Don't be so stupid I hear you say!
The Home of Borat, the most important place on earth ???
But wait a minute, hold your horses and flames, this unlikely contender for such a title sitting on the border between the European and Asian
continents is indeed important in many ways some mundane and some quite extraordinary as I will show below, first some basic backround Info
Kazakhstan's economy is larger than those of all the other Central Asian states combined, largely due to the country's vast natural resources and a
recent history of political stability..
Quite a regional player then indeed, and before anyone naively thinks "so what" look at the effect Afghanistan had on the world, and it is very
close indeed.
extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia..
border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Extremely significant then strategically, it's five times bigger than France, and especially considering this:
major deposits of petroleum..
Well we all know what that can mean....
Kazakhstan, the largest of the former Soviet republics in territory, excluding Russia, possesses enormous fossil fuel reserves and plentiful supplies
of other minerals and metals.
Major deposits of natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium
Hows this place run?
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
CIA World factbook Kazahkstan
Oh dear!
But still is this really important? or is it just a conspiracy geezer reading too much between the lines?
China and Kazakhstan on Friday issued a joint statement, agreeing to further deepen their strategic partnership.
Both sides reiterate that further deepening of this partnership is the priority of their foreign policies.
The two countries will maintain and enhance high-level political dialogues, intensify cooperation in the fields of culture, economy and trade, energy,
communications as well as science and technology.
The statement said that Kazakhstan reiterates that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and the government of the People's Republic of China is the
sole legal government of China. It opposes "Taiwan independence" in any form
Well that seems clear and fine, though surely Kazakhstan is hitting a bit above its head on the Taiwan Issue? Going against the US etc.... well anyhow
it seems the Chinese are keen to have very close ties indeed:
The joint statement was issued during Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev's state visit in China from April 15 to 19 at the invitation of
Chinese President Hu Jintao.
English people (chinese News site)
That's this year a 4 weeks ago only, so you may say, well the dots will join and form be patient
It seems that even though the above for some time it has also had "Strategic" partnerships with the other world players to:
U.S. Envoy Calls Kazakhstan 'Strategic Partner'
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said after meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev in Astana that the two countries are
"strategic partners."
Huliq news
Well well that's a first isnt it?
Strategic partners with China and the US and also openly attacking a strong US supported ally Taiwan...mmm well it gets much more interesting, and
this is even before the Mysterious UFO and high Strangeness stuff!
US NGOs want to ban Kazakhstan from nuclear technologies
Four non-governmental organizations in the United States have called on the Bush administration to ban Kazakhstan from nuclear technologies and from
buying 10% in the Westinghouse nuclear power company from Japan's Toshiba.
Which was ignored and the sale went ahead!
The organizations' letter, which has been sent to a U.S. Treasury committee for foreign investment, also said Kazakhstan's nuclear facilities and
materials were not protected, and added some people in the country were involved in illegal trade in nuclear materials. - RIA Novosti
Huliq News
Oh dear again, they certainly seem to be given a big leash by China and the US basically they both want them as best friends, even bending rules to
achieve that...
Especially when you consider the fact omitted from the CIA worldfact book on it's true leadership nature:
Kazakhstan's scarce democratic principles continue to wither. In the past several years, the president has harassed the independent media, arrested
opposition leaders, and passed a law making it virtually impossible for new political parties to form. In Dec. 2005, President Nazarbayev was
reelected with 91% of the vote. In May 2007, Parliament voted to do away with term limits, thus allowing President Nazarbayev to remain in office
indefinitely
Info please
How did the US react? Regime change etc... hardly:
he U.S. State Department says recent amendments to Kazakhstan's constitution, which include a change allowing the president to stay in office for
life, represent on the whole a step in the right direction.
Huliq news
A step in the right direction, you can say that again the Far Right!
Well well strategic partners with an Islamic law based Totalitarian state in disguise...strategically very important any memories from history lol?
The Shahto name just one and look where that led to... So why do China and the US love this country soo much when it goes against their main geo
political goals elsewhere, as shown below, which following the Taiwan situation is very opposite in traditional world politics, and again very
recent:
ASTANA/SEOUL, May 13 2009 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan and South Korea signed $5 billion worth of long-term energy and technology agreements on Wednesday in
a move allowing South Korea to increase its presence in the oil-rich Central Asian nation. The agreements, signed during the visit of President Lee
Myung-bak to the former Soviet republic, include deals in power, technology and other sectors, a Kazakh official said.
Reuturs
They have been busily courted have they not over the last few months... The main friends of China & South Korea wow, whilst enemies of Taiwan, and
startegic partners at the same time with the USA and China....mmm strange anything else?
Dmitry Medvedev visited neighboring Kazakhstan Thursday on his first trip abroad as Russia's new president
IHT
His FIRST trip abroad....Well what did he have to say about it?
Medvedev stated; “Astana did not become the first foreign capital that I have visited as president of Russia by chance. The main thing is that
Russia values the genuinely friendly and mutually-advantageous relations with Kazakhstan, our strategic partner.
Well wow that's pretty honest and open for diplo speak!
How did Nazarbayev feel?
President Nazarbayev went even further, calling the two nations bilateral links tighter than those of any other two states on earth.
Foreign Policy Network
Seems to be THE strategic partner of all the worlds powers then, and loved by them all no matter if they go against their other allies openly... so
how about relations with other very important geo political countries? What's been happening unoticed by the world's media and average joe?
Recently over the last few months with his recent rash of visits and deals... well you may be surprised once again:
(RFE/RL) -- Iran and Kazakhstan both possess huge oil reserves, so it was expected that Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s visit would focus on
exports of Kazakh oil through Iran.
Wow weeks after signing deals in South Korea (which cannot happen without USA!) China, and unlisted for space the UAE he gets a visit by the most
despised person in Washington... surely he cant be "partners" with him as well?
But the most sensational energy news to emerge from the Iranian leader's visit concerned not oil, but nuclear power.
At an April 6 press conference in Astana, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev restated his government’s position that Iran, “like any other
nation in the world, has the right to peaceful nuclear energy."
Really....?
Surely much condemnation of the visits and handshakes etc from the US?
Not a word said about it, still strategic partners even I suppose if Taiwan is "repatriated" by China and Israel invaded by Iran or they get a
Nuclear bomb... the plot indeed thickens...
I know as I looked into this more I became very confused about this little known, regarded and talked about country being so chased by all the world
players, being in such a unique political situation with them, being soo strategically important esp considering as said it is based on Islamic Law
and has an almost totalitarian regime... I even had visions of Nazarbaev stroking a white Persian cat in an underground bunker... well maybe just
maybe as :
Nazarbaev described ties between Kazakhstan and Iran as "growing day by day."
Contd.........
[edit on 16-5-2009 by MischeviousElf]
