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Better connectivity will unlock Central Asia's economic potential

Integration can return region to role as intercontinental trade hub

| Central Asia
A freight train near Almaty: New initiatives in Central Asia are deepening economic cooperation.   © Reuters

Alibek Kuantyrov is Kazakhstan's minister of national economy.

Over the past three years, the global economy has experienced major shocks from both war and COVID-19. The current geopolitical tensions in Europe continue to seriously impact the global economy, affecting transport and logistics links and causing higher prices for energy and food.

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