While no countries in the region have officially recognized the interim government in Kabul, some countries, particularly Iran, have established channels of communication and trade with the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate….reports…
Saudi Crown Prince said the summit was an extension of ties to establish a promising start based on the historical heritage, capabilities, human resources, and economic growth of the participating…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised 26 billion RMB – approximately 3.6 billion USD – in grants and financial assistance for development of the Central Asian region, writes Aditi Bhaduri…
Top security officials from India and Central Asia have agreed to abide by the principles of transparency, financial prudence and sovereignty in defining grand connectivity projects for the region. In…
With the region being so central to the Greater Eurasian Partnership, Russia may now be directing more investments – earlier directed to the West – towards the region, writes Aditi…
For decades Central Asia was ignored by both the Soviet Union and the emerging new world order afterwards as key to an economic link between China and Eurasia. It was…
The Prime Minister stressed the region’s security and prosperity can be guaranteed only if India and Central Asian countries firmly bond. Modi wanted to “make it clear that mutual cooperation…
India has several millennia old historical, cultural and civilizational links with Central Asia. India considers this region as a part of its ‘’extended neighbourhood’’, writes Ashok Sajjanhar The first India-Central…
The five Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – are of immense strategic significance for India, and the invitation to all countries together, could not have…