{"id":165123,"date":"2022-01-29T19:50:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=165123"},"modified":"2022-01-29T19:50:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T14:20:58","slug":"at-the-centre-on-india-central-asia-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/at-the-centre-on-india-central-asia-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Centre: On India-Central Asia summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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News: <\/strong>Recently, the Prime Minister has hosted the India-Central Asia Summit in virtual format. Both India and Central Asian Republics (CARs) have agreed on more structured engagement, including the setting up of joint working groups, on Afghanistan and Chabahar, and more educational and cultural opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read: India-Central Asia Virtual Summit<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the challenges highlighted in the India-Central Asia summit?<\/h5>\n

Lack of access to land routes<\/strong>: With Pakistan denying India transit trade<\/strong>, India is forced to explore other options. But these options have certain challenges. For instance,<\/p>\n

a) Chabahar port initiative:<\/span><\/b><\/a> <\/strong>It involves greater investment in rail and road routes to Iran\u2019s northern boundaries with the CARs, something India is hesitant to do in the face of U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n

b) International North South Transport Corridor(INSTC)<\/span><\/b><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/strong>This is not fully operational and at least two CARs (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) are not members of INSTC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Low trade volume between India and Central Asia<\/strong>: A paltry $2 billion, spent mostly on Kazakhstan\u2019s energy exports to India. In comparison, China\u2019s CAR trade figures have exceeded $41 billion \u2014 they could double by 2030 \u2014 apart from the billions of dollars invested in the Belt and Road Initiative.<\/p>\n

The situation in Afghanistan<\/strong>: It is a weak link between Central Asia and South Asia. After the Taliban takeover, there is no official government, a humanitarian crisis is building, and there are worries of terrorism and radicalism spilling over its boundaries.<\/p>\n

Apart from that, India – CARs relations are also hampered by other players in the region. For instance, 1)<\/strong> Pakistan<\/strong> has signed transit trade agreements with CARs, offering trade access to the Indian Ocean at Gwadar and Karachi, 2) China<\/strong> is now the biggest development and infrastructure partner to the CAR countries, 3)\u00a0<\/strong>Russia<\/strong> is one of the most strategic players in the CAR Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read:\u00a0<\/strong>India \u2013 Central Asia Relations \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should India do to improve its relations with the CARs?<\/h5>\n

First<\/strong>, India should institutionalise exchanges and increase the trade, investment and development partnerships with the CARs.<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, India should take active steps to make future ties more closely resemble the deep ties of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:\u00a0Recent developments in India-Central Asia relations<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>This post is based on the article \u201cAt the Centre: On India-Central Asia summit\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>published in The Hindu<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a028th January 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: Recently, the Prime Minister has hosted the India-Central Asia Summit in virtual format. Both India and Central Asian Republics (CARs) have agreed on more structured engagement, including the setting up of joint working groups, on Afghanistan and Chabahar, and more educational and cultural opportunities. Must read: India-Central Asia Virtual Summit What are the challenges… Continue reading At the Centre: On India-Central Asia summit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-165123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704864302},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}