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Beijing has officially supported Kazakhstan's application to join BRICS, a group of emerging economies founded by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009, which South Africa joined a year later. In January of this year, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE were also admitted as full members. The Anadolu Agency reports that Kazakhstan's bid to join became known after a meeting between Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Xi Jinping last week. According to the Chinese leader, “China and Kazakhstan are walking side by side on the road to modernization.” Xi Jinping noted a great synergy between the two countries and said he supports the application. During the meeting, the president of Kazakhstan also supported China's initiative to "create a community [for the] common destiny of mankind," expressing his country's readiness to "constructively support" issues related to its realization.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Russian city of Chelyabinsk has been chosen as the venue for the meeting of the Council of Heads of SCO member states and the meeting of BRICS leaders in 2020 in accordance with a Decree ‘On the Organizing Committee for Preparing and Securing the Chairmanship of the Russian Federation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2019–2020 and in the BRICS Union in 2020’ signed by President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — At a summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen on September 4, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which comprise the BRICS grouping of the world's leading emerging economies, issued a statement that for the first time named Pakistan-based militant groups “regional security concern”. We are republishing the following article by James M. Dorsey* on the issue, originally entitled ‘BRICS potentially strengthens Trump’s hand in tackling Pakistani support of militants’: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which comprise the BRICS grouping of the world's leading emerging economies, at a summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen on September 4 called for an immediate end to violence in Afghanistan and issued a statement that includes for the first time Pakistan-based militant groups as a regional security concern, RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — On December 1-2, Ufa (Russia) hosted the Second Small Business Forum of the SCO and BRICS Regions. The participants were the Russian regions, the leading SMEs of the SCO and BRICS member states, and young entrepreneurs. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Today, east-west rail links are considered at least as important as maritime power. And though at varying speed according to working area, spades are being put into the ground as construction work proceeds, thereby increasing investors’ trust that something is actually being done with their money except paperwork. Continue reading
