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Kazakhstan: Astana, Moscow to keep working together despite ‘shocks’ in the world – Tokayev

ASTANA, December 9. /TASS/: Kazakhstan and Russia will constantly work together, despite the "certain shocks" in the world, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said.

"Russia is Kazakhstan’s strategic partner. We have the longest ground border with Russia in the world. And we have traditions of good cooperation, which should be preserved or, at the very least, should not be rejected. And I believe that, despite the certain shocks on the international arena, we will constantly work together," Tokayev said in an interview for Euronews.

Kazakhstan: Putin, Erdogan and Raisi make visits in Central Asia

ASTANA (Kazakhstan), Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Kazakhstan on Thursday, while Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi are expected in Uzbekistan, amid renewed diplomatic interest in the region.

Central Asia’s former Soviet republics have sought to diversify their partnerships as Moscow’s sway over the region — which it considers as under its sphere of influence — has waned since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Putin expected to make official visit to Kazakhstan on November 9

ASTANA, November 6. /TASS/: Kazakhstan expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to make an official visit to Astana on November 9, the office of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in a statement.

"On November 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to Astana on November 9, 2023, at the invitation of the head of state, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The two countries’ leaders are expected to hold talks, discussing pressing issues related to Kazakh-Russian strategic partnership," the statement reads.

Kazakhstan: Europe needs stable pattern of relations with Russia, Macron says

ASTANA, November 1. /TASS/: Europe needs a stable pattern of relations with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said, speaking to students at the Kazakh Humanitarian Law University named after M.S. Narikbayev.

According to him, "the European defense architecture cannot be built on escalation and conflicts." "Russia is geographically a part of Europe, so we need to build a stable pattern of relations between EU members and non-members, and this includes Russia," Macron emphasized.

Kazakhstan welcomes France's Macron under Moscow's disapproving gaze

ASTANA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday on the first leg of a trip to Central Asia, a region long regarded as Russia's backyard which has drawn fresh Western attention since the war in Ukraine began.

Oil-rich Kazakhstan has already emerged as a replacement supplier of crude to European nations turning off Russian supply and an important link in the new China-Europe trade route bypassing Russia.

U.S. astronaut Rubio says 'good to be home' after landing in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Sept 27 (Reuters) - U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio, who broke the record for the longest continuous space flight by an American, and two Russian cosmonauts landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan on Wednesday after more than a year on the International Space Station (ISS).

Their Soyuz MS-23 capsule undocked from the ISS a minute earlier than scheduled, and took around three and a half hours to make it down to Earth, landing southeast of the city of Zhezqazghan.

Kazakhstan: Soyuz MS-24 spaceship with three crew members aboard put in orbit

BAIKONUR COSMODROME /Kazakhstan/, September 15. /TASS/: The Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft, which was blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport on Friday, has separated from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, a TASS correspondent reported.

The spacecraft’s crew are Oleg Kononenko, deputy chief of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and commander of the Roscosmos cosmonaut team, who will become a fourth TASS special correspondent on the orbital outpost orbit, cosmonaut Nikolay Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara.

Kazakhstan: Tokayev, Putin emphasize need to further develop partnership

ASTANA, May 9. /TASS/: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has held substantive talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his working visit to Russia, and the two presidents emphasized the need to develop the partnership even further, Kazakhstan’s presidential spokesman, Ruslan Zheldibay, told reporters on Tuesday.

"During his working visit to the Russian Federation, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had a comprehensive conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin," he said.

They touched upon pressing bilateral issues at the meeting.

Kazakhstan: US to impose sanctions on China if it supplies weapons to Russia — Blinken

ASTANA, February 28. /TASS/: The United States will impose sanctions on China if it helps Russia in the course of its special military operation in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a joint news conference with his Kazakh counterpart on Tuesday.

Iranian chess player appears at Kazakhstan tournament without hijab for second day -Reuters witness

ALMATY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player on Wednesday took part in an international tournament in Kazakhstan without a hijab for the second day running, according to a Reuters journalist present.

A Reuters witness at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, saw Sara Khadem competing without a headscarf, a violation of Iran's laws governing female dress code.

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