In recent times, the countries of Central Asia are developing their economies with vigorous momentum! Whether it is the recent successful China-Central Asia summit, the "5+1" foreign ministers' meeting between the United States and Central Asia, or the EU-Central Asia leaders' summit held by the European Union, it all implies that Central Asia is becoming more valued by the world.
Today we will talk mainly about the attitude of the EU towards Central Asia. When we say the five Central Asian countries, we often refer to: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. They are also known as the "back gardens of Russia", and most of them are also CSTO member states led by Russia. Now that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is raging, what impact does this have directly on Europe? Energy crisis and food crisis! Central Asia is rich in oil, natural gas, coal and uranium, and has the world's largest reserves.
Some people say that the old United States and Europe began to cooperate with Central Asia because they want to counter China's growing influence in Central Asia, which is not wrong, but Westerners will not do loss-making business, can not only dig into the corners of Russia and China, but also bring tangible benefits to themselves, which is why they began to exert their strength.
In order to be able to win the hearts of Central Asian countries, in an environment where some politicians threaten to impose sanctions on countries that circumvent sanctions against Russia,
European Council President Michel said that Europe has not adopted any cross-border sanctions and hopes to cooperate with other countries in the form of dialogue.
It can be understood that the EU chose to induce between coercion and inducement. For Western countries accustomed to wielding the stick of sanctions, this is indeed something worth preaching and praising about. But in fact, this is just the EU itself to find its own steps, Russia-Ukraine conflict up to now, the EU has imposed 10 rounds of sanctions on Russia, is currently studying the development of the 11th round of specific rules, if the first 10 rounds to the EU brought huge benefits, so that Russia suffered huge losses, and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict thus stopped, then Michelle will definitely not say the words "do not take cross-border sanctions".
According to the China News Agency, Kazakhstan recently expressed its willingness to deepen cooperation with the EU and use economic, trade, transportation and logistics capabilities to achieve mutual benefit. Kazakh President Tokayev called on European partners to participate in the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor, which is actually a key part of the "China-Central Asia-Europe" route, Kazakhstan does not want to abandon China and completely turn to the West, but wants to combine all favorable resources and embark on a real path of mutually beneficial cooperation.
According to Agence France-Presse, the President of Kyrgyzstan also expressed his willingness to cooperate with the EU a few days ago. To reassure the EU, Kyrgyzstan also issued a statement saying it would ensure its independence. This is also a promise to Europe, at least to ensure that Central Asian countries will not be clearly inclined to help Russia if they do not sanction Russia.
Europe has finally found a new way out under the backlash brought by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and we will wait and see how it will change and develop in the future.