Kazakhstan Calls for Enhanced Middle Power Responsibility

Kazakhstan Calls for Enhanced Middle Power Responsibility

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is trying to position Kazakhstan as a leading advocate for changing “the architecture of international relations” in ways that give “middle powers” a greater say in global affairs. In an opening speech at the May 29-30 Astana International Forum, Tokayev offered a full-throated endorsement for a return to a global order rooted in multilateralism. While many emerging threats, such as global warming, are transnation…

Kazakhstan’s President calls for stronger political ties with Afghanistan

KABUL (TOLONews): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in a meeting with Nooruddin Azizi, acting minister of industry and commerce of the Islamic Emirate, emphasized the need to strengthen political relations with Afghanistan. In this meeting, held on the sidelines of the Astana conference, President Tokayev also stressed increasing trade between Kabul and Astana to more than 3 billion dollars. The Kazakh president further noted that after the…

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