Two foremost messages resonated by means of all of the speeches of Central Asian leaders on the first EU-CA summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
One was that they demonstrated as soon as extra that the area achieved stability, good neighborly relations and harmonious method to additional improvement. And that the European Union recognised it by talking to them as in the event that they had been a bloc, which gave them extra weight on the worldwide area.
The area’s largest economic system, Kazakhstan, has excessive expectations for the following steps because the county is nicely conscious of its significance for the European Union.
13% of all oil and gasoline imports within the EU comes from Kazakhstan whereas funding from the European bloc account for 43% of all overseas funding within the largest central Asian nation.
Talking to Euronews, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin says the summit in Samarkand was a possibility to indicate that the Central Asia area is secure and might equally contribute to the strategic relations with Europe.
“The primary conclusion for us is that, in precept, Central Asia is now perceived as a complete. Central Asia is a dependable bridge between China, South-East Asia and Europe, however it is usually a dependable provider of the mandatory supplies. We’re speaking about every part from uranium, oil and gasoline to essential supplies, foodstuffs, wheat.”
The second necessary message is that Central Asian leaders eagerly embrace all types of cooperation proposed to them by European leaders on the summit as a result of they noticed it as a method to additional improvement.
That is purpose why they invested a lot of effort and time in Samarkand to current new tasks, programmes and initiatives that might profit from cooperation with European establishments, monetary organisations and personal buyers from all of the EU member states.
