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India's Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
' Policy is a broad-based approach, including political, security, economic and cultural connections. The importance of this policy was strengthened when the Prime Minister of India visited all the five countries Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in 2015.
History
2012 elucidation
On 12 June 2012India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
's Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed outlined some of the elements of India's 'Connect Central Asia' policy as follows:
2014–present
A number of high-level visits have taken place involving heads of states, Presidents and Prime Ministers, foreign, defence and home ministers, in the respective central Asian countries as well as in India. Multilateral dialogues such as the "Central Asia Dialogue" have been conducted. The most recent and third edition was conducted between 18 and 21 December 2021.See also
* Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) PipelineReferences
Further reading
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