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Eurasia News Digest (16-30 September,2024)

Russia & Central Asia

Scholz and Mirziyoyev ink migration deal to simplify entry of skilled Uzbek workers

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has signed a migration agreement with Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the ....

October 07, 2024 migrant workers , Military cooperation , Uranium , Eurasia News Digest , Germany-Central Asia

Eurasia: Reflections on 2023 and Outlook for 2024

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

In recent years, the world has experienced significant geopolitical turmoil. While the major powers have been embroiled in serious conflicts, small countries with close ties to these powers have been equally affected. And eve....

January 05, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , regional cooperation , Iran , Azerbaijan , EAEU , Military cooperation , Armenia , SCO summit , Ukraine Conflict , Middle Corridor , Qosh Tepa Canal , Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Deal , C5+1 Summit

Eurasia News Digest (16-30 November, 2023)

Russia & Central Asia

Kazakhstan Takes Part in Meeting as Part of Global South Summit

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Murat Nurtleu, at the invitation by India’s Minister of Foreign Affai....

November 30, 2023 EAEU , Military cooperation , Middle Corridor , Eurasia News Digest , Herat Security Dialogue , Global South Summit , De-oligarchization , Agro Express Project , Aktau port , Kuryk Port

Eurasia News Digest (1-15 November, 2023)

Russia & Central Asia

Uzbekistan, France hold imperative bilateral agreements

The governments of Uzbekistan and France signed eight bilateral documents on November 2, in Samarkand on various areas of cooperation to vitalize th....

November 21, 2023 Putin , Military cooperation , Eurasia News Digest , French Ammunition , Russian Gas Deal , Donald Lu , Iran-Tajikistan Rapprochement , Roghun Dam

Eurasia News Digest (16-31 October 2023)

Russia and Central Asia

Contract for Remaining Work on Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Power Line Signed

Turkmenistan's 500 KV line project was started in 2016 with the financial support of the Asian Development Bank, but with the re....

October 31, 2023 Military cooperation , Energy Cooperation , Eurasia News Digest , Reintegration of Nagorno-Karabakh , ArcelorMittal , C5+1 Ministerial meeting , Trade Turnover , BRI Forum

Eurasia News Digest, August 1-15, 2023

Russia and Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan Declares an Energy Emergency and Looks to China for Support

On August 1, amid a hot summer and the looming shadow of another winter to come, a decree signed by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov ....

August 17, 2023 Islamic State , Military cooperation , energy crisis , Trade Investment , Eurasia News Digest , Madrasas , Ukraine diplomacy , Wind turbine

Neighbourhood News digest – 28 April 2023

Afghanistan

U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women – The Hindu

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increas....

April 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Nepal , economy , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Japan , Bangladesh , US Sanctions , military , UN , Opposition , Military cooperation , HRW , India-Myanmar , CJP , PM Sheikh Hasina , Dabur , Pak politics , Maldives- Burundi

Significance & Potential of Indo-US Relations in the Post-Covid World : Interaction with Amb. Kenneth Juster

The VIF hosted a special web-based interaction session with H.E. Mr. Kenneth Juster, Ambassador of U.S. to India on May 28, 2020. Amb. Juster spoke about the evolving geopolitical scenario in a post-Pandemic world, and the crucial position that U.S.-....

June 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , Kenneth Juster , COVID-19 , US India strategic partnership , Defence equipment , Military cooperation