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Kiev must significantly reform before it can qualify for membership, Paris has insisted Ukraine will have to meet the EU’s economic and political standards before being allowed to join the bloc, French Europe Minister Laurence Boone told lawmakers in Paris on Wednesday.

Recently re-elected Kassym-Jomart Tokayev set out Astana’s foreign policy agenda in his inauguration speech Kazakhstan will prioritize cooperation with its close neighbors, including Russia and China, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Saturday in his inauguration speech after being re-elected. The nation will pursue a “balanced” foreign policy guided by its own interests, he added.