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LONDON (TCA) — Attempts by national governments of Central Asia’s former Soviet republics to make their indigenous languages tools for nationalistic mainstream politics have been halfhearted from the very beginning following the break-up of the USSR. Intrusions of other external movements, mainly though not only “Islamic” ones, have made authorities throughout the region think twice. With a large number of migrants to Russia and business development, all landlocked countries of Central Asia are in search for coexistence between nationalist sentiments and cross-frontier ambitions. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tashkent on June 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that India and Pakistan could join the SCO in 2017. Continue reading
ALMATY (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), together with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the Government of Finland, on June 23 launched a conference on Employment, Trade, and Sustainable Development in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, the UNDP in Kazakhstan said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a two-day Internet Governance Forum in Central Asia, the first of its kind, which concluded on June 22 in the Kyrgyz capital. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and the countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) grew from $17.5 billion to $22 billion between 2010 and 2015, Deputy Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Timur Zhaksylykov said on June 20 at the first Forum of analytical centers of Central Asia, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on June 23 and 24, where he would also seek the support of Russia, Kazakhstan, and China for India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Continue reading
