Central Asian nations and Germany agreed to create a “Middle Corridor” route to attach Asia and Europe, after their first-ever summit on Friday.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosted the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan at a summit in Berlin, to debate cooperation within the areas of the financial system, vitality, and pure assets.
The leaders introduced after the assembly that they’ve agreed to determine a “strategic regional partnership” between Germany and Central Asia, and vowed to take steps to additional strengthen financial ties.
They additionally expressed their help for the initiatives to develop the ‘Middle Corridor’ route, which goals to attach the area with Europe through Caucasus, Black Sea, and Türkiye.
“The leaders confirmed their curiosity in creating the Middle Corridor and attracting financing for infrastructure initiatives beneath the Global Gateway initiative,” they stated in a joint declaration launched after the assembly.
They additionally welcomed the ultimate report of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which recognized the “Central Trans-Caspian Network” as a sustainable transport community.
The leaders underlined their goal to strengthen vitality safety, develop various vitality provide routes, enhance transport and transit connections, and transfer in the direction of a local weather and environment-friendly financial system.
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, attended the summit assembly.
According to the officers, a second summit assembly of the German chancellor and the Central Asian leaders can be held subsequent 12 months within the area.
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