ISLAMABAD ( WNAM REPORT): The Institute of Regional Studies Islamabad under the leadership of President, Ambassador Jauhar Saleem and his team hosted the ‘2025 Central Asia/ Pakistan/ Azerbaijan (CAPA) Ambassadorial Dialogue on Regional Connectivity’ which featured the Ambassadors of four Central Asian states and Azerbaijan.
Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed was the Chief Guest and key note speaker at the event.
The esteemed speakers included H.E. Mr. Khazar Farhadov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Kistafin, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Sharifzoda Yusuf, Ambassador of Tajikistan to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Atadjan Movlamov (Dean of the Diplomatic Corps), Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan and H.E. Mr. Alisher Tukhtaev, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan.
Discussions and insights centered on how Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Central Asian states share a decades long, cultural, religious and linguistic relationship anchored in mutual trust, strategic convergence on regional issues and joint commitments towards global peace and harmony. While the relationship has blossomed in multilateral forums such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization through regular exchanges on themes such as prospects for regional connectivity and leveraging strategic locations to synergize sustainable development, there is a dire need to for all three sides to expand their political, economic and environmental cooperation for localized prosperity amid emerging global dynamics such as increased polarization and economic turmoil.
