Middle Eastern leaders converge on Kazakhstan
The Central Asian nation hosted the annual Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States summits this week.
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Several Middle East-related developments came out of meetings in Kazakhstan this week.
From Oct. 12-13, the Central Asian country hosted the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, which includes several Middle Eastern states. Today, Kazakhstan began hosting the annual Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting, which consists of former members of the Soviet Union.