Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

Former Ambassador to Republic of Korea and Uzbekistan, President,India-ROK Friendship Society and Advisor to MIICCIA and New Delhi Institute of Management

Contributions

Uzbekistan’s Pragmatic Engagement with Afghanistan: Significant for the Region

November 05, 2024 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

During a recent visit to Tashkent, I had attended the roundtable on ‘Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan: Openness and Prosperity for Peace’ on 25 October 2024. The speakers were some of the prominent policy makers with long experience of diplomacy and ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, Afghanistan, trade, Gas Fields, railway line, IMU, Amu Darya, Friendship Bridge

Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Railroad Proposal Revived

August 21, 2024 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

The proposal to construct a railroad from Termez in Uzbekistan to Mzaar-e-Sharif and Kabul in Afghanistan and onwards to Peshawar in Pakistan has been on the drawing boards since 2007. Instability in Afghanistan, lack of political will in Uzbekistan ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Doha 3, railroad

Whither BRICS?

September 14, 2023 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

President Vladimir Putin had invited the leaders of Brazil, India and China to Yekaterinburg in June 2009 as the four large emerging economies had felt the need to express their views jointly after participating in the first summit level meeting of G...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary

Significance of First India-Central Asia Summit

February 18, 2022 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

India-Central Asia relations have witnessed an upward trajectory in the recent past. The key factor behind the renewed India-Central ties is the consistency in bilateral and multilateral dialogue and discussion. There already exists an India-Central ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Chabahar, Strategic Autonomy, Great Game, Podcast, India-Central Asia Dialogue, Delhi declaration, trade and connectivity, Development Cooperation, security and defence cooperation

Uzbek President’s Call for Connectivity, Cooperation, Dialogue and Trust in Central Asia-South Asia Region: Pakistan’s Obduracy is the Obstacle

July 20, 2021 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan hosted an important conference ‘Regional Connectivity Between Central Asia and South Asia – Challenges and Opportunities’ in Tashkent on 15-16 July 2021. The conference was proposed by the Uzbek Presi...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, Pakistan, Central Asia, South Asia, Taliban, Connectivity, S Jaishankar, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev