News Digest
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GEORGIA MEETS ABKHAZ LEADERS
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Richard Miles traveled on 21 August to Sukhum where he met with Abkhaz Prime Minister Anri Djergenia and Vice President Valerii Arshba, who is acting president for the duration of Vladislav Ardzinba's vacation. Miles expressed concern at the lack of progress toward a peaceful solution of the Abkhaz conflict and affirmed that the UN-drafted "Basic Principles for the Distribution of Competences between Tbilisi and Sukhum" constitutes an ideal basis for resuming talks on such a settlement. Djergenia again said he sees "no sense" in discussion that document, under which Abkhazia would remain a part of Georgia.ARMENIA ARRESTS FOUR FOR SPYING FOR AZERBAIJAN
By empty (8/22/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Four citizens of Armenia were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of spying for Azerbaijan and have been charged with high treason, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported on 21 August, citing a National Security Ministry statement. The identity of those detained was not divulged. A former Armenian government employee was arrested in January on charges of spying for Turkey and remains in pretrial detention.Antiterrorist forces stay in Kyrgyzstan till the end of operation in Afghanistan
By empty (8/22/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
“The main goal of my visit to your region is to express gratitude on the behalf of the US Central Command for Central Asian countries in fighting with international terrorism in Afghanistan”, said Chief of the US Central Command General Tommy Franks at a press conference in Bishkek. “I visited Kazakhstan, where negotiated with President Nursultan Nazarbaev and I intend to stay in Kyrgyzstan a week then I will continue my tour via Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenia to Afghanistan”, he added. Concerning to issues of the term prolongation of the antiterrorist coalition base in Kyrgyzstan, the General said the data issue was not discussed at the meeting with President Askar Akaev.Azeris displeased with some points in Council of Europe report on Azerbaijan
By empty (8/22/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Council of Europe monitoring committee has sent the Azerbaijani side a report on the results of the visit by the Council of Europe rapporteurs on Azerbaijan, Andreas Gross and Martinez Cassan, who visited Baku on 15 July. According to information from Latif Huseynov, head of the legislation and state organizations department of the Milli Maclis parliament, the Azerbaijani side familiarized itself with the document, made recommendations and expressed dissatisfaction with certain points. The report of the monitoring group reflects Azerbaijan's obligations before the Council of Europe.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.