Kazakhstan to host SCO summit in 2017
Kazakhstan will host the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the next year, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said. The SCO summit-2016 will be held in Tashkent on June 23-24. …
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Istanbul hosts first World Humanitarian Summit
The first World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul starts its work, it will last for two days. The summit is being held on the initiative of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with the organizational support of the …
Pope asks followers to pray for Turkey humanitarian summit
Pope Francis has asked for prayers so that participants at a humanitarian summit in Turkey fully commit to achieve what he defines as their main aim: saving the life of every human being. Francis addressed tens of …
Putin: Russia passes bottom of economic crisis
Russia passed the bottom of the economic crisis in 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting of leaders of ASEAN member countries with representatives of Russia-ASEAN Business Forum. "The low level …
Maria Zakharova performs Kalinka dance at Russia - ASEAN summit
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova performed the traditional Russian Kalinka dance for journalists during a concert organized on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi. "Though we had …
Georgia to join international anti-corruption hub
The United Kingdom will create a so-called anti-corruption innovation hub with the participation of several other countries, including France, Mexico, Ghana, Georgia, Switzerland, Afghanistan, UAE, Indonesia and Norway, Sputnik reports. …
Kazakh President urges Muslim countries to create anti-terrorism forum
The Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has taken part in the XIII Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Kazinform reports. The President noted that today 15 OIC member-states are under pressure of international …
IEA: oil-freeze deal would have limited impact on market
A deal to freeze oil production by OPEC and non-OPEC producers will have a limited impact on global supply, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its monthly report. "If there is to be a production freeze, rather than a …
Kazakhstan to host next OIC summit
The 14th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 2017 will be held in Kazakhstan, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Iyad Ameen Madani, said during the OIC summit in Istanbul. …
OIC summit starts in Istanbul
The 13th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will be held under the theme 'Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace' in Istanbul on April 13-14. It will be attended by representatives of 56 states, …
Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva arrive at OIC summit
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva arrived in Istanbul on a working visit to take part in the 13th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). …
Nazarbayev and Erdogan to hold talks next week
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Turkey next week to participate in the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip …
Ban Ki-moon calls for participation in Istanbul's Humanitarian Summit
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit , which will be held in Istanbul on May 23-24. "The World Humanitarian Summit is a unique …
Nuclear Security Summit in Washington becomes the last
The participants of the Nuclear Security Summit, which ended yesterday, issued a statement saying that the main role in coordinating international efforts in nuclear safety issues belongs to the IAEA. The document also notes that the summit in …
Nazarbayev says EEU is economic project, not USSR rebuilding
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said today that the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is purely an economic project. "I would like to emphasize that it is not about any re-establishment of the Soviet Union. It is …
Peskov explains what causes Russia's non-participation in 'nuclear' summit
Russia refused to participate in the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington due to the lack of cooperation with partners on this issue, the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. According to him, "the issue of …
Margvelashvili to hold meetings in Washington
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili will hold a series of meetings and address the international summit on nuclear security in Washington. Margvelashvili will hold talks with his Hungarian and Polish counterparts …
Turkey and EU reach consensus on migration limitation
At the EU summit, held in Brussels, Belgium, the European Union and Turkey have reached an agreement on restricting migration, a European source on sidelines of the summit informed. Prime Minister of Finland Juha …
Zakharova: Russia is open for Turkish businessmen
Russia is not against the participation of Turkish businessmen in the International Economic Summit in Kazan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said today at the briefing. "Minds are open for the Turkish …
Rouhani may take part in OIC summit
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is considering an invitation to take part in the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. "Turkey has invited Iran's president to the OIC's summit and the …
