Azerbaijan has an embassy in Astana.

A recent summit in Astana outlined strategic plans for the SCO's further development.

In 2011, Smirnov participated at the opening ceremony of 2011 Asian Winter Games in Astana.

Expo 2017 is an International Exposition scheduled to take place in 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan is host of the International Astana Action Film Festival and the Eurasian Film Festival held annually.

If, in Astana, a high level group reinforces the idea of a referendum and sets a mutually acceptable date, this would be a significant achievement.

With so much to disagree about and no significant agreements ready to be concluded in Astana, this looks like a case of summitry for summitry s sake.

Two weeks later, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) heads of state assembled in Astana, Kazakhstan, to help shape the OSCE s next stage of development.

The Second Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions is to be held next year in Astana to discuss the issues of religion, society and international security.

The coming NATO and OSCE summits in Lisbon and Astana offer a unique opportunity to move the Euro Atlantic alliance and Russia towards an inclusive, cooperative, and effective security community.

Perhaps for this reason, there has been talk of a meeting in Astana between the presidents of Russia and France, the US secretary of state, and the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Rule of Law ABA Rule of Law Initiative br The ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) opened its first Kazakhstan office in the city of Almaty in 1993 and is currently based in Astana.

As stated in the Declaration of the SCO summit meeting held in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 5 July 2005, the SCO is prepared to engage in exchanges and cooperation with Afghanistan in areas of mutual interest.

Following the G 20 meetings in Seoul and the NATO summit in Portugal, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will hold its first summit in 10 years in Astana, Kazakhstan s spanking new capital city.

That is why Kazakhstan has come up with the initiative of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which was held in Astana in September 2003 with representatives of nearly all world and traditional religions participating.

Perhaps for this reason, there has been talk of a meeting in Astana between the presidents of Russia and France, the US secretary of state, and the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. That prospect holds both great opportunity and serious risks.

An acceptable blueprint might emerge from high level negotiations in Astana if it were to build on what succeeded in breaking previous negotiating deadlocks the idea of a referendum in which the war weary Karabakhis can determine their final status.

YEREVAN Summit season is upon us. Following the G 20 meetings in Seoul and the NATO summit in Portugal, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will hold its first summit in 10 years in Astana, Kazakhstan s spanking new capital city.

LONDON The leaders of Russia and Ukraine will meet in Astana, Kazakstan, on January 15 to discuss, once again, an end to the fighting that has roiled eastern Ukraine s Donbas region since last spring. Hopes for a viable agreement are not high.

The news aggregator TJournal spoke with residents of four Kazakh cities Astana, Almaty, Karaganda, and Atyrau who all confirmed that they no longer had access to the social media platforms, though they did not receive messages saying the websites had been blocked.

They are not constrained by huge assets in the hated West. It would not be difficult for them to convince ordinary Russians, who have already been primed by today s xenophobic propaganda, that Tbilisi, Sevastopol, Astana, and Tallinn belong to Russia and should be taken by force.

One of the archaeologists who excavated the Astana site, Wu Zhen, contends that, although many households along the Silk Road bought individual slaves, as we can see in the earlier documents from Niya, the Turpan documents point to a massive escalation in the volume of the slave trade.