Perizat RISBEK KIZI Over more than seven decades of diplomatic relations, Russia and India have managed…
The International Asia Today presents the views of Phunchok Stobdan, former Indian civil servant and Indian ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, on the relationship of India with the countries of Central Asia
President Xi Jinping addresses summit to mark 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations with 5 Central Asian countries.
The International Asia Today presents the views of Ifran Shahzad Takalvi, Founding President of the Eurasian Century Institute, on the advantages of the Trans-Afghan Corridor.
Today the level of relations between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan is characterized by ever-increasing dynamics and a wide range of opportunities for further strengthening the bilateral relation in many key areas.
On December 11-16, 2021, an official delegation from the State Department led by Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan for conducting Dialogues on Strategic Partnership.
The upcoming meetings confirm India’s key long-term strategic interests in Central Asia, which were formulated in India’s 2012 political document “Connect Central Asia”. Despite the fact that the document was adopted almost ten years ago, in recent years, India’s efforts to engage in the region have gained particular relevance due to the growing energy consumption and geopolitical interests of New Delhi in the region.
The International Asia Today brings the views of Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia Program Manager and Italian Central Asian and Caucasus Studies Association (ASIAC) President Prof. Aldo Ferrari to your attention.
In recent years, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have built strong and harmonious relations at all levels, which today serve as an example of interstate partnership. In addition, the two countries have a common vision and similar views on many issues of the regional and international agenda, including the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan.
As previously reported, the President of Uzbekistan will visit South Korea in December this year. The President of Uzbekistan himself announced this on November 24, saying: “We will go to Ashgabat, then to Kazakhstan, then to Korea. Why? Because we must quickly attract investors to the opportunities that are opening up in our country.”