Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hosted the first India-Central Asia Summit. He said on the occasion that Central Asia is central to India’s vision of an integrated and stable extended neighborhood.
“India has deep relations with all of the Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan has become an important partner in India’s energy security. I express my condoles at the recent loss of lives in Kazakhstan,” said PM Modi at the first meeting of the India-Central Asia Summit.
India has deep relations with all of the Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan has become an important partner in India's energy security. I express my condoles at the recent loss of lives in Kazakhstan: PM Modi at the first meeting of the India-Central Asia Summit pic.twitter.com/IBTCWdfyyU
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2022
“All of us share same concerns & goals with regard to regional security. We are all concerned about the developments in Afghanistan. In this context too, mutual cooperation among us has become more important for regional security and stability,” he added.
The PM said that the summit has three goals. First, to emphasise that mutual cooperation between India and Central Asia is necessary for regional security and prosperity. The second goal is to give an effective structure to our cooperation, which will pave the way for the establishment of a platform for regular interaction among all stakeholders and the third goal is to prepare an ambitious roadmap for our cooperation, which will enable us to adopt an integrated approach for regional connectivity and cooperation.
The virtual summit saw the participation of five presidents – Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan’s Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyz Republic.
