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Uzbek-Tajik talks set tone for Central Asian reset

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: CENTRAL ASIA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Central Asia RUCIS Tajikistan Uzbekistan CIS Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Turkmenistan

Topical: economy industry international relations politics foreign policy foreign trade summit transport government border conflict defence electricity energy ethnic gas integration railway security water
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2018), "Uzbek-Tajik talks set tone for Central Asian reset", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB230423

Friday, March 16, 2018

Significance

The summit is a direct consequence of leadership and policy change in Uzbekistan, leading to warmer ties with other Central Asian states. Uzbek President Shavqat Mirzioyev's March 9-10 visit to Tajikistan exemplifies the change and comes at the end of a period of intense work to repair a particularly conflictual relationship.

Impacts

Turkmenistan's president did not attend the summit and will view regional initiatives with customary caution.
Russia will continue pressing Tajikistan to join the Eurasian Economic Union.
Moscow will find Uzbekistan easier to talk to but will not persuade it to join the Eurasian bloc for now.
Uzbekistan is seeking a role in securing an Afghan peace settlement and will include other Central Asian states in the effort.

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