... the five post-Soviet republics exclusively on a bilateral basis, and its position toward each country was developed separately. Relations with Tajikistan were political-strategic in nature, with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan centered on energy, and with Kyrgyzstan focused on humanitarian issues.
In recent years, a clear shift toward a region-wide track has emerged: New Delhi is bringing its own development agenda to the forefront, shaping it on a new institutional basis. Since 2019, the India–Central Asia Dialogue has been operating under the Ministry of External Affairs; since 2020, business-community meetings have taken place within the framework of a business council; and since 2022, interactions have
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... circumstances were naturally the focus of the recent Bishkek summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), an alliance that has begun to stake its claim to being both a both trans-continental and global organization following the accession of India and Pakistan to its ranks. At the same time, while last year’s Shanghai 8 meeting in Qingdao, China was a sort of overture for its two new members, the Kyrgyzstan summit demonstrated the Organization’s rather quick (albeit not entirely smooth) adaptation to its qualitatively new geostrategic parameters.
The continued development of constructive bilateral contacts between SCO member states and within ...
... is already being touted by the media and official figures of the participating countries as one of the most important international events of the year. All the more so because it will mark the first time that the six member states (China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan anthd Uzbekistan) are joined by India and Pakistan. Journalists and analysts were quick to point out that the participants account for a sizeable share of world’s population, territory, natural resources and economic potential. The impressive figures suggest that the SCO will inevitably ...
