Этим вопросом регулярно задаются во всем мире. Некоторые эксперты полагают, что без привнесения чисто экономических, торговых отношений в область использования и распределения водных ресурсов, речь идет, в частности, о трансграничных реках, обойтись сложно, учитывая специфику межгосударственных связей и приоритет национальных интересов в столь непростом вопросе. У каждой из … [Read more...]
Central Asia – Caucasus: 2018 – The Year of Opportunity for France
Gilles Remy, CEO of CIFAL Group, Vice-President of the Eurasian Commission of Foreign Trade Advisers, Chairman of the French-Turkmen Chamber of Commerce Ashgabat, the 5th Asian Games in closed premises and in martial arts, September 2017. 2017 was a year of economic recovery for Central Asia and Caucasus. Following a sluggish phase, growth has resumed, driven by a rise … [Read more...]
Beware Central Asia – Social media is already a deadly battlefield, with no rules of war
nCa Commentary “It’s an odd world we live in—one where people view the world through a mobile device, a lens that has created a new landscape where official news, news stations, newspapers, and the like, have been replaced by instantaneous information free from vetting, researching, and journalistic standards that were once the foundation of our decision-making processes.” … [Read more...]
Don’t blame Uzbekistan for radicalization of Sayfullo Saipov
Tariq Saeedi As if a floodgate has opened. As if a dam has broken. As if some media outlets were impatiently waiting for an opportunity to bring malignant focus on Uzbekistan. Sayfullo Saipov, a green card holder US citizen and formerly from Uzbekistan, driving a rented truck on 31 October 2017 in lower Manhattan, mowed down innocent people on a biker’s path, killing eight … [Read more...]
Karimov: Succession and legacy – Part Two
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 6 September 2016 (nCa) --- The process of succession is on peaceful course with Shavkat Mirziyaev, currently the prime minister of Uzbekistan, expected to win the presidential elections whenever they take place within the next three months as per Article 96 of the Constitution. Depending on how the Uzbek lawyers interpret the Constitution, it may be … [Read more...]
Karimov: Succession and legacy – Part One
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 5 September 2016 (nCa) --- The government of Uzbekistan announced officially on Sunday (28 August 2016), without giving any details, that President Islam Karimov had been hospitalized. The younger daughter of Karimov, Lola Karimova-Tillayeva posted on Instagram the next day that her father had suffered cerebral hemorrhage and was in intensive … [Read more...]
Kerry Go Round
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 4 November 2015 (nCa) --- It was a few days of Kerry Go Round, with Ignorance Made in USA stamped all over it. The lack of focus and substance left the region scratching its head in wonderment. The visit of John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, to Central Asia was built around the exotically named C5+1 format. The meeting of Kerry with the regional … [Read more...]
Керри объезжает регион
Тарик Саиди Ашхабад, 4 ноября 2015 (nCa) --- Это были несколько дней турне Керри, на которых стоит штамп «Невежество. Сделано в США». Недостаток внимания и реального содержания визита оставили регион в состоянии почесывания головы в изумление. Визит госсекретаря США Джона Керри в Центральную Азию был построен на формуле под экзотическим названием «формат C5+1». Встреча … [Read more...]
Japan is not competing with anyone in Central Asia
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 26 October 2015 (nCa) --- As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan tours the region, some op-ed writers and analysts are gleefully reporting that Japan has arrived in Central Asia to counter the growing Chinese influence. These are the same people who serve as doomsday prophets in every given scenario, as if the world cannot function without a zero-sum … [Read more...]
Япония в Центральной Азии ни с кем не конкурирует
Тарик Саиди Ашхабад, 26 октября 2015 (nCa) --- Региональный визит Премьер-министра Японии Синдзо Абэ некоторые аналитики радостно рассматривают в качестве противовеса китайскому растущему влиянию в Центральной Азии. Эти же люди видят в любом представленном сценарии теории о конце света, будто мир не будет функционировать без борьбы с нулевым счетом. Разочарующим … [Read more...]
