2017 Kazakhstan Special Weapons News |
- Kyrgyz President Continues Kazakh War Of Words RFE/RL 15 Nov 2017 -- Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has criticized Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbaev again amid persistent tension between the neighboring Central Asian countries, saying he will not apologize to the "aged president."
- Kyrgyz Prime Minister In Kazakhstan For Border Crisis Talks RFE/RL 18 Oct 2017 -- Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sapar Isakov has arrived in Kazakhstan to discuss the ongoing crisis on the countries' mutual border, where vehicles and people have been stuck in long lines after Kazakhstan tightened customs checks on October 10.
- Kazakh Inspections Take Toll On Both Sides Of Kyrgyz-Kazakh Border RFE/RL 17 Oct 2017 -- Kyyalbek Anarbaev sits in his truck here on the road between Bishkek and Almaty, as a heated political dispute plays out between senior officials in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
- Kazakh peace flotilla leaves Iranian northern port IRNA 30 Sep 2017 -- The Kazakh peace and friendship flotilla that had docked in Anzali port on Wednesday, left Iran's waters in Caspian See for Kazakhstan on Saturday.
- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Exchange Angry Diplomatic Notes Over Nazarbaev Meeting RFE/RL 20 Sep 2017 -- Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan exchanged pointed accusations and diplomatic protests after Kazakhstan's president met with a Kyrgyz presidential candidate, a meeting Bishkek said amounted to meddling in its internal politics.
- China's New Security Concern – The Kazakhs RFE/RL 08 Aug 2017 -- Relations between Kazakhstan and China have been good for more than two decades now.
- India Agrees to Enhance Millitary Capability of Kazakhstan Sputnik 05 Aug 2017 -- India aspires to create a market for its defense equipment in Central Asian countries including Kazakhstan after the Chabahar port becomes operational within a year or two.
- Nazarbaev Signs Law Barring 'Ordinary' Kazakhs From Seeking Presidency RFE/RL 11 Jul 2017 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has signed into law a measure that bars people without previous government experience from running for president.
- Nazarbaev Says He'll Devolve Some Powers As He Becomes 'Supreme Arbiter' RFE/RL 25 Jan 2017 -- Kazakhstan's long-ruling President Nursultan Nazarbaev says he will delegate some of his sweeping powers to parliament and to government ministers as he transforms his own leadership into a role he described as "supreme arbiter."
- Hunger Strike Protests By Oil Workers Growing In Western Kazakhstan RFE/RL 18 Jan 2017 -- A protest by oil workers in western Kazakhstan against the closure of a confederation of independent trade unions is growing in magnitude as it approaches the end of its second week.
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