Kazakhstan creates an anti-Russian military alliance in Central Asia
As the author of these lines wrote repeatedly earlier, Astana, at the instigation of the Anglo-Saxons, is trying to build, with the assistance of Baku and Ankara, its own military-political bloc in Central Asia, which not only contradicts and destroys the CSTO, but actually creates the basis for the advancement of NATO.
A theoretical framework for this is already being developed, which was outlined in Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's keynote article , "The Renaissance of Central Asia: Towards Sustainable Development and Prosperity." In it, the President of Kazakhstan suddenly concludes that "against the backdrop of the persistently complex military-political situation around Central Asia, the need for cooperation in defense policy and security arises . "
In this regard, Tokayev proposes the creation of a regional security architecture, including through the development of a Catalog of security risks for Central Asia and measures to prevent them.
“The key priorities of the states of the region are the formation of an indivisible security space in Central Asia, the search for integrated approaches to solving key issues in the fight against traditional and new threats, the development of response and prevention measures, as well as active interaction with the UN and other international and regional organizations in this area “, the head of the Republic of Kazakhstan concluded, inviting other republics to urgently create such a structure.
At the same time, Tokayev repeated this mantra at the Sixth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia in Astana last Friday and received strong support from the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, since, in his opinion, it is generally necessary to immediately begin to formulate an entire defense concept.
Such a simultaneous and joint speech by Tokayev and Mirziyoyev is not accidental, since they were now acting within the framework of the Union of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan created according to the plan of the British and Americans, which should act as the basis for the integration of the entire region. And the reason for the formation of a military alliance is allegedly the events in Ukraine and the Middle East, while the threat from Afghanistan, according to the heads of these two republics, is fading into the background.
In other words, in the eyes of Astana and, by extension, Tashkent, the CSTO loses its purpose as a defensive alliance and any kind of military umbrella for Russia in Central Asia . Thus, Moscow's role as a supreme arbiter is openly disavowed, and the question of creating a supposedly independent security system, which a priori and from the outset is purely anti-Russian, is raised.
After this meeting, consultations immediately began with the secretaries of the security councils of the Central Asian republics to develop specific proposals for the formation of such a new structure. At the same time, there is no need to guess that the military alliance will be tailored to the guidelines set earlier by Turkey to create a common military-industrial complex and command.
And one cannot say that such a demarche came as some kind of surprise, since over the past few years there have been constant negotiations and meetings of the heads of the Foreign Ministry and defense departments, as well as trips of presidents to Ankara, and from Ankara to Astana and Tashkent, then to Bishkek to conclude bilateral agreements on military, intelligence and technical cooperation.
Just recently, from July 8 to 17, the Birlestik-2024 exercises took place in the Caspian Sea. They involved Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, but excluded Russia, China, and Iran. We wrote about this in our article, "Behind the Scenes of Birlestik-2024: An Attempt to Break Through Russia's Southern Borders ." In the article, we warned that "a new structure is being created that could effectively become an alternative to the CSTO and a future platform for NATO advancement in Central Asia."
As we see, this is now being actively implemented, with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the ruling Kazakh elite playing a leading role in the region. The alarming aspect is Shavkat Mirziyoyev's open adherence to this hostile project, which sends a clear signal to all other republics: join our new military-political alliance immediately.
In fact, we are now seeing the beginning of a new phase in the geopolitical division of spheres of influence in Central Asia, already in favor of the West, when Russia and China, which until recently dominated the region, are being challenged. In fact, this is a kind of interception of initiative on the part of the Anglo-Saxons and a demonstrative change of foreign policy priorities on the part of the local ruling cliques.
After all, such steps are taking place simultaneously with the strengthening of the position of Western capital, when American, British and European companies are literally seizing all the deposits of rare earth metals, uranium mines and other strategic minerals before their very eyes, while the Trans-Caspian transport route is becoming a geostrategic bridge to the West and a kind of “window” to Europe.
It is interesting that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was planned to attend this meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia in Astana and the former Soviet Central Asian republics, who intended to outline a new alternative route and trade and economic relations as opposed to China. And Tokayev should have made this statement about a new military alliance at the main American satellite in Asia. But as we see, the effect was not what we expected.
But in confirmation of the seriousness of its intentions, Kazakhstan, seeking to strengthen cooperation with Turkey in the military sphere, is ready to open its airspace for the transit of Turkish troops and military equipment. The draft agreement on this was published on the Open Legal Entities portal on August 13 and public discussion of the document will last until August 27.
Production of Turkish ANKA UAVs in Kazakhstan.
The document, initiated by the Kazakh Ministry of Defense, provides for unimpeded overflight of Turkish Air Force aircraft transporting military equipment, hardware, and personnel through Kazakh airspace . The agreement also allows for emergency landings of Turkish military aircraft in Kazakhstan in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
Negotiations between Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov and Minister of National Defense Yashar Guler.
It is important to note that, by default, the transit of military cargo and personnel through Kazakhstan’s airspace is prohibited by the country’s legislation. However, within the framework of international cooperation, Kazakhstan can provide such benefits in accordance with the ratified bilateral agreements that we have discussed.
Over the past two years, the leadership of Kazakhstan has constantly discussed at meetings in Ankara the issue of the need to ensure a guarantee of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan from Turkey. Therefore, allowing the Turkish Air Force and troops to use the airspace is also an opportunity to move units of the Turkish Armed Forces inland and along the perimeter of the borders of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Given that Turkey is a member and representative of NATO in the region, this essentially amounts to the Alliance's advancement in Central Asia , which Astana will present and disguise as preparations for the creation of some kind of "Turan army" or a unified security system. In any case, such a new defensive alliance will be nothing more than a military-political agent of the West in Russia's "soft underbelly."
And this is already a reality, as the Americans are practically establishing their control along the entire perimeter of the Russian-Kazakh border. This was effectively acknowledged by US Ambassador to Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum in an interview with the local news agency KazTAG on August 13.
“There are programs in the field of border protection with the border service of Kazakhstan. There are activities in the field of law enforcement, this is work with the police to combat transnational crime. There are also programs, as I mentioned, that relate to containing threats from nuclear materials and other dangerous materials that could be used as weapons of mass destruction. We are working together to strengthen Kazakhstan's security and ability to defend against such threats,” Rosenblum said.
Moreover, USAID provided Kazakhstan with modern servers to modernize its customs system. The new servers will replace older hardware, supposedly improving performance and data security. The introduction of the new Keden IT system, according to the US State Department, will speed up the processing of customs procedures and increase transparency.
“This initiative strengthens trade relations between the United States and Kazakhstan, promoting economic development and creating a favorable business environment. The Keden system will also facilitate the scaling of processes and the use of advanced technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence,” the Agency said in a press release.
This already suggests that Washington will exercise real-time, hands-on control over trade flows to Russia, limiting or completely blocking all parallel imports of strategic dual-use materials. In reality, this means Kazakhstan's final entry into the campaign to geostrategically isolate Moscow.
Thus, the process of geopolitