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DHAKA, BangladeshBangladesh got one step closer to activating its first nuclear power plant on Thursday as Russia formally delivered an initial shipment of uranium fuel to the South Asian country.Via video link, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the official handover event in the ...

MOSCOWRussia on Wednesday called on all parties in Pakistan to resolve their difference through peaceful means.Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia is “closely following” the events surrounding the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.At least six people were killed ...

KARACHI, PakistanRussia and Pakistan on Thursday discussed ways for supplying oil and gas to Islamabad on a "long-term" basis. The talks were held during a series of meetings between Russian and Pakistani energy ministers and other government officials over the past two days in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, said a statement ...

MOSCOW Russia hosted a meeting Wednesday in which its participants called on the US to fully unblock Afghanistan’s central bank assets.Following the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan, Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan resolutely demanded that Washington completely unfreeze the Afghan assets, the Russian ...

MOSCOW Russian Presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov announced on Monday a series of meetings aiming to address “the post-conflict restoration” of Afghanistan.On Wednesday, Iran will host a meeting of countries, neighbors of Afghanistan, and Russia is invited and will take part, Kabulov said at a news conference in ...

MOSCOWThe Taliban will take part in a meeting of the Moscow format on Afghanistan, slated for Oct. 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.Speaking at a press briefing on the sidelines of the third Eurasian Women’s Forum, Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said "a large Taliban delegation" will ...

MOSCOWA Moscow format meeting is scheduled for Oct. 20 that will also discuss the possibility of holding a conference on Afghanistan under the auspices of the UN, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.Addressing a news conference in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is currently waiting ...

MOSCOWA Moscow format meeting is scheduled for Oct. 20 that will also discuss the possibility of holding a conference on Afghanistan under the auspices of the UN, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.Addressing a news conference in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is currently waiting ...

MOSCOWRussia has called a meeting of the 'Moscow format' on Afghanistan in the Russian capital on Oct. 20, the country’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan announced on Thursday.The Taliban, who took power in Afghanistan mid-August, have been invited to the meeting, Zamir Kabulov told reporters in Moscow.He said the Troika ...

MOSCOWRussian, Chinese and Pakistani envoys to Afghanistan held talks with representatives of the Taliban administration in Afghanistan, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.It said President Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq and China’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoyong, held two-day ...