期刊名称：International Institute for Asian Studies Annual Report
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
期号：04
页码：19-19
出版社：International Institute for Asian Studies
摘要：Eager individuals, but a not so
eager union
The foundation of EU-Central Asian cooperation,
the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement (PCA),2 was signed by Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in 1995
and four years later entered into force for a
decade. It did not apply to Tajikistan, whose
PCA negotiations were delayed by civil
war, or Turkmenistan, whose cooperation
was based on a separate bilateral Interim
Agreement. The PCA is the legal framework
for bilateral and inter-regional cooperation
in a number spheres (trade, investment,
human rights, constitutional reform and
regional affairs), and is significant for Central
Asia owing to the EU’s key role in the
world economy, its experience in sustainable
economic development and social justice,
and its population’s educational level
and cultural richness.
But this enthusiasm was not shared by
senior level EU officials. Dialogue was usually
limited to Cooperation Council annual
meetings, though even then EU representation
was often less than stellar.3 High level
Central Asian authorities, however, were
always present, which indicated how significant
they felt cooperation with Europe was.
Kazakhstan even opened a representative’s
office in Brussels and signed cooperation
and technical assistance agreements and
created an environment for their implementation.
