Tag: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
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President Trump enters Russia’s orbit: Hungary to be exempt from US sanctions on Russian oil
US President Donald Trump dedicated this week to entering Russia’s orbit with a meeting with the Asian C5 countries on Thursday, and another meeting with Hungarian President Viktor Orban yesterday. The C5 countries are Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. President Trump discussed trade, energy and mineral purchases with the C5 countries leaders, who, praised…
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Donald Trump’s alignment with Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is in Astana, Kazakhstan, meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. Putin received the blue-carpet treatment upon landing in the Kazakh capital, with Kazakhstan’s President Kassym Tokayev personally greeting only Xi Jinping at the airport. In a press conference, Putin heaped praise on Donald Trump’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine calling it…
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Ian Borg meets President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, as OSCE Chairman
Ian Borg, Foreign Affairs Minister and currently, OSCE Chairman, was in Almaty, Kazakhstan yesterday as he met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Senate leader, and the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, among others, to discuss the OSCE Action Plan for Kazakhstan. Ian Borg also met civil society organizations and youth groups. The OSCE is aiding…
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OSCE Chairman and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ian Borg is on a Central Asian tour
Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg is traveling to Central Asia this week as OSCE Chairman. He will first meet with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev before continuing his trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Kazakhstan views the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe as a valuable window to the West, given that it is the only…
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Kazakhstan to increase oil sales to Germany and adopt Russian sanctions
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has just announced, while on a trip to Germany, that Kazakhstan is to increase oil sales to Germany and adopt EU and US-imposed trade and economic sanctions on Russia. Germany gets this right by building friendships and striking trade deals with up-and-coming emerging democracies and liberal states. Too much focus…
