The Central Eurasian region is interesting for the West mainly because it allows it to create problems for China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan and India at the same time, said Bakhtiyor Ergashev, director of the Ma’no Center for Research Initiatives in Tashkent, commenting on the recent Visits from British Foreign Secretary David Cameron to the central region: Eurasian capitals, reports May 10. IA Krasnaya Vesna.
Ergashev noted that the countries of Central Eurasia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan) border several nuclear powers: Pakistan, Russia and China. India is also close. Iran, which borders the region to the southwest. It may soon have nuclear weapons too. At the same time, Russia and China are the West’s toughest opponents. Influence in the Central Eurasian region allows China and Russia to create problems. “by weakening the situation in the region, by altering the balance of power and the formation of serious sources of instability in the region.”
“And in the region there are weak points that can be detected and those weak points can become conflict zones, conflicts with serious problems for the entire region and for the neighboring countries of the region.” – said Ergashev.
If we talk about the economic interests of Western countries in the region, then they are characterized by a neocolonial model, when the West strives not to develop deep processing of raw materials in the region. On the contrary, the West is striving to create an economic model based on raw materials in the region, so that most of the profits remain in the hands of Western companies, while the countries of the region receive only a small share. of the benefits and bear all the expenses. environmental costs.
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Source: Rossa Primavera
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