News Digest
GEORGIAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL WANTS IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
By empty (12/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In an interview with Armenian Public Television on 30 November, National Movement leader Mikhail Saakashvili said that after the 4 January presidential election -- which he is confident of winning -- a new government will be formed comprising young ministers and representatives of Georgia\'s minorities. There are an estimated 400,000 Armenians in Georgia. Saakashvili pledged to improve relations with Armenia, which he termed Georgia\'s main strategic partner.EUROPE PLANS LARGE EXPENDITURES IN KYRGYZSTAN IN NEXT THREE YEARS
By empty (12/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
European agencies plan to spend more than 13 million euros ($15.5 million) in Kyrgyzstan\'s Batken Oblast, the poorest in the country, over the next three years and 900,000 euros in Issyk-Kul Oblast. The funding is to be spent on the reduction of poverty and general development programs, with particular emphasis on training officials and the public how to monitor expenditures.KAZAKH PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW ON OIL-EXPORT TAX
By empty (12/1/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Nursultan Nazarbaev has signed a law amending tax legislation introducing an export tax on oil, the presidential press service reported. The Kazakh Parliament adopted the law on 27 November. The sections concerning oil exports will come into force on 1 January 2004.KAZAKH OPPOSITION MOVEMENT TO SET UP FULL-FLEDGED PARTY
By empty (12/1/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Asylbek Kozhakhmetov, a leader of the opposition Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK) movement, told a news conference on 1 December that the DVK political council has decided to transform the movement into a full-fledged political party reported. Kozhakhmetov heads the organizing group for the new party, which he said would be called the People\'s Party-Democratic Choice Of Kazakhstan. The party\'s platform will include replacing the current presidential system with a parliamentary one, expanding the number of members of parliament, election of half of the members of parliament according to party lists, and election rather then appointment of local-government organs.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
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