Putin tours Russia flood scene, berates officials Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the scene of a recent flood that killed 172 people, berating officials for possibly deceiving him about the timeliness of their response.
17 July 2012
Taiwanese academics visit contested Spratlys A group of Taiwanese academics has visited the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, defence officials said Monday, amid continued tensions over rival claims to the area.
Nazarbayev invited to MacedoniaPresident of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov personally invited his Kazakhstan counterpart to visit Macedonia.
02 July 2012
Vladimir Putin arrived in AstanaThe leaders of both countries discussed bilateral cooperation and development of interaction amid the integration and reviewed the international and regional problems.
President Nazarbayev to visit VietnamAccording to the Kazakhstan’s Agency for Statistics, the trade turnover between the two states in January – August 2011 made up $33.3 million.