Central Asia eager to cooperate with the EU "as a single bloc"!
Two key messages resonated throughout the speeches of Central Asian leaders at the first EU-CA summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
One was that they demonstrated once again that the region had achieved stability, good neighborly relations, and a harmonious approach to further development. And that the European Union recognized this by speaking to them as if they were a bloc, which gave them more weight in the international arena.
The region's largest economy, Kazakhstan, has high expectations for the next steps as the region is well aware of its importance to the European Union.
13% of all oil and gas imports into the EU come from Kazakhstan, while investments from the European bloc account for 43% of all foreign investment in the largest Central Asian country.
Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin said the summit in Samarkand was an opportunity to show that the Central Asian region is stable and can contribute equally to strategic relations with Europe.
"The main conclusion for us is that, in principle, Central Asia is now perceived as a whole. Central Asia is a reliable bridge between China, Southeast Asia and Europe, but it is also a reliable supplier of necessary materials. We are talking about everything from uranium, oil and gas to critical materials, food, grain."
The second important message is that Central Asian leaders eagerly embrace all forms of cooperation proposed to them by European leaders at the summit, because they saw it as a way for further development.
That is why they invested a lot of time and effort in Samarkand to present new projects, programs and initiatives that could benefit from cooperation with European institutions, financial organizations and private investors from all EU member states.
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