... effort in emphasizing the adequacy of his national and cultural policy, insisting on the need for the stable development of Kazakhstan’s linguistic and cultural diversity. “Let’s suppose we enact a legislative prohibition of all languages ... ... different levels of awareness of the vulnerability caused by such developments. The opposite ends of the spectrum are represented by Turkmenistan, which has not emphasized its attitude to what was happening, and Uzbekistan that stressed its commitment to refraining ...
... Gulf, the markets of the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, which have become an important source of foreign exchange earnings for Turkmenistan. There are even more ambitious projects, such as plans to link the North-South Transport Corridor from Kazakhstan through Turkmenistan to Iran’s Golestan Province via the Iranian railway network, opening the way to the ports of the Persian Gulf. In future, this facility is expected to transport up to
12 million tons of cargo
annually.
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... disagreements between the parties involved.
There have also been some positive moves towards resolving the Caspian problems. On 18 November 2010, for example, an agreement on cooperation in the field of security in the Caspian Sea was signed by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Azerbaijan Republic, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan. Within the framework of this agreement the different sides agreed to cooperate in fighting terrorism, organised crime, the illegal movement of weapons of any kind and of ammunition, explosives and toxic substances and military equipment,...
... mechanism for imposing a moratorium on catching sturgeon.
According to official statements, the negotiations only made headway on environmental issues (such as conserving the sturgeon population). In addition, the “Caspian Five” (Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan) reaffirmed the principle of Caspian states’ non-interference in regional affairs.
As far as I can gather, no progress has been achieved on the main problem, i.e. agreeing spheres of influence. And without that, signing ...
... care about stability as Nazarbaev and about safety as Karimov you’re not willing to try this successor scenario, because there is no win-win situation. Succession is still an option, but not the best one, and certainly not the painless one for Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
[1] Niyazov, Saparmurat by Lenta.Ru [Available at http://lenta.ru/lib/14160039/full.htm]
[2] Turkmenistan chooses Niyazov’s successor, RIA Novosti 27/12/2006 [Available at http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20061227/57957817.html]
[3] Berdymukhammedov Gurbanguly by Lenta.Ru [Available at http://lenta.ru/lib/14175002/#103]
... financial sector, the European sovereign debt situation and the Cypriot banking crisis have experts of all kinds riveted to financial issues, while the new Grand Game in Asia is attracting attention from all over. A relatively mature banking sector in Kazakhstan, attempts to overcome uncertainty in Kyrgyzstan and isolationism in Turkmenistan, the obvious dependence of credit institutions in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on administrative interference – these are part of the diverse set of characteristics that inevitably undermine the strategic initiatives of Russian banks, ...
... Asian countries finally met “borders” as one of the parameters which define the State.
Today there is a big unresolved issue in the whole region - delimitation and demarcation is still unfinished. The only state that finished this process is Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan still has some arguable areas, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have a lot of borders section to discuss - mainly in Ferghana Valley. Additionally, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have one more complex problems concerning territories ...
... sufficiently solid. With Beijing, Washington and Brussels offering similar aid, countries in the region have a choice. And in many cases, the conditions Russia offers are not more attractive than those of outside players. At the same time, hydrocarbon-rich Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan can now be much more independent in their policies, than they could in the 1990s.
The Russia as an employment destination, somewhere people can go to provide for their families, is much more common. According to the OECD International Migration ...
