West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | May 2020
I) Political Developments Regional Impact of Covid-19: During April 2020 the WANA region continued to be plagued by Covid-19 pandemic, stretching the regional countries’ socio-political systems to face an enormous and multi-dimensional challenge. It brutally exposed the region’s countries’ various inadequacies such as governance failings, incompetent healthcare systems and haphazard social mobilisation. It also laid […]
Central Asia Digest | May 2020
Political Developments Statements by terrorist groups based in Central Asia and Afghanistan welcoming the US-Taliban “Peace Deal’’ signed on 29th February and congratulating the Taliban for evicting the occupying forces have impelled Afghanistan’s northern neighbours to extend their cooperation beyond rhetoric and multilateral meetings. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan signed a “Partnership 2020” agreement on military cooperation. […]
