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The prediction that the 21st century will be the century of Asia has become a reality today. Asia has become the recognized world economic leader in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity. This, today, on October 13, at the opening of the VI summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), was stated by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, writes EAdaily.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan gave a briefing on Monday on the upcoming international events at the high and highest levels this week in Astana.

Moscow hosted a meeting of the heads of delegations of the II Caspian Economic Forum participating countries in a narrow format with the participation of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alihan Smailov, First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Mohber and Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Hojamyrat Geldimyradov.

Turkmenistan is discussing issues of international cooperation with representatives of the Council of Europe within the framework of a 4-day visit of a Turkmen delegation consisting of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministries of Justice, Finance and Economy, as well as the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor General's Office of Turkmenistan.

The delegation of Turkmenistan takes part in the II Caspian Economic Forum. The event takes place on October 5 and 6 at the Skolkovo Technopark in Moscow, and will be attended by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and high-ranking leaders of all the Caspian Five countries.

The lower House of the Kazakh Parliament (Majilis) voted for the ratification of the agreement on the Kazakh-Turkmen border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones in the Caspian Sea, TASS reports.

Chairman of the Upper House of the Turkmen Parliament Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who made a working visit to Japan at the head of the delegation of Turkmenistan, returned to Ashgabat on Saturday.

The results of the visit of Russian delegations represented by members of the government of St. Petersburg and the Chelyabinsk region to Turkmenistan involve the development of joint plans for the modernization of the fuel and energy complex of Turkmenistan and the creation of joint ventures.

On Tuesday, September 27, Japan said goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. A state funeral ceremony was held in Tokyo, which was the first in the last 55 years, according to official Japanese media.

Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Aksoltan Atayeva spoke at the general debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on September 26.