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September 6, 2024

Malaysia Views ASEAN’s Russia Engagement As A “Development Lynchpin”

The Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, has been attending the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, and delivered a Keynote speech at the event. Malaysia is poised to be the new ASEAN Chair for 2025, and, Ibrahim said, remains committed to reinforcing the bloc’s centrality while exploring synergies with regional and key dialogue partners. ASEAN includes […]

September 5, 2024

Algeria Joins BRICS New Development Bank

October 25 Update: Algeria has now been granted ‘BRICS Partner’ status. See more here. Algeria has been granted membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), the bank   president, Dilma Rousseff, and Algeria’s Finance Ministry have announced. The decision was made on Saturday (August 31) at the ninth annual meeting of the Board of Governors […]

September 5, 2024

Türkiye Applies To Join BRICS Over NATO and EU Rifts

October 25 Update: Turkiye has now been granted ‘BRICS Partner’ status. See more here. As we suggested would happen earlier in June here Turkiye has made an official application to join the BRICS grouping. A rift with NATO over Ukraine are one reason for Ankara’s reported bid to join the group, which is due to […]

September 4, 2024

The 2024 Eastern Economic Forum Opens in Vladivostok

The 9th annual Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) opened on Tuesday (September 3) in Vladivostok.  The EEF is Russia’s largest development and investment platform for Asia and is targeted at developing the economy of the Russian Far East and expanding international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. This year’s primary showcase guest is Vietnam, while around 6,000 […]

September 4, 2024

Russian and Iranian Auto Manufacturers Look To Cooperate  

Iranian and Russian automobile and parts manufacturers met at the MIMS Automobility Moscow 2024 last week to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation, as bilateral trade and supply of Iranian auto parts has increased by 450% since the county signed a Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union and joined BRICS. The Iranian delegation, led […]

September 3, 2024

Russia Provides Tajikistan With Wind Farm Energy Investment Proposal 

Russia’s Rosatom has presented an investment project to Tajikistan to build renewable energy facilities with capacity of up to 1 GW. The project was discussed during meetings between Russia’s trade mission in Tajikistan, Rosatom Renewable Energy and Tajikistan’s Energy and Water Resources Ministry. Tajik Deputy Energy Minister Manuchehr Safarzoda said his country has huge potential […]

September 2, 2024

Russia Providing Nuclear Power Assistance To Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s minister of primary and secondary education, Torerayi Moyo, has stated his thanks to Russia for assistance in training specialists in the Zimbabwean nuclear power and space industries. Moyo stated that Zimbabwe aims to build a nuclear power plant and develop its nuclear energy sector as part of the country’s broader industrialization goals. He said […]

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