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On the sidelines of the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin held a bilateral meeting with Kirti Vardhan Singh, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
The Central Asia–India Foreign Ministers' Meeting is set for June 5–6 in New Delhi. In preparation, officials will engage in discussions on regional cooperation.
According to Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides reviewed bilateral ties, exchanged views on key regional issues, and emphasized the importance of deepening strategic cooperation across areas such as trade, environmental sustainability, and climate resilience.
The upcoming meeting in New Delhi will bring together foreign ministers from India and five Central Asian republics—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—as part of the Central Asia–India dialogue platform launched in 2019 to strengthen multilateral ties across political, economic, and cultural dimensions.
The meeting is expected to focus on regional security, infrastructure connectivity, and energy partnerships, as well as collaborative responses to climate challenges, building on momentum from recent high-level summits such as the Central Asia+Italy Summit, where leaders adopted a joint declaration on shared priorities.
This dialogue format underscores India’s increasing engagement with Central Asia as part of its “Connect Central Asia” policy, aimed at expanding influence in the region amid evolving geopolitical dynamics and growing competition from other regional powers.
Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), adding to concerns about energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline on Saturday.
A Kyiv-Warsaw train was struck near the Polish border, Ukraine's state railway firm said on Sunday. No passengers were injured. Ukrainian Railways said that the country's railways were facing systematic attacks for a second day and warned of widespread delays.
Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut down its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline after it was hit by a drone attack, with Riyadh and Baghdad saying the strike originated from Iraq.
Swedes vote in an election on Sunday (13 September) that could see the far-right enter government for the first time if the country's right-wing parties can form a majority.
U.S. Central Command said 101 commercial vessels have been redirected in the Strait of Hormuz, while oil prices rose more than three per cent amid fresh regional attacks and supply concerns.
More than 20 hospitals and health centres in Gaza could lose a key source of fuel from 19 September, according to the Strip's Health Ministry.
Natural gas supplies from Russia to Armenia will be temporarily suspended for 11 days while planned maintenance and repair work is carried out on a pipeline in Russia, the Armenian subsidiary of Russian state energy firm Gazprom has said.
Saudi Arabia’s outbound travel market could surge from around $35 billion to more than $60 billion by 2030-2034, driven by a young generation of high-spending travellers and intensifying competition among global destinations.
Uzbekistan’s first permanent contemporary art institution has opened in a historic 1912 building in Tashkent, transforming a former tram depot and diesel power station into a new cultural hub for the region.
Uzbekistan plans to introduce a new Heritage Impact Assessment system to shield historic cities and cultural heritage sites from the potential impact of construction and infrastructure development. Digital tools will also be used to manage tourist numbers and limit visitors where necessary.
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