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Putin aims to strengthen Russia's influence in Central Asia amid competition from China and the EU, focusing on security and economic ties involving millions of migrant workers.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Dushanbe on Wednesday for a three-day visit including a Russia-Central Asia summit starting Thursday and a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.
- Facing waning influence, Moscow is bolstering ties with Central Asia to prevent instability from border disputes and rival groups, while addressing concerns about several million migrant workers from the region.
- Russia's Defence Ministry said Andrei Belousov, Russia's Defence Minister, held talks on military cooperation with Emomali Sobirzoda, Tajik Defence Minister, emphasizing energy deals like gas deliveries and nuclear reactors.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said Putin will meet Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday after months of frostiness, while limiting foreign travel due to an ICC arrest order.
- This year has also seen competing regional summits, with EU engagement in April and China hosting one in June, while Putin deepens ties with China and North Korea.
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Russia's Putin arrives for summit meetings in Tajikistan in Central Asia
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tajikistan in Central Asia on Wednesday to attend meetings with leaders of other ex-Soviet republics likely to focus on regional development and their relations with Moscow. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Russia’s Putin arrives for summit meetings in Tajikistan
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tajikistan in Central Asia to attend meetings with leaders of other ex-Soviet republics likely to focus on regional development and their relations with Moscow. A Kremlin announcement said Putin would take part, beginning Thursday, in a Russia-Central Asia summit, also to be attended by the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, […]
Putin lands in Tajikistan to shore up Russia’s regional influence
MOSCOW (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down Wednesday in Tajikistan for a three-day visit dominated by talks with the leaders of a region where Moscow’s historic dominance is under threat. The Kremlin strongman is set to meet on Thursday with the heads of Central Asia’s five ex-Soviet states where China and Europe have been vying for influence in Russia’s backyard. Tajik leader Emomali Rakhmon welcomed Putin on arrival in the cap…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet representatives of several Central Asian countries at a summit in Tajikistan on Thursday. In the capital Dushanbe he will meet state leaders of the five former Soviet republics Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. All five states maintain close cultural and economic relations with Russia. The summit is the second of this kind since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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