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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Central Asia Tuesday to meet officials from all five former Soviet republics following the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Blinken's visit to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is his first to the region as the Biden administration's top diplomat.…

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Kyrgyz ex-president released from prison, case to be reviewed

Kyrgyzstan's former president, Almazbek Atambayev, has been released from prison for medical treatment abroad, an ally said on Tuesday, as his case was sent for a review.

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Kyrgyzstan to host Russia-led defence bloc drills

Kyrgyzstan will host a Russia-led security bloc's peacekeeping drills this year instead of Armenia, which last month declined to host the exercise, the bloc's chief of staff said on Tuesday.

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Russia-led rescuers pull man from rubble in Turkey 160 hours after quake

Rescue teams from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus pulled a man alive from a collapsed building in Turkey on Sunday, 160 hours after the earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

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Man sues organ transplant NPO for 30 million yen

A male patient has filed a lawsuit seeking about 30 million yen from the Intractable Disease Patient Support Association, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Kyrgyzstan- EMSC

(This Dec. 28 story has been corrected to fix location to remove reference to 'Almaty region' in the first paragraph)

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Kyrgyz First Deputy PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Riyadh, Bishkek Aim to Increase Cooperation in Green Economy

Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan aim to boost their comprehensive partnership amid plans to increase economic, trade, and investment cooperation in infrastructure, renewable energy, hydroelectric power, wind energy, agricultural production technology, and green economy, said First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev. He told Asharq Al-Awsat in Riyadh that he…

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Kyrgyzstan's coal mines dig on in hope of past glory

Suluktu (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) - Hundreds of metres underground, Emylbek Umarov hacks out lumps of coal by hand with a pickaxe in a dank mine in a remote mountainous corner of Kyrgyzstan.

AFP

Saudi FM Meets First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Fathan bin Abdullah held talks with first deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan Adelbek Qasim Aliyev in Riyadh on Thursday. The FM met with Aliyev on behalf of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. The officials held talks on bilateral ties and…

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Kyrgyzstan asks Russia-led bloc to send peacekeepers to Tajik border

Kyrgyzstan has asked a Russia-led security bloc to deploy peacekeeping troops at its disputed border with Tajikistan to ensure a ceasefire holds between the two ex-Soviet Central Asian countries, a senior Kyrgyz official said on Wednesday.

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'We want respect': Putin's authority tested in Central Asia

Sensing that Russia has been weakened by its war in Ukraine, some of its closest allies in Central Asia are displaying a newly assertive streak.

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South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats

The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a three-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2023.

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Kyrgyzstan: Exploring central Asia’s hidden gem that transports you back in time

The country has vast stretches of land barely troubled by roads, writes Evgeny Lebedev

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Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyzstan of hiding military hardware near border

Tajikistan accused Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday of failing to withdraw military hardware from their mutual border after last week's deadly conflict and hiding it instead, a charge Bishkek denies.

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Central Asia: ignored by the West, carefully cultivated by China

Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Central Asian countries would indicate Beijing sees the region as both a possible opportunity to be mined and a potential danger to be managed.

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Kyrgyz leader seeks talks with Tajikistan after deadly clashes

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Kyrgyzstan's leader said Tuesday he is prepared to negotiate as long as it takes with Tajikistan to resolve a deadly border dispute, while also vowing his forces would not cede "a centimeter" of land.

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King Salman Receives Credentials of Ambassadors of Several Countries

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received in Jeddah on Tuesday the credentials of a number of ambassadors of brotherly and friendly countries appointed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Press Agency. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of…

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More than 90 dead in Tajik-Kyrgyz border clashes

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) - At least 94 people were killed in clashes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan this week, in the worst violence the countries have seen in years, while the international community called for calm.

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Putin calls on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to de-escalate

Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone talks with the leaders of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan following clashes on the border of the Central Asian republics, the Kremlin said on Sunday.

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Kyrgyzstan says death toll from border conflict rises to 36

Kyrgyzstan said on Sunday its death toll from the border conflict with Tajikistan has risen to 36 people, with 129 wounded in fighting between the two Central Asian nations.

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Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes leave dozens dead and thousands displaced

The security chiefs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sit down for talks to stop fighting on the border between the two countries that so far has killed at least 54 people and wounded over 100.

The Independent UK

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hold talks to end border fighting

The security chiefs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have sat down for talks to stop fighting on the border between the two countries that has killed at least 24 people and wounded over 100

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Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Trade Blame for Ceasefire Violations

The ex-Soviet republics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in Central Asia blamed each other Friday for breaching a ceasefire intended to end deadly border clashes. The two sides had agreed a halt to fighting and Kyrgyzstan said the countries' leaders had met and decided to withdraw their forces after clashes broke…

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