EU’s new Central Asia Policy and its Energy Dimension

EU’s interest of the region can be summarized with the crucial points: Energy and stability. Hence, EU has endeavored to progress in her Central Asia policies through these parameters and to achieve her goals has developed new projects around these points. It is possible to gather up these projects under three headlines: TACIS (Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States), INOGATE (Interstate Oil and Gas Transport to Europe) which is on the way to get realized through opportunities stemming from TACIS and TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia). Also since 1999, partnership and cooperation agreements between EU and Central Asian Republics and Azerbaijan constitute the political framework.
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