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India-Central Asia Relations
Why in news?
PM stressed on commitment for increasing its connectivity with land-locked Central Asia.
Significance of CAR
Security
Energy security
Trade and investment potential
Strategic position
Challenges for India in CAR
Chinese presence
Radicalism and extremism
No physical borders with India
Taliban takeover in neighborhood
Land-locked region
What is the Central Asia Region?
Former Soviet republics
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
Extends from Caspian Sea to China except Mongolia and Russia
Genesis of historical relations
Anglo-Russian rivalry has limited the exchanges
Ties re-established after USSR dissolution
Contacts since Kushana Empire
Part of India’s extended neighbourhood
Lied in Ancient Silk Road
Indian efforts for connectivity
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI)
Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
Ashgabat Agreement
Defence collaboration and
Port of Chabahar in Iran
Engagement at UN
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Steps needed to take to improve ties
Trade and investment
East-West Trans-Eurasian transit economic corridor
Tourism
Heritage tourism based on historical and cultural linkages
Education
Students from Central Asia are already coming to India
Connectivity
Chabahar Free Trade Zone, Air Routes
History and Archaeology
One-sided Silk Road narrative promoted by China
Defence Cooperation
India-Uzbekistan military medicine agreement
Political relations
Work towards greater harmonisation of policies