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    Spotlight | Iran, Iraq
    Iraqi spymaster Qasim al-Araji in Tehran to prepare for Trump's return

    Iraq's national security adviser Qasim al-Arajii (right) with Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on 10 November 2024.
    Iraq's national security adviser Qasim al-Arajii (right) with Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on 10 November 2024. © Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu/AFP

    Bracing for a new US administration, Iraq's national security adviser reputedly close to Tehran, Qasim al-Araji, was recently sent to the Iranian capital with the delicate mission of protecting Iran's security while sparing US interests on the other.

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    France, Kazakhstan
    Imerys looks for support in Astana for its strategic rare minerals plans

    Kanat Sharlapaev, Kazakh minister of industry and construction, and Olga Givernet, French energy minister, at the signing of a roadmap between Paris and Astana for a strategic partnership on critical minerals, in Paris, on 5 November 2024.
    Kanat Sharlapaev, Kazakh minister of industry and construction, and Olga Givernet, French energy minister, at the signing of a roadmap between Paris and Astana for a strategic partnership on critical minerals, in Paris, on 5 November 2024. © Éric Tschaen/Pool/Abacapress/Reuters

    Alongside the French industrial groups which have long been present in Kazakhstan, smaller new ones are forging their own connections with industry minister and ex-national economic development company boss Kanat Sharlapaev. Among the latter is rare minerals producer Imerys.

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