After years of European reform and help, the 5 international locations of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – are embarking on a strategic pivot in the direction of Europe.
The EU is on the lookout for dependable companions within the present quickly evolving geopolitical actuality. This is for political and financial causes, reminiscent of commerce, investments and power.
Thursday and Friday, Samarkand’s metropolis of Uzbek will host the primary excessive -level assembly between the EU and Central Asia international locations.
In an unique interview with Euronews, the president of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the visitor of the summit, outlined gathering as a “historic chance” for the area.
He mentioned that within the final seven years, the industrial turnover between the international locations of Central Asia and the EU has quadrupled and now quantities to 54 billion euros.
Over 1,000 firms with European capital are already working in Uzbekistan with a portfolio of joint funding tasks of 30 billion euros.
Speaking with Euronews, the deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan Edil Baisalov described it as “really a historic second for Central Asia”.
“We are impartial for 34 years. We celebrated this as a brand new step,” he mentioned.
“Where the present world order is shaken with these nice busty geopolitical adjustments, we’d like dependable companions”.
A big space of cooperation lies within the present challenge to create a inexperienced strategic hall by means of the Caspica and Neri seas to Europe.
The implementation of this initiative will throw a stable base for what either side are on the lookout for; Mutually advantageous power connectivity.
