The United Nations has chosen Brazil to host the international climate meeting, COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belém do Pará in 2025. Foreign Affairs Minister, Mauro Vieira said the UN approved Brazil’s bid to host COP30 on May 18 after Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s request during last year’s COP27 meeting in Egypt.
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Tajikistan’s Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World
The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of eastern Tajikistan, is a geopolitical treasure tethered to exterior interests, namely the authoritarian central Tajik government in Dushanbe, Chinese economic and military interests, and Russia, which historically frames the Pamirs as a part of its geopolitical backyard.
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Tajikistan President’s Butchery Prevails In GBAO
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon recently was in New York to speak with the UN Secretary General and King of the Netherlands. Meanwhile the Tajik opposition members opposed and urged Western politicians not to meet with him who holds hundreds of political prisoners in the country, shoots peaceful demonstrators, and robs citizens. This led to Asliddn Szerzamonow to protest at the British embassy. Asliddin brought a poster to the embassy saying that Rahmon is a dictator and a letter, penned by several opposition activists, addressed to the British representatives. He reminded them of the crimes that President Rahmon and his regime had and continues to commit in the Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) region where the inhabitants of region of Tajikistan were slaughtered by Tajik security forces for their beliefs.
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China will skip G20 summit in India
Chinese President Xi Jinping is apparently skipping this week’s Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the September 9-10 gathering.
