On August 9, the sixth consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia was held in Astana, Kazakhstan. The meeting, which saw Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again present as a guest of honor, together with the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Representative Kaha Imnadze, marked the beginning of a new cycle of consultative meetings after the first five were successfully held starting in 2018, with only one interruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sixth consultative meeting in Astana featured several positive aspects, not…