Turkmenistan Conducts Border Protection Exercise in Integrated Mode
nCa Report Ashgabat, 15 December 2014 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan conducted Sunday (14 Dec) a major border protection exercise, demonstrating its ability to respond swiftly and in an integrated manner to border violations. The Exercise Here is the scenario of the exercise: A border patrol spots a group of armed intruders crossing the state borders and reports the incident to … [Read more...]
Eurozone crisis impact spreads further east
EBRD softens forecasts further as Russia revised down The negative impact of the eurozone crisis on emerging Europe is spreading further east as lower global demand is feeding through to lower commodity prices and generally lower risk appetite. These are now having a negative impact, particularly on Russia, according to the EBRD’s latest economic outlook. The EBRD’s … [Read more...]
Avesta: The priceless gem of our heritage
Shavkat Davlatov In terms of mankind’s journey to civilization and culture, Central Asia is in the same class as Egypt, Mesopotamia, China and India. Evolution, in part, picks speed and adjusts direction when revolutionary ideas are embraced by large groups of people. In their own time, the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, the Veda and Upanishad of ancient India, The Shahnama of … [Read more...]
Russian Lukoil raises $ 500 million for project in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, 30 March 2012 --- Today in Tashkent LUKOIL Overseas has signed an agreement with a international consortium of banks to raise a loan of up to $500 million on a limited recourse basis. This was done within the framework of implementing the PSA for the Kandym-Khauzak-Shady-Kungrad project in Uzbekistan. The consortium includes Asian Development Bank, BNP Paribas … [Read more...]
Lukoil Overseas Produces First Gas from South West Gissar Uzbekistan
Today LUKOIL Overseas has produced first gas from Dzharkuduk-Yangi Kyzylcha which is the largest field of the block, under the PSA for development of gas reserves of South West Gissar (Kashkadarya Region, Republic of Uzbekistan). Before the start of gas production on South West Gissar, only oil was produced on South Kyzylbayrak and Koshkuduk fields (according to the … [Read more...]
ВОДОХРАНИЛИЩА УЗБЕКИСТАНА — УБИЙЦЫ АРАЛЬСКОГО МОРЯ
Бикташ Садбаев Начиная с 1960 г. в связи с массовым развитием хлопководства в Среднеазиатских республиках и строительством крупных водохранилищ в низовьях Сырдарья и Амударья друг за другом стали образоваться водохранилища, обслуживающие ирригацию. В бассейне Аральского моря только на территории Узбекистана по официальной информации Европейской экономической комиссии (ЕЭК) … [Read more...]
Узбекистан — расточительное использование воды
Акбар Саидзода Одной из самых обсуждаемых тем последних лет стали водно-энергетические вопросы Центральной Азии. Идут большие споры и полемика вокруг этих вопросов. Узбекистаном создана мощная пропагандистская система, которая используется исключительно для оправдания своих действий. Надо признать, что эта система работает довольно эффективно. В результате, многие соглашаются … [Read more...]
Lukoil produces 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas in Uzbekistan
Accumulated production of Khauzak-Shady field (Bukhara Region of the Republic of Uzbekistan) has reached 10 billion cubic meters of gas. Development of Khauzak-Shady is a part of Kandym-Khauzak-Shady-Kungrad project which is being implemented by LUKOIL together with the National Holding Company Uzbekneftegaz under the PSA which was signed in June 2004 for 35 years and took … [Read more...]
Central Asia Child Protection Forum Starts in Turkmenistan
Ashgabat, 30 May 2011 (nCa) --- The third Central Asia Child Protection Forum, arranged by UNICEF, started Monday in Turkmenistan. The regional forum brings together the parliament members, prosecutors, judges, other experts from the five Central Asian countries, UNICEF representatives and specialists for exchange of experience and enhancement of awareness on child … [Read more...]