ASTANA – The outcomes of the sixth consultative meeting of Central Asian heads of state on Aug. 9 highlight significant progress in cooperation among the countries, which are now poised to pursue a more proactive approach in transport, trade and agriculture, said Askar Nursha, deputy director of the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies (KazISS), in an interview with Zakon.kz news agency.

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“The Astana meeting shows that the Central Asians, developing and strengthening this format of interaction, are ready to move to a new stage of relations. It will be…