Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to announce an economic aid package for Central Asia, aimed at creating a new trade route to Europe, at a meeting with the leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. He writes about this Japan Times.
The route is planned to pass through the Caspian Sea, bypassing Russian territory and connecting Central Asia and Europe.
The meeting with Central Asian leaders is scheduled to take place during Kishida’s working trip to Kazakhstan from August 9-12.
Prior to this, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien said that Washington: assessing the possibility To create a new land corridor from Central Asian countries to world markets via the lands of Armenia and Azerbaijan, bypassing Russia and China.
Pashinyan before named The US instrument in the fight against the Russian Federation.