative impact” on Uzbek-Russian relations, RFE/RL reported. Prilepin on December 21 spoke publicly about “the necessity to join Uzbekistan’s territory with Russia.” Russian
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov signed a bill amending the national flag on December 22, two days after lawmakers approved it in a final reading. The lawmakers have said the wavy yellow rays of a sun on a red field of the old flag resembled a sunflower. The Kyrgyz word for sunflower is “kunkarama,” but it
Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to open direct flights on the route Almaty-Riyadh. The agreement was reached on December 20 during the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu to Saudi Arabia to participate in the 6th meeting of the Kazakh-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic,
