Field Reports
PESHAWAR SEMINAR ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES BETWEEN PAKISTAN, RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
By Dr. Zahid Anwar, Center for Russian and Central Asian Area Studies, University of Peshawar, Pakistan (5/9/2001 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Eminent scholars and academicians from Pakistan, the Russian federation, the People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom and the Central Asian Republics gathered in the Area Study Center for Russia, China and Central Asia, University of Peshawar (Pakistan) on 8-9 November, 2000, to express their views at a two day international seminar on “Confidence Building Measures Between Pakistan, Russia, and Central Asia.”
The vice chancellor of the University of Peshawar Prof. Dr Qasim Jan inaugurated the seminar by emphasizing the importance of close economic ties between Pakistan, Central Asia, and Russia.
KYRGYZSTAN RAISES THE QUESTION OF MINE CLEARING ON THE KYRGYZ-UZBEK BORDER
By Gulzina Karym Kyzy (5/9/2001 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Officials of Batken province administration of Kyrgyzstan met with officials of Ferghana province administration of Uzbekistan on 28 May, RFE/RL reported. The two sides discussed the situation on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, specifically the situation regarding minefields layed by the Uzbekistan military. Kyrgyz officials addressed their Uzbek counterparts with the demand to clear the territories along the border of mines.
ENCLAVE POLITICS BETWEEN BISHKEK AND TASHKENT POISON RELATIONS
By Maria Utyaganova, student, department of International Relations, American University in Kyrgyzstan (5/9/2001 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Soviet legacy has left the Central Asian states with many disputed lands that have a potential of growing into serious conflicts. The delimitation of the 1920s was aimed at dividing Turkistan in such a way that the newly formed republics would become constituting parts of one industrial whole, rather than to create solid nation-states. Among other, this led to the creation of numerous enclaves of one republic surrounded by the territory of another.
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL IMPORTANCE OF GEORGIAN COAL
By Zaza Gordeziani (5/9/2001 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On March 23, 2001 President Shevardnadze issued Decree no. 107 On Political Support and Promotion of Implementation of the Project of Constructing the 2x125 MW Thermal Station Working on Tkibuli Coal in Tkibuli. The thermal station construction project provides an investment of US$30 million for the restoration of the coal industry in Tkibuli.
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