All 5 Central Asian nations abstained or didn’t vote final week on a UN General Assembly decision that demanded that Moscow pull out of Ukraine.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/blinken-backs-kazakhstan-sovereignty-as-ukraine-raises-fears-bt-news

As a result of Russia and China’s cooperation with the Central Asian countries within the SCO, the US military presence in the region ended, and Western countries’ influence over the Central Asian countries has been minimised.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/04/06/role-of-shanghai-cooperation-organisation-in-new-world-order/

As a result of Russia and China’s cooperation with the Central Asian countries within the SCO, the US military presence in the region ended, and Western countries’ influence over the Central Asian countries has been minimised.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/04/06/role-of-shanghai-cooperation-organisation-in-new-world-order/

Azerbaijan and the countries of the Central Asian region experience significant economic growth in 2023, according to the estimates from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Source: https://en.apa.az/official-news/president-of-azerbaijan-ilham-aliyev-was-interviewed-by-euronews-tv-channel-updated-418715

During the "Golden 30 Years" — the period during which China established diplomatic ties with the five Central Asian nations — media from the BRI countries have collaborated extensively, yielding valuable outcomes.

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/regions-set-for-another-golden-30-years-301922689.html

First and foremost, France is driven by its own ambition to adjust its status as a secondary actor in the strategically vital Central Asian region.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/frances-strategic-pivot-to-central-asia-strengthening-ties-with-uzbekistan-and-shaping-regional-dynamics/

Foreign Brief, an industry-leading source of geopolitical risk insights, published an on July 13 covering the Central Asian Security and Cooperation Forum in Astana.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/07/news-digest-foreign-media-on-central-asian-security-and-cooperation-forum-kazakhstans-sco-chairmanship-and-more/

For the Central Asian countries, SCO plays a role in providing security guarantees against possible foreign-backed color revolutions.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/04/06/role-of-shanghai-cooperation-organisation-in-new-world-order/

KARAGANDA: Kazakhstan held nationwide mourning on Sunday (Oct 29) after 42 people died in a blaze at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident in the Central Asian country's post-Soviet history.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/arcelormittal-kostenko-mine-blaze-kazakhstan-mourns-42-dead-3881271?cid=cna_flip_070214

Kazakhstan proposed a Treaty on Friendship, Good Neighbourliness, and Cooperation for the Development of Central Asia in the Twenty-First Century following the fourth Consultative Summit of the Heads of Central Asian States on 21 July 2022 in Kyrgyzstan.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/deconstructing-regional-cooperation-in-central-asia-and-the-role-of-uzbekistan/3111617/

NAFDAC in a statement disclosed that the two medical products were identified in Uzbekistan, a Central Asian nation, and reported to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/nafdac-warns-against-use-purchase-of-contaminated-syrups/

Seven states are members of both CICA and the OSCE, in particular Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Russia and the Central Asian Member States.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/06/cica-focuses-on-demining-challenges-in-asia/

The Central Asian Security and Development Forum will become a fundamentally new format for dialogue and engagement between prominent thinkers and politicians to discuss the most pressing topics in security and cooperation in Asia.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/04/kazakhstans-leading-think-tank-outlines-its-achievements-over-three-decades/

The minister also raised concerns about the rise in drug production, trafficking, and abuse, urging coordinated efforts among Central Asian countries.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/11/central-asian-diplomats-convene-in-bishkek-for-unrcca-meeting-amid-global-uncertainty-and-challenges/

Turkic states can play a key role in this, he said, arguing that European, Caucasus and Central Asian countries, linked by mutual respect, could set an example to the rest of the world.

Source: https://www.budapesttimes.hu/diplomacy/orban-global-majority-stands-for-peace/

Unlike fellow former Soviet republic Belarus, Central Asian nations haven’t rallied behind Moscow over the struggle.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/blinken-backs-kazakhstan-sovereignty-as-ukraine-raises-fears-bt-news

Vladimir Norov, Uzbekistan’s former foreign minister and former secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, said Central Asian countries have benefited from their participation in BRI.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/09/kazakh-and-chinese-experts-reflect-on-first-decade-of-belt-and-road-initiative/

"Western populations show partial Central Asian ancestry as early as 2300 BP, and an individual dating to 1500 BP from the southwestern plateau additionally shows ancestry associated with Central Asian populations."

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-genomic-ancient-humans-human-evolution.html

"Western populations show partial Central Asian ancestry as early as 2300 BP, and an individual dating to 1500 BP from the southwestern plateau additionally shows ancestry associated with Central Asian populations."

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-genomic-ancient-humans-human-evolution.html

What is Kazakhstan, other Central Asian republics, China, which trades with the European Union via Belarus, guilty of?” the head of state wondered.

Source: https://eng.belta.by/president/view/insights-in-live-broadcast-nuclear-shield-six-sovereignty-conditions-in-peoples-presidents-week-157815-2023/