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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.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New Delhi on Friday to attend the weekend BRICS summit, amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, joining a host of foreign dignitaries.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia and a seaport in Dagestan in the past 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss air defences for Ukraine over winter.
Mexico and the U.S. are racing to secure a trade deal before the U.S. midterm elections in less than eight weeks, according to six sources familiar with the talks, with failed negotiations between Washington and Canada adding urgency.
Dubai’s property market has spent years climbing. Now, for the first time since 2021, prices are moving in the opposite direction.
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on Telegram. In Russia, online marketplace Ozon has suspended operations in Saratov, southwestern Russia, following a drone strike on a warehouse in 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.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to deepening its partnership with the Gates Foundation, with talks spanning polio eradication, health, financial inclusion and digital development.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New Delhi on Friday to attend the weekend BRICS summit, amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, joining a host of foreign dignitaries.
Georgia’s top security official has held face-to-face talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart in China, with both sides pledging to deepen intelligence cooperation amid growing global security challenges.
More than 46,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since fighting escalated last week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday, warning that the number is rising “by the hour”.
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