Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 9 October 2026 with five key developments from the CIS summit in Turkmenistan.
Azerbaijan and Central Asian states have agreed to expand cooperation across trade, investment, digital technology, security, healthcare, environmental protection and culture sectors. A joint statement outlines also highlights strengthening collaboration in artificial intelligence, innovation and advanced technologies. The leaders pledged closer coordination on countering organised crime, cybercrime, terrorism, human trafficking and illicit drug and weapons trafficking, alongside initiatives to promote tourism, preserve shared cultural heritage and strengthen people-to-people ties.
Cooperation between Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on renewable energy continues to develop, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said. The three countries are working towards establishing an energy corridor to export green electricity generated in Central Asia to European markets through Azerbaijan. The initiative is intended to strengthen regional energy connectivity and support the expansion of renewable energy cooperation between Central Asia and Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held talks on the sidelines of the CIS summit in Awaza, Turkmenistan, on Thursday, ahead of the Council of Heads of State meeting. Putin acknowledged Iran’s efforts to help end the regional conflict and offered Russia’s assistance in mediation. Pezeshkian said Washington and Tehran were considering new proposals aimed at ending the conflict.
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have established a Supreme Council of Strategic Partnership to strengthen political dialogue and expand bilateral cooperation. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow signed the agreement during a meeting on the sidelines of the CIS summit in Awaza on Thursday. The new body is intended to provide an institutional framework for closer coordination between the two countries.
Azerbaijan will assume the chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2028, following Uzbekistan’s chairmanship in 2027, according to President Ilham Aliyev. It will be the first time Azerbaijan chairs the CIS since gaining independence. Azerbaijan is also set to chair the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). Azerbaijan will assume the chairmanship of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 2027 and host its summit that year, while the European Political Community Summit is scheduled to take place in Azerbaijan in 2028.
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Leaders of countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have agreed to hold coordinated population censuses around 2030. They took the decision at the CIS Council of Heads of State meeting in Awaza, Turkmenistan on Friday, media reported.
Russia struck Ukraine overnight in one of the biggest attacks of the conflict, killing at least 19 people, Kyiv's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Around 70 missiles were fired at Ukraine during the attack, as well as drones, the Ministry said.
The Saudi-led coalition says it has carried out a series of military operations against Houthi targets in Yemen after attacks on two Saudi airports left three people dead and dozens injured.
Azerbaijan and the five Central Asian states have signed two key documents at the 8th Consultative Meeting of Heads of State in Turkmenbashi, formalising a broader framework for regional cooperation in transport, trade, energy, digitalisation and security.
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Leaders of countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have agreed to hold coordinated population censuses around 2030. They took the decision at the CIS Council of Heads of State meeting in Awaza, Turkmenistan on Friday, media reported.
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said on Friday that three Saudi nationals were killed and several people were injured in two attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday (8 October).
Several powerful explosions reported in the south of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday may have been triggered by oil tankers hitting naval mines, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB has reported, citing unnamed military sources.
Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a U.S. official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said.
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning Georgian Dream’s attempt to ban opposition parties and calling for targeted sanctions against senior Georgian officials.
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