New EUCAM Commentaries

EUCAM produced four new Commentaries. Commentary No. 18 "Central Asia on New Delhi's Geostrategic Radar" looks into India's policies in Central Asia. Commentary No. 19 "Go Gorno-Badakhshan" brings interesting insights from Pamir mountains of Tajikistan. In Commentaries No. 20 "Promises and hurdles in EU-Kazakhstan energy cooperation" and No. 21 "The Kyrgyzstani Presidential Elections Atambayev's challenges" authors from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan analyse energy cooperation and post-elections challenges in respective countries.

The EU has adopted a mandate to negotiate a legally binding threaty between the EU, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to build a Trans Caspian Pipeline System, EC Press Release 12 September 2011.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, appointed 25 new Heads of EU Delegation among which Ms. Aurelia Bouchez (FR) as a new Head of EU Delegation in Kazakhstan.

The European Delegation in Bishkek issued a statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission on the start of the official presidential electoral campaign in Kyrgyzstan (26.09.2011).   

The European Union and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan have signed the Financing Agreement for a Human Development Support Programme (HDSP) with a budget of 26 Million EUR.

Existing Human Rights Protection Tools are not effective enough, state EU project experts (27.09.2011).                                                                                                                                              

The European Commissioner for Energy Günther H. Öttinger gave a speech at the VI KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan on 4 October 2011.