Germany-Central Asia Summit Should Promote Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock receive the heads of state for the Central Asia Summit at the Chancellery in the International Hall, Berlin, September 29, 2023. © 2023 Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Olaf Scholz will make history on September 17 as the first German chancellor to visit Central Asia for a summit with the region’s five heads of state. The summit aims to promote closer ties on economic, energy, and development issues.The initiative highlights the significance Germany attaches to relations with Central Asia,…

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