Mehmet Seyfettin EROL
This commentary is from USAK's Energy Review Newsletter http://www.turkishweekly.net/energyreview/TurkishWeekly-EnergyReview13.pdfTo subscribe email to energyreview@turkishweekly.net
In the last week of March, EU delegation headed by EU’s term president German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has paid a visit to Kazakhistan’s capital Astana for two days. During this visit, the delegation has made several meetings with the Central Asian foreign ministers. In their common press conference, both sides have emphasized their interest in cooperation. In this regard, Steinmeir underlined the importance of this meeting as being the first of such a kind among foreign ministers. He also said the time has arrived to start “all-inclusive and strategic partnership” between EU and Central Asian republics, and the common problems with security and international terrorism has made it necessary to form a strategic partnership. This statement was not perceived as a surprise. Previously, German minister Steinmeir has told that “We need a new strategy in the Central Asia” in his latest visit to the region 5 months ago (31 October-4 November 2006) which has started in Kazakhistan and ended in Kyrgyzstan. ........................
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