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Julie Stufft, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Ambassador to Kazakhstan, outlined her priorities during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, pledging to support 'America's growing strategic partnership with Kazakhstan.
Stufft stated that if her candidacy confirmed, she will foster deeper bilateral economic ties, including through U.S. investment in energy, technology, and infrastructure.
"Today, we’re on the threshold of a new era of commercial and energy cooperation with Kazakhstan, a global leader in uranium production, a major oil exporter, and holder of vast reserves of critical minerals," she added.
But the partnership with Kazakhstan goes beyond commercial interests, as Kazakhstan is sandwiched between Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
"Russia looms over Kazakhstan across the world’s longest land border, with China trying to dominate the telecommunications and extractive sectors. The United States benefits from a Kazakhstan that is stable, independent, and prosperous," she stated, adding that Kazakhstan is a "solid partner to the United States" in other areas, including improving export controls to curb Russian sanctions avoidance and making essential contributions to the C5+1 diplomatic platform.
As a middle power, Kazakhstan is increasingly positioned to play a crucial role in fostering regional and global stability, peace, and sustainable development in the region.
"Kazakhstan enjoys a high level of international trust and is often referred to as a 'middle power.' Unburdened by the complexities of superpower politics, our agility enables us to navigate intricate diplomatic terrains and carve paths toward compromise and reconciliation," Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in a statement published last January, adding that this status required not only consistent efforts in foreign policy, but also tangible progress in key domestic areas such as economics, investment, science, and technology.
While outlining the country’s foreign policy, he emphasized that Kazakhstan would focus on deepening regional partnerships and advancing to a new level of cooperation with its closest neighbours—particularly the countries of Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
"The implementation and progress of major investment projects involving China, Russia, the United States, the European Union, the Middle East, Asia, and other international partners must be kept under close and continuous oversight," he added.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Memorandum of understanding signed during Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu’s official visit to Georgia.
The inaugural meeting of defence ministers from Central Asian nations took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
The Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Chikovani was in Yerevan, Armenia on Monday for an official visit following an invitation by his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan.
Tehran and Baku have pledged to increase cooperation between the two countries across all fields, after an all-important meeting on Monday in Iran's capital city.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced the lifting of restrictions on the transit of goods to Armenia through Azerbaijani territory, during a meeting with Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
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