The “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue Summit will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan on August 9 and 10. The event marks the 20th anniversary of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue, which was launched in 2004 at Japan’s initiative to foster cooperation between Japan and five Central Asian countries. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is
Russian human rights defender Valentina Chupik says new legislation on migration adopted by Russia’s State Duma this week will dramatically restrict the rights of labor migrants, Current Time reported. Thousands of men and women from Central Asia regularly come to Russia as migrant workers and provide a financial lifeline to those back home. Speaking to
A Memorandum of Understanding for the Development of Islamic Finance in Central Asia was signed between the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and the Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) on June 27 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as part of the Eurasian Development Bank’s Annual Meeting and Business Forum. The document was signed by Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the EDB
From 22 to 29 June, Uzbekistan hosted the first international World Coaching Championship, as part of the 8th international festival Eurasian Creative Week. The festival events took place in three cities of Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Khiva and Nukus. The festival kicked off in Tashkent on 22 June with a charity ball organized by Silk Road Media
On June 28, the Savitsky Museum in Nukus (Karakalpakstan) hosted the show “Treasures of the Silk Road,” a significant artistic event that revealed the splendor of the cultural heritage of the Eurasian region. The show featured an immersive exhibition (projections and “revival” of paintings on the wall of the museum building), a concert, and a
The Kazakh Defense Ministry said on July 8 that its armed forces, along with those from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, had begun joint military maneuvers on the shores of the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported. The Association-2024 drills, scheduled to run until July 17, are taking place at the Oimasha
A caravan of 26 trucks has been transported across the Caspian Sea from the Kazakh port of Kuryk to the port of Baku by a ferry of the Azerbaijani shipping company ASCO. The trucks were loaded onto the ferry in Kuryk on July 3, Eurasia Today reported. The caravan will continue its journey through Georgia
The Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Japan Mr. Erkinbek Osoev on July 4 in Tokyo took part in the second meeting of a business dialogue “Central Asia and Japan”. The event was attended by Ambassadors of the Central Asian countries in Japan, President of the Japanese Association for Trade with Russia and the New Independent States
During a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana, Kazakhstan on July 4, the leaders of the SCO member states accepted Belarus as a new member of the Eurasian political and security bloc founded by China and Russia in 2001. With the addition of Belarus, the SCO membership has now expanded from originally
According to the new research paper “Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation in Central Asia” released by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), almost 10 million people, or 14% of the population, have poor access to safe drinking water in Central Asia. Water withdrawals for drinking and domestic uses increased twofold to reach 8.6 km3 between 1994
