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Central Asia
Fragile ties between Moscow and Minsk
On March 9th, Kyrgyzstan hosted the all prime ministers of the EAEC (Eurasian Economic Community). The agenda of the intergovernmental council identified 14 issues. One of the key issues was the state of trade between countries. This issue was dealt with directly by all the Prime Ministers of the EAEC.…
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Central Asia
Toward a new equilibrium in Kyrgyz-Russian relations
“Touring Central Asia…” is what has been named of President Vladimir Putin’s scheduled trip to the capitals of Central Asia. He will visit Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and perhaps, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Moscow has close political and economic ties with each of these four republics. But of course, there are still…
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Central Asia
“Anti-Americanism is on the rise around the world”
Mr. Ferit TEMUR who is an expert on the post-Soviet region. He is the author of two books: “20. Asrın Casusluk Şebekesi: Cambridge Beşlisi” (Cambridge Five: The Espionage Network of the XX. Century) and Yükselen Asya’da Şangay İşbirliği Örgütü: Dünü, Bugünü ve Yarını” (The Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Rising Asia:…
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Central Asia
Bad Economies Survive under Eurasian Economic Union
Akmaral SABATAR – Journalist at NTS Kyrgyzstan In late May, Astana hosted a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (EAEC). In the course of the meeting, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan summed up the intermediate result of the Eurasian Economic Union. All sides complained about unresolved…
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East Asia
Eurasian Economic Union to cooperate with China
China and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will create trade cooperation for interests of the EEU members. EEU Supreme Council meeting was held in Kazakhstan on May 31. Member states discussed the new cooperation with regional countries. Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said “It would be great to…
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South East Asia
India considers accession to Eurasian Economic Union, Kazakh ambassador says
Kazakhstan and India will increase bilateral trade turnover up to $5 billion during the next 2-3 years, The Times of Central Asia reported citing Yerzhan Shaikenov, co-chairman of the Kazakhstan-India Business Council. “We hope that the Business Council will help increase mutual trade and investments. I expect that in two-three…
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Kazakhstan Proposes to Change the EEU Meeting from Yerevan to Moscow
The prime-ministerial summit of Eurasian Economic Union will be held in Moscow instead of Yerevan, on April 13. According to RFERL report, Kazakhstan offered to change the place for the meeting. Karim Masimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan declared not to attend the meeting in Yerevan and proposed another place. His…
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Kazakhstan Looks for Visa-Free Travel to EU
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan paid a working visit to Brussels on March 30. Meetings were held with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission and Donald Tusk, president of the European Council. Kazakh president urged the EU for the visa-free regime for the citizens of Kazakhstan to visit…
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