Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev held talks with the son of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov ahead of a Central Asian summit in Astana, Nazarbaev's office said a day after the meeting.
Four Central Asian presidents are meeting in Kazakhstan for the first regional summit in almost a decade, a sign of improving ties following the death of divisive Uzbek leader Islam Karimov in 2016.
There is every possibility that the March 15 gathering will be the most successful Central Asian summit ever held, though admittedly that is not saying much.
This week's Majlis Podcast looked at the upcoming Central Asian leaders summit and the main talking points included: why the meeting is being held now; what the leaders have to discuss, what they could realistically accomplish at this gathering
The first Central Asian summit in many years is due to take place in Astana on March 15-16, and it was shaping up to be an epic event. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Leaders from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan said a new pipeline being built between their countries is the start of a major new energy, road, and communications corridor connecting Central Asia with South Asia.
A ground-breaking ceremony for Afghanistan's section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline leaves many key questions still unanswered. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Leaders and senior officials from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, and India have inaugurated the start of work on the Afghan part of a multibillion-dollar pipeline project that they hope will meet the region's energy needs.
Transparency International says government crackdowns on NGOs and media are associated with higher levels of corruption and most countries are "moving too slowly" to combat graft.
Law enforcement authorities in Ukraine are investigating the circumstances surrounding what they say was the suicide of a 19-year-old medical student from Turkmenistan.
NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan says regional military chiefs vowed to cooperation in the fight against terrorism and the narcotics trade during a two-day conference in Kabul.
Villagers in northern Turkmenistan say local authorities are mulling the confiscation of “surplus” flour from people amid a severe shortage of the staple in the country.
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