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Analyses |
| Adam Michalski, Marcin Popławski
On 11 February, Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, announced the signing of an agreement between the state-controlled energy company BOTAŞ and Turkmenistan’s Türkmengaz. Under this swap contract,…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
In January, the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan published passenger car imports figures for 2024, revealing that, for the first time, the number of imported electric and hybrid vehicles surpassed that of internal…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
On 8 January, the heads of government from Kyrgyzstan (Adylbek Kasymaliev), Tajikistan (Qohir Rasulzoda), and Uzbekistan (Abdulla Aripov) held talks aimed at finalising the settlement of border issues near the tri-border area in the…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
On 27–28 November, Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to Kazakhstan. He was accompanied by several officials, including deputy prime ministers, ministers of foreign affairs and energy, as well as the CEOs of Gazprom and Rosatom. In a joint…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Marcin Popławski
From 15 to 17 September, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) engaged in bilateral meetings with regional leaders in Samarkand and Astana, as well as participating in the second Central Asia–Germany (C5+Germany) summit. He was accompanied by the…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski, OSW team
On 3–4 July, the 24th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in Astana. It was attended by the leaders of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
In June, efforts were made to enhance economic and political cooperation between South Korea and Central Asian countries. K-Silk Road Cooperation, the first-ever South Korean strategy for the region, was announced at the beginning of the…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
The terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow carried out on 22 March by Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) involved Tajiks as perpetrators. This has provoked uncertainty as regards the future of Tajik citizens’…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
On 26–28 May, Uzbekistan’s president Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Vladimir Putin, who was on a state visit to what is the most populous and (next to Kazakhstan) the most important country in Central Asia. The Russian delegation included…
OSW Commentary |
| Marcin Popławski
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the European Union’s approach to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). Over the last two years, it has become more important for the EU to maintain this…