Tajikistan

SCO foreign ministers meeting in Goa: Who will S Jaishankar meet? What will be discussed at the conclave?

Foreign ministers of SCO member states will hold key deliberations in Goa. Ahead of the summit, India’s S Jaishankar will meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. All eyes will be on Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who will be the first Pakistan foreign minister to visit India since December 2016

China, Russia, Pakistan back Taliban, urge West to lift freeze on Afghanistan assets

After the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021, the United States (US) froze around $7 billion in central bank assets belonging to the government of Afghanistan. Another substantial amount of approximately $2 billion of Afghan assets was frozen by European banks

Afghanistan: BIG steps proposed at Moscow NSA meet

Issues of international security with an emphasis on resolving the situation in Afghanistan were discussed during the consultations

Maiden India-Central Asia NSA meet seeks joint action against terrorism, warns Afghan soil maybe used to spread terror

The meeting of NSAs helmed by India comes at a time when India and Central Asian countries are marking the 30th anniversary of diplomatic and bilateral relations in trade, economy, security and defence

SCO Summit: EAM Jaishankar holds bilateral talks with counterparts from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a key economic and security bloc, which has emerged as one of the largest transregional international organisations. India became its permanent members in 2017

Taliban are at it again: Dragging Afghanistan back to dark ages

Amid fears that the Taliban are setting the clock back on women’s rights, the United Nations Security Council has called on the Taliban to ‘swiftly reverse’ such policies

Russia-Ukraine conflict: How Tajikistan and other Central Asian nations have become accidental victims

The sanctions imposed by the West over the conflict in Ukraine were aimed to cripple Moscow’s economy. They are also causing collateral damage, as millions of migrant workers from Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan working in Russia suffer

Why India should further intensify its efforts to woo Central Asian republics

Regional cooperation to enhance the commonality of views with Central Asia, and counter the assertive Sino-Pakistani axis in Afghanistan are a salient feature of the successful India-Central Asia Summit on 27 January

The long and troubled history of TAPI Pipeline: What you need to know about ambitious gas pipeline project

The first-ever summit between India, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan on Thursday focussed on connectivity and trade. It was also decided at the meeting to resume talks for the suspended TAPI pipeline project

Narendra Modi to host first India-Central Asia Summit virtually on 27 January

The summit will be held with the participation of the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the MEA said in a statement.