Ashgabat, 15 September 2020 The 9th phase of the EU-funded Programme on Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) held its closing event to summarise the achievements from over the five years of its implementation. The Regional Steering Group meeting and the Final Conference, held online, gathered over 100 high-level representatives of the BOMCA implementing Consortium, […]
Uzbekistan to hold online conference on the pandemic impact on Central Asia
Elvira Kadyrova The Parliament and the University of world economy and diplomacy of Uzbekistan (UWED) will hold on 16-17 September 2020 an online International conference “Impact of the pandemic on Central Asia: Initial Lessons, Coronacrisis and Perspectives for transformation”. According to UWED press release, the virtual forum, which will bring together the academic community, parliamentarians, […]
Central Asian countries adapted the school educational process to the pandemic realities
Elvira Kadyrova Young people and children make up almost half of the total population of the Central Asian region. It is obvious, that almost all over the world the Covid-19 impact on the education sector was no less devastating than on the health care system and other sectors of the economy. Thus, according to the […]
Uzbekistan: Central Asian countries preparing a regional document on good-neighborhood and cooperation
The Central Asian countries are jointly designing five-sided interstate document on friendship, good-neighborliness and cooperation for the development of Central Asia in the twenty-first century. The statement came from Uzbek foreign minister Abdulaziz Kamilov in an interview with the local newspaper “Pravda Vostoka”. The agreement was initiated by the first President of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev during […]
Kazakhstan shares experience in preventing gender-based violence with Central Asian countries
On 17-18 August 2020, Central Asian technical meeting was held in Turkestan, Kazakhstan, to discuss national experience in strengthening the mechanisms of interagency response to gender-based violence, reported UNFPA – Kazakhstan. The event was attended by civil servants, civil sector, development partners and international organizations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The exchange of […]
IUCN: Action for snow leopards
Even though naturally perfectly equipped to roam the steep mountains of Central Asia, the snow leopard is facing extinction. Around 7,500 individuals live in the wild, according to the most recent estimates. There is a strong commitment of conservationists to prevent the extinction of the solitary ‘ghost of the mountains’ in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, recently catalysed […]
ADB: Five Things to Know – Trends in Road and Railway Trade Efficiency in Central Asia
Samarkand city railway station. Photo: Relisa Granovskaya/ADB The efficient trade of goods across international borders is key to economic growth and poverty alleviation. This is particularly important in largely landlocked Central Asia where road and rail represent the two dominant modes of transporting goods across the region. Using data from shipments collected over the past […]
Statement of foreign minister of Japan at “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue
On August 11, 2020, the Foreign Ministers’ Special Video Conference of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue was held, attended by H.E. Mr. MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (Chairperson); H.E. Mr. Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; H.E. Mr. Chingiz Aidarbekov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the […]
СОСТОЯЛОСЬ ЗАСЕДАНИЕ ГЛАВ МИД ДИАЛОГА «ЦЕНТРАЛЬНАЯ АЗИЯ+ЯПОНИЯ»
11 августа 2020 года в формате видеоконференции состоялось совещание министров иностранных дел Диалога «Центральная Азия+Япония». На встрече, которая прошла под эгидой МИД Японии, приняли участие главы внешнеполитических ведомств пяти центральноазиатских стран. В рамках конструктивной беседы высокопоставленные дипломаты обсудили региональное сотрудничество, а также слаженное взаимодействие между странами ЦА и Японией с учетом распространения новой коронавирусной инфекции […]
MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGNERS OF CENTRAL ASIA + JAPAN DIALOGUE
On August 11, 2020, a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asia + Japan Dialogue was held by videoconference. The meeting, which was held under the auspices of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, was attended by the heads of the foreign affairs agencies of five Central Asian countries. As part of a […]