"Turkey stakes a Central Asian claim
By Federico Bordonaro
The Turkish Foreign Ministry outlined Ankara's ambitious Central Asian strategy in an interesting comment in the EU Observer on May 3. The administration of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan thinks Europe should consult Turkey on Central Asia as the latter becomes increasingly important for Euro-Atlantic energy security. Hence Turkey is redrawing its diplomatic strategy in the region with a clear goal in mind: being the indispensable nation for Western interests in Central Asia. "
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