Link to Article Between the dates of February 14-18, U.S delegation (under State Department Counselor Derek Chollet) will be visiting Pakistan to meet with several senior officials, business leaders, and civil society members to repair relations from strain under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Both states will discuss several different economic issues and plans for the future in correlation to… Read more »
Link to Article Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi is set to visit Chinese president Xi Jinping for three days to strengthen their ties with one another. Their visit will entail varying cooperation documents, business discussions and additional parts of the trip itinerary. The purpose of this visit between the two states is to hopefully strengthen political and economic ties against the… Read more »
Link to Article In 2007, Dutch military units unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan as a part of a U.S. led coalition against the Taliban who were thought to be sheltering within the building. This incident killed over 20 civilians and produced a civil case brought up by four survivors. In November, the District Court of Hague found this… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/gulf-nations-remain-major-oil-suppliers-india-long-time-minister-says-2023-02-08/ India is the 3rd largest oil consumer and importer in the world, consuming approximately 194 million metric tons from a diverse 39 different countries annually. India’s top supplier is Russia, they receive 22% of their oil from them, ignoring sanctions that the rest of the world has imposed following the war. After Russia, India’s oil suppliers are largely located… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/taliban-administration-send-earthquake-aid-turkey-syria-2023-02-08/ Following the devastating earthquake that demolished southern Turkey and parts of northwestern Syria, the Taliban has announced that they will be sending over $100k in humanitarian aid. Their spokesperson has stated that they are sending this money on the basis of “shared humanity and Islamic brotherhood.” Simultaneously, Afghanistan is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis; its economy has… Read more »
Article: https://www.inform.kz/en/1st-central-asian-interparliamentary-forum-kicks-off-in-turkistan_a4033989 On February 10, 2023, five central Asian countries began to meet in the city of Turkistan, Kazakhstan to discuss cultural and other pressing issues. Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are the members. This is the bilateral meeting that these countries conduct, and this time the pressing issues are trans-border water sources, environmental concerns, and the development of… Read more »
Article: https://eurasianet.org/russia-forges-ahead-with-gas-ambitions-in-uzbekistan-kazakhstan Around this time last year, Russia had attempted to make a gas pact between Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. That attempt had failed. both Uzbekistan stated that they wouldn’t be involved politically in exchange for gas, and Kazakhstan said that they would not be used to go around sanctions. But this year, as of the past couple months, both… Read more »
Article: https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-complete-border-delimitation-process On January 27 of this year, the leaders of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have met in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, in order to determine the border of a 1,400 km stretch of land that’s remained disputed ever since the fall of the Soviet Union. Both parties agree that this is a historic event, and that hopefully this will… Read more »