Other news of the day: Thailand promotes tourism in Myanmar; India does not want to provide more financial aid to Sri Lanka; in Thailand, a Malaysian citizen dies, a victim of Chinese criminal gangs.
TAJIKISTAN – KYRGYZSTAN
Tajik forces are attacking Kyrgyz outposts along the entire border and Kyrgyz troops return fire, the Kyrgyz border guard service said today. Earlier this week, two Tajik border guards were killed in similar clashes, but hostilities between the two countries that host Russian military bases appeared to have ceased after the episode.
RUSSIA – ARMENIA
According to data released by the Armenian Minister of Economy, Vagan Kerobyan, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, between 50,000 and 70,000 computer experts from Russia have arrived in the country. In addition, 859 companies “with Russian roots” and 350 individual companies have been registered. Many of them are already among the 20 largest Armenian taxpayers.
MALAYSIA
Goi Zhen Feng, 23, a young man from Malaysia, died in Thailand, near the border with Myanmar, after being victim of Chinese gangs who lure young people with fake job advertisements and then force them to work in online scamsin conditions of slavery. According to the Malaysian authorities, this is the first death that can be directly attributed to criminal gangs.
THAILAND
Thai police charged a man with murder. soldier for having provoked a shooting in a military training center days ago. Sergeant First Sergeant Yongyuth Mungkornkim, an employee of the Royal Thai Army War College, will be tried on Wednesday in a military court north of Bangkok. Last year there were at least two similar incidents involving the country’s military.
THAILAND – MYANMAR
A Thai television channel is helping spread Burmese junta propaganda to get tourists back to Myanmarwhile the regime continues to kill and torture civilians. In recent days, state media controlled by the Burmese junta announced the premiere of a travel documentary, titled “The Exclusive”. The documentary was filmed in Yangon and Naypyidaw and will air on Thailand’s Channel 5, owned by the Royal Thai Army.
CHINA – RUSSIA
A gas pipeline that runs to China will replace the Nord Stream II with which it was planned to reach EuropeRussian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said yesterday. The minister added that Russia and China will soon sign agreements for the supply of “50,000 million cubic meters of gas” per year through a gas pipeline, the Force Siberia, which will pass through Mongolia and whose construction would begin in 2024.
INDIA – SRI LANKA
India does not plan to provide further financial aid to Sri Lanka after the almost 4,000 million dollars disbursed this year. The information comes from two Indian government sources consulted by Reuters: They say that the Sri Lankan economy should start to stabilize now, thanks to preliminary agreements with the International Monetary Fund. Previous talks to obtain new loans have made little headway.
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