Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (right), Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Also pictured, Mr. Ban’s wife, Yoo Soon-taek (second from right). Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.unmultimedia.org

Kazakhstan steps up grain imports from Russia: Kazakhstan is seeing a significant growth in cross-border grain… http://t.co/AREm53aoCX Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.agra-net.net

Congress of Religious Leaders Is Result of Kazakh Leader’s Initiative Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.astanatimes.com

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev expresses his condolences to the Chinese people in connection to the deadly ship accident. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.tengrinews.kz

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged to stop all armed conflicts in his address during the V Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.tengrinews.kz

Special issues being released ahead of EXPO-2017 in Kazakhstan Sourced through Scoop.it from: gulfnews.com

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday began a five-day trip to ex-Soviet Central Asia with a visit to Tajikistan, as advocacy groups pressed him to raise rights concerns with the region’s governments, according to an AFP… Sourced…

Kazakhstan has finished negotiating the terms of a deal to join the World Trade Organization, capping 20 years of efforts to take part in the world of mainstream commerce. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.rferl.org

Lithuania acknowledges Kazakhstan as a strategic partner in the field of transportPortNews IAA“Lithuania and one of its most important partners in the Central Asia i.e. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.portnews.ru

Kazakhstan is looking to launch licensed assembly of a range of Turkish armoured vehicles, Kazakh media reported on 9 June. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.janes.com