BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 18. The European Parliament has adopted a resolution to review the European Union's strategy for Central Asian countries, Trend reports.
According to the European Parliament, 629 members participated in the vote, with 543 expressing support for the document, 44 abstaining, and 42 voting against.
"Taking new paths to new partnerships - more than important in our new geopolitical environment," the author of the report on the EU strategy for Central Asian countries, German Member of the European Parliament Karsten Lucke, wrote on X.
The document acknowledges that significant external factors have impacted the region since the adoption of the EU strategy on Central Asia in 2019.
"Central Asia is a region of strategic interest to the EU in terms of security and connectivity, as well as energy and resource diversification, conflict resolution, and the defense of the multilateral rules-based international order," the report reads.