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Landlocked Kazakhstan reaches across borders to the world

Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaks with “Diva” on being landlocked, international cooperation, stability and peace. By Annegret Mathari, Almaty (Text), Peter Kenny (Photos) Kazakhstan is the world’s ninth largest country. But it is also the biggest landlocked country. “Therefore, to be part of global processes, we need to reach out to immediate neighbours and the global world. Being landlocked means dependence on your neighbours,” says Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. China’s Belt…

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Yemeni Government Sees National Dialogue as Basis for Peace Talks

The Yemeni Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Majawar, says any peaceful resolution of the war in Yemen must restore the country’s legitimate authorities He is not optimistic that the Houthis will compromise. By Annegret Mathari, 27 Aug. 2018 The Yemeni government says the cause of the “tragedies” in the country is the “Coup d’état of the Houthi militias to oust the legitimate government on 21 September 2014”, the Yemeni Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Majawar, has told…

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