Author: Manzura Ghaffarova

The Hague (AFP) – A searing image of a pregnant Ukrainian victim of a Russian strike on a maternity hospital in the city of Mariupol won the 2023 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday. The picture by Ukrainian photojournalist Evgeniy Maloletka of the Associated Press news agency shows rescuers carrying Iryna Kalinina, 32, from the rubble of the hospital in the devastated port city. Her baby Miron, named after the word for “peace”, was still-born after the strike on March 9, 2022. Kalinina, seen cradling her belly while lying on a stretcher, died half an hour later.…

Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister – Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi reiterated that the C5+1 states share common political will to enhance regional cooperation and increase mutual resilience in the face of geopolitical uncertainties. This was stated in his opening remarks before the start of the C5+1 ministerial meeting in Astana on February 28.  The meeting addressed economic and energy cooperation, climate change, counter-terrorism, among other issues. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev, Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirodzhiddin Mukhriddin, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, and Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov attended the meeting. The…

WASHINGTON — As Antony Blinken makes his first visit to Central Asia as U.S. secretary of state this week, the Biden administration says it is focused on supporting the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the region’s five former Soviet republics, which maintain strong political, economic and socio-cultural ties with Russia. Blinken travels to Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest economy with the highest level of U.S. investment, as well as Uzbekistan, the most populous country. The trip is an opportunity to reach out and try to improve alliances as Washington looks to further isolate Russia for invading Ukraine. But democracy supporters are…

Tajikistan reduced the export of precious metals to a minimum in January of this year.  According to statistics, in January this year, the proceeds from the sale of precious metals amounted to only $5,000. This is at a time when this figure was more than $22.8 million a year earlier. According to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, there are 18 gold mining companies in the country, and the production of this metal is growing every year. However, the department does not share data on the actual volumes of gold production, referring to the secrecy of information about the…

SINGAPORE – Eight agreements were signed on Tuesday aimed at deepening cooperation between Singapore and Uzbekistan, in areas such as transport, trade, education and healthcare capabilities. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is here on his first state visit to Singapore, witnessed the exchange of the pacts at the Istana. Among the agreements is one between Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health and Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic International aimed at boosting the healthcare and information technology capacity and capability of Uzbekistan. A memorandum of understanding was also signed between Enterprise Singapore and the Investment Promotion Agency under Uzbekistan’s…