Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
Azerbaijani, Swedish FMs exchange views on latest situation in region
BAKU – Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden Ann Linde held a meeting via a video-conference format on December 22, 2020, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told. The sides exchanged views on the latest situation in the region as well as the implementation of a number of issues arising from the trilateral statement on ceasefire and cessation of all hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region dated November 10, 2020. The ministers discussed the issues of cooperation between the OSCE and Azerbaijan, given Sweden’sRead More
Tajikistan and Germany discuss financial and technical cooperation
A video conference was held as part of intergovernmental consultations between Tajikistan and Germany on financial and technical cooperation for 2020. The First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population Ghafur Muhsinzoda and representatives of the German delegation attended the videoconference. Muhsinzoda praised the state of cooperation between Tajikistan and Germany, and noted that it is mainly focused on access to health services for all segments of the population, especially in rural areas, maternal and child health, family planning, food security, tuberculosis control and prevention. The partiesRead More
Kazakhstan starts production of ‘Sputnik V’ anti-coronavirus vaccine
Kazakhstan launched production of Russian ‘Sputnik V’ anti-COVID vaccine, Trend reports citing the press office of Kazakhstan’s government. Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin visited Karaganda pharmaceuticals complex, where he launched production of the vaccine within the framework of agreements reached between presidents of Kazakhstan and Russia. The plant will gradually produce 2 million doses of the vaccine. Mass vaccination using ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine, produced in Kazakhstan, will begin in February 2021. First of all, medical workers, teachers, students, law enforcement officers, staff of medical and social institutions, as well asRead More
Indian tricks can hamper probe into attack on UNMOGIP: Masood
ISLAMABAD, DEC 22 (DNA) – The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has strongly condemned the mass arrests of pro-freedom leaders, human rights activists and the youth by the Indian military and paramilitary troops in the length and cranny of Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and called upon the international community to take notice of the vindictive actions of the Indian rulers. Expressing sharp reaction over the arrests of liberation leaders Ghulam Ahmed Gulzar, Maulvi Bashir and Abdur Rashid Lone, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leaderRead More
Pakistan issues 150,000 visas to Afghan nationals in Oct, Nov: embassy
ISLAMABAD, DEC 22 (DNA) – In order to facilitate movements of Afghan nationals to Pakistan, Pakistan Embassy in Kabul and its Consulates in Afghanistan have ensured implementation of Pakistan government’s new liberal visa policy for Afghan nationals in letter and spirit, the Pakistani embassy in Kabul said on Tuesday. The new policy was enacted on Sept. 29. The Pakistani embassy has issued details about the measures for facilitative visa processing of a large number of Afghan applicants for Pakistani visa. An embassy statement said the number of windows for collection ofRead More
Federal cabinet allows to present Census report before CCI
ISLAMABAD, /DNA/ – The federal cabinet has allowed presentation of the report of 6th Population and Housing Census 2017 before the Council of Common Interest for final approval. Briefing media in Islamabad on Tuesday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Syed Shibli Faraz said the cabinet which met in the federal capital, the cabinet also approved clearance of encroachments along the Margalla Road in Islamabad. The Minister said the Interior Minister was permitted to amend the Exit Control List to implement courts’ decisions. He said the final approval in amending theRead More