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 »
Only 6 years after having locations in Kazakhstan, McDonalds is leaving the country because of supply chain issues because of the Russia-Ukraine war. This pulling out was announced by the corporation on January 5th. McDonalds had already pulled out of Russia since the start of the war. The only country that was supplying Kazakhstan with beef was Russia, and with… Read more »
When Sri Lanka had an economic crisis in 2022, India had helped out by giving credit lines throughout 2022, that helped with fuel imports and other assistance. The economic crisis happened because of a small amount of federal exchange reserves. Recently, the new President of Sri Lanka had been working to get a $2.9 billion loan from the IMF (International… Read more »
