
Moon, Trump agree to delay joint military drills during PyeongChang Olympics
SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Thursday to delay their countries' regular joint military exercises during the Winter Olympic Games to be held here next month, Yonhap reports.

Belarus' relations with CIS, Georgia described as ‘traditionally intensive'
MINSK. KAZINFORM - Belarus' relations with the CIS member states and Georgia were characterized by traditional intensiveness and high level of contacts in 2017, reads the Annual Review of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Belarus and Activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2017 published on the website of the ministry, BelTA informs.

Air Astana takes delivery of first Airbus A321neo
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Air Astana, the award-winning Kazakh flag carrier, has taken delivery of the first A321neo at the Airbus facility in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft is on an operating lease from Aercap, with the deal including two further A321neo and one A320neo aircraft for delivery planned in 2018, Kazinform has learnt from the company's press service.

OPEC agreement mau not extend to oil exports
BAKU. KAZINFORM - Replacing the OPEC agreement on reduction of oil production with an agreement on reduction of oil exports has many theoretical obstacles to implementation, Oleg Yegorov, chief researcher with the Institute of Economics of Kazakhstan, an expert on energy issues, told Trend.

Christmas ice hockey tournament kicks off in Minsk
ASTANA. KAZINFORM The 14th Christmas amateur tournament for the prize of the President of Belarus gets underway in Minsk on 4 January. In a span of four days, eight teams will compete for the trophy of honor on the two rinks of Chizhovka Arena, Kazinform has learned from BelTA.

KASE morning session: USDKZT_TOD = 332.73 (-0.56)
ASTANA. KAZINFORM The morning trading session in US dollar with settlements T+0 and T+1 in tenge (USDKZT_TOD and USDKZT_TOM), euro with T+0 in tenge (EURKZT_TOD) and in US dollars (EURUSD_TOD), Chinese yuan with T+0 in tenge CNYKZT_TOD) ended on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). For the mentioned instruments this session is the main. 18 members of KASE currencies market traded in the session.

UN chief welcomes reopening of inter-Korean hotline
ASTANA. KAZINFORM U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed the reopening of a communication channel between South and North Korea, saying he hopes such initiatives will help end the nuclear crisis on the peninsula, Kazinform has learned from Yonhap.
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