5 International As Talks with North Near, Neighbor News TAPI - Significant Step in South Korea Sees Familiar Hurdles Ahead Implementation of Turkmenistan’s SEOUL - With the specter of programs now,” the official two past summits that failed said. Energy Strategy to blunt North Korea’s nu- Moon said on Wednesday he ASHGABAT - The hamedov’s constructive clear ambitions, South Ko- had suggested to the North Turkmenistan–Afghani- initiatives are aimed at rean officials planning talks a rough roadmap progress- stan–Pakistan–India achieving the set goals, next month now face the ing from a nuclear freeze to (TAPI) gas pipeline pro- the relevance of which thorny task of overcoming denuclearization, an opposi- ject is an important and is evidenced by the familiar sticking points with tion party chair told report- effective step towards unanimous adoption of the threat of war looming ers after meeting with him. the implementation of the relevant resolutions over any failure. But Moon said there won’t Turkmenistan’s energy by the UN General As- A South Korean delegation be “many agreements” to strategy, Consul of the sembly,” Rejepov add- returned home on Tuesday come out of the summit, ac- Embassy of Turkmeni- ed. Speaking about the from a first-ever meeting cording to a ruling party stan in Azerbaijan Batyr expansion of economic with North Korean leader lawmaker who took part Rejepov said. Rejepov cooperation, the consul Kim Jong Un, to announce in the meeting. Moon also made the remarks at also stressed the impor- the agreement on a North- called a 2005 deal of six- the round table entitled tance of construction South summit next month, nation nuclear talks, under “Turkmenistan - the and commissioning of the first since 2007. which Pyogyang agreed to Heart of the Great Silk the Kerky-Ymamnazar- Seoul officials see the talks in the North’s nuclear program and end- dialogue,” a senior South Korean gov- give up its nuclear program Road” in Baku March 7. Akina railway (among as the starting point of Presi- ing in its complete abolishment. ernment official said on condition of an- in return for economic and He added that one of the Turkmenistan, Afghan- dent Moon Jae-in’s initiative “While pursuing a fundamental resolu- onymity. “One could argue we would be energy aid and an end to key aspects of Turkmen- istan and Tajikistan) to denuclearize and build tion of the standoff, we need to take some deceived by the North as we have been its diplomatic isolation, a istan’s energy strategy and Serhetabat-Tur- lasting peace on the penin- initial denuclearization steps, putting a for the last 20 years, but that’s the past “failed model”, the first poli- is the creation of a di- gundi railway, which sula, beginning with a freeze halt to further testing and returning to - we have different people and different tician said. (Reuters) versified system for the are a huge contribution transportation of energy to Afghanistan’s eco- UK Ministers in Emergency resources to the world nomic development Meeting over Russian Ex-Spy Case U.N Rights Chief Attacks EU and markets by ensuring the and further strength- interests of producers, ening of the country’s LONDON — British tary, the minister re- transit countries and ties with Turkmeni- government minis- sponsible for public U.S Over Migrants And Dreamers consumers. stan by increasing the ters are attending an safety, called a meeting GENEVA - The U.N. I am shocked by re- “Turkmen President cargo turnover volume. emergency committee of the government’s human rights chief ports that many mi- Gurbanguly Berdimu- (Trend) meeting Wednesday emergency committee, said on Wednesday grants intercepted at to discuss the mysteri- where senior officials he was shocked at re- the southern borders, China’s Railway Giant Signs Deal ous collapse of a for- will consider their re- pressive policies be- including children, to Supply Metro Cars toIran mer Russian spy and sponse. Counterterror- ing pursued in the are detained in abu- his daughter, who were ism police are investi- United States and Eu- sive conditions – such TEHRAN - China’s tracting party was re- found slumped on a gating the case, which rope, especially the as freezing tempera- CRRC Nanjing Puz- quired to cooperate with public bench in southern has left Sergei Skripal, increasingly harsh tures – and that some hen Rail Transport on the Wagon Pars com- England after coming 66, and his 33-year-old treatment of migrants. young children are Wednesday signed a pany of Arak,” he said. in contact with an un- daughter, Yulia, in criti- In an annual report being detained sepa- contract with Iran’s “Hence, the production known substance. Amid cal condition. While po- to the U.N. Human rately from their fami- IDRO Group to supply and supply of wagons speculation about who lice say they are keeping Rights Council, High lies,” he said. “Deten- 450 metro cars for the needed compatible with is behind the suspected an open mind about the Commissioner for Hu- tions and deportations The administration of cents and children Iranian cities of Ahvaz, world-class technology poisoning, Moscow said case, it has reminded man Rights ZeidRa’ad of long-standing and U.S. President Donald “a lifeline to safety”, Tabriz and Shiraz. The will be carried out for the case was being used Britain of the 2006 poi- al-Hussein also took law-abiding migrants Trump had also ended and ended Tempo- company, a subsidiary the first time at Wagon to fuel an “anti-Russian soning of former spy democracies to task have sharply in- the Central American rary Protected Sta- of China’s railway giant Pars in partnership with campaign” and further Alexander Litvinenko, for failing to respect creased, tearing fami- Minors Refugee and tus for hundreds of CRRC Corps, undertook a foreign company with strain ties with Britain. which was blamed on basic rights. lies apart and creating Parole Programme, thousands of people. to provide funds up to an investment of 25 mil- Britain’s Home Secre- the Russian state. (AP) “In the United States, enormous hardship.” which offered adoles- (Reuters) 85% of the project as well lion euros,” Moazzami as parts for assembly at added. Another Chinese Russian Ex-Spy, Daughter Still Critical Iranian train manufac- company signed a deal EU Warns Of Brexit Trade After Suspected Poisoning In UK turing company Wagon with Iran’s Ministry of Pars, IDRO Managing Roads and Urban Devel- ‘Frictions’ In Rebuff to May SALISBURY - Russian who visited two venues Director Mansour Moaz- opment to build a rail- former double agent in the city where Skripal zami said. “In order to way between the cities The rebuff came just days nomic consequences.” The Sergei Skripal and his and his daughter were make maximum use of of Shiraz and Bushehr in after British Prime Minister EU guidelines added that daughter Yulia remain thought to have been, domestic capabilities in the country’s south with Theresa May called for the “there can be no ‘cherry- in a critical condition in the Zizzi pizza restau- “broadest and deepest pos- picking’” -- Brussels jargon the field of rolling stock $700 million of invest- intensive care in hospi- rant and the Bishop’s manufacturing, the con- ment. (Press Tv) sible agreement”, and as for getting free access in tal, British police said Mill pub. “The focus her finance minister urged certain sectors including on Wednesday as they at this time is to estab- a special deal for the City. Germany, Tajikistan Interested financial services without appealed for witnesses lish what has caused Tusk’s draft red lines, the obligations and costs of to come forward with these people to become In Developing Joint Business which must now be adopt- membership, including re- any information about critically ill,” said Mark Projects ed by the remaining 27 specting freedom of move- DUSHANBE - Repre- ergy and environmental member states, said the ment of people from EU the case. Skripal, 66, and Rowley, head of Lon- sentatives of Germany technologies, engineer- EU was bound by Britain’s countries. They did not spe- Yulia, 33, were found don’s counter-terrorism and Tajikistan expressed ing products, motor ve- self-imposed conditions cifically mention London’s unconscious on Sunday police who are in charge interest in the develop- hicles, advanced medical for leaving the European call for its financial services on a bench outside a of the investigation. Po- BRUSSELS - The Europe- inevitable. The draft negoti- Union. “Being outside the industry to continue having shopping center in the lice cordons remained ment of joint business equipment and diagnos- an Union on Wednesday ating guidelines released by Customs Union and the unfettered access to Euro- southern English city in place in several loca- projects, TajikTA agency tics to the country. Rob- rejected Britain’s calls for EU President Donald Tusk Single Market will inevita- pean markets, but said that of Salisbury after being tions in Salisbury, with reported. Chairman of ert Breitner, for his part, completely free trade after warned that there would bly lead to frictions,” said in “trade in services” Brit- exposed to an unknown new cordons added near the Chamber of Com- emphasized that the Ger- Brexit, saying in its long- be “negative economic the draft guidelines seen ain would be treated as a substance. Solstice Park in the near- merce and Industry of Ta- man business is ready to awaited guidelines for fu- consequences” as a result by AFP. “This will unfor- third country with different Police said they were by town of Amesbury. jikistan, Sharif Said, met develop joint economic ture ties that frictions were of Britain’s vote to leave. tunately have negative eco- rules to the EU. (AFP) keen to speak to anyone (Reuters) in Dushanbe with heads and business projects of the German Economy with Tajikistan and con- Possibility of North Korea Royal Welcome and Noisy Protests IMP 6 Russia’s Iskander-M Representative Office in tribute in every way to Detente Stirs Diplomatic Missile System to Have No Central Asia, Robert Bre- the development of bi- Await Saudi Crown Prince on UK Trip itner and Jorg Hatch. The lateral relations. The new Angst in Japan Rival until At Least 2025 parties viewed the pros- head of the Representa- TOKYO - An agreement between North and LONDON - Britain’s MOSCOW - Other countries will not pects of development of tive Office assured that South Korea to hold a summit and signals grand welcome for be able to create a rival to Russia’s Is- cooperation in the busi- he will urge the business about possible talks between North Korea Saudi Crown Prince kander-M mobile short-range ballistic ness sphere, the press circles of his country to and the United States are stirring concern in Mohammed bin Sal- missile systems before 2025, a Russian center of the Chamber of preserve and develop the Japan about its diplomatic nightmare - being man begins on Wednes- military official said Wednesday. Commerce and Industry trade and economic part- left out in the cold. day with a lunch with “According to the forecasts of the de- Signs of easing tension over North Korea’s Queen Elizabeth, as of Tajikistan said. nership with Tajikistan. velopers, the creation of its analogue Sharif Said noted that Moreover, Breitner of- nuclear and missile threats, greeted in To- the two countries seek by foreign states will not be earlier kyo with skepticism, come as Japan faces a the German experience fered to develop coop- to widen longstanding than in 2025,” Russian Ground Force possible trade feud with the United States of small business devel- eration with German defense ties into a far- Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov over steel and rocky ties with South Korea reaching partnership. opment is important for trade and investment said in an interview with KrasnayaZ- over their bitter history, including Japan’s Both sense an oppor- Tajikistan. The country organizations that work vezda, literally Red Star, the official 1910-1945 colonization of the peninsula. tunity to broaden their is interested in attracting in the field of marketing. newspaper of the Russian Ministry of “The main concern is that South Korea may existing relationship: German industrial, en- (Trend) Defense. have jumped too easily to a proposal by Britain is looking for test against both coun- coming party for Prince The rearmament of the Russian missile “Operation Red Sea” North Korea for a bilateral meeting,” said trading partners as it ex- tries’ roles in Yemen Mohammed on his ar- formations with Iskander-M missile a former senior Japanese diplomat who de- its the European Union, where war has killed an rival late on Tuesday. Tops Chinese Box Office systems continues as scheduled, said clined to be identified because of the sensi- and Saudi Arabia needs estimated 10,000 people Wednesday’s first -of BEIJING - Chinese anti- to obtain nuclear materi- tivity of the topic. (Reuters) Salyukov. to convince skeptical in- and where 8.3 million ficial engagement is a terrorism action film als to make dirty bombs. The Iskander-M, also known as SS-26 China to Build First vestors about its domes- people depend on food trip to Buckingham Pal- “Operation Red Sea” led It has raked in nearly 3 Stone, is a highly mobile ballistic mis- Ultra High-Voltage Clean tic reforms. aid and 400,000 children ace for talks and a meal the Chinese film mar- billion yuan since its re- sile system capable of hitting targets at Power Line But as Prince Moham- have life-threatening with the British mon- ket in the week ending lease on Feb. 16. a range of up to 500 km with several March 4, earning 868 XINING - China’s first ultra high-voltage med and Prime Minis- levels of malnutrition. arch - a rare honor usu- “Detective Chinatown conventional warhead options weigh- million yuan (about 137 power superhighway for transmitting ter Theresa May meet, Foreign minister Boris ally reserved for heads 2” came in second, mak- ing between 480 to 700 kg. It can also million U.S. dollars), ac- clean energy has been approved, with con- demonstrators will pro- Johnson led the wel- of state. ing about 483 million be capped with a nuclear warhead. cording to China Film struction to start in the second half of the yuan at the box office The system is designed to engage News. “Operation Red year. EU Ready to Retaliate last week. It has sold moving and stationary targets such as Sea” is loosely based on The 800-kilovolt direct current transmis- 3.1 billion yuan in tick- Over Trumps’ Proposed Tariffs critical infrastructure facilities, missile the evacuation of hun- sion line will extend 1,600 km across five ets since hitting Chinese BRUSSELS — The European Union is empt. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia and long-range artillery systems, air dreds of Chinese citizens screens on Feb. 16. provinces, from the Qinghai plateau in the ready to retaliate against the U.S. over Malmstroem told reporters in Brus- and anti-missile defense weapons, as and foreign nationals The third place went northwest to densely populated Henan in President Donald Trump’s proposed sels that Trump’s rationale appears well as command and communication from Yemen’s southern to domestic adventure central China, according to the State Grid, tariffs on steel and aluminum, the bloc’s to invoke the international legal right posts. port of Aden during the film “Monster Hunt 2,” Qinghai branch. top trade official said Wednesday. to protect national security. “We have The Iskander-M is set to replace the Yemeni civil war in late which took in 162 mil- Qinghai has a large solar power capacity, Trump has long railed against what he serious doubts about that justification. Soviet-made Tochka-U tactical ballis- March in 2015. lion yuan last week. reaching 9.53 million kilowatts at the end deems unfair trade practices by China We cannot see how the European Un- tic missiles, which were referred to by The film tells the story Documentary “Amaz- of 2017, accounting for 37.5 percent of its and others, and last week declared that ion, friends and allies in NATO, can be the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- of the Chinese Navy’s ing China” landed in the total power capacity. his government would levy penalties a threat to international security in the elite special forces, Jiao- fourth place, generating ShuYinbiao, chair of the State Grid, said of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 U.S.,” she said. “From what we under- tion (NATO) as SS-21 Scarab B. long Assault Team, who about 92 million yuan the power line will use Qinghai’s advan- percent on aluminum imports. The tar- stand, the motivation of the U.S. is an It was reported that Russia’s mis- saved Chinese and for- last week. The film was tage in clean energy resources for industri- iffs, he said, would remain for “a long economic safeguard measure in dis- sile and artillery forces will be fully eign nationals in the war released on March 2. al upgrades and raise the amount of clean period of time,” but it was not clear if guise, not a national security measure,” equipped with the Iskander-M missile and foiled a terrorist plot electricity used in Henan. (Xinhua) certain trading partners would be ex- Malmstroem added. (AP) systems by 2020. (Xinhua) (Xinhua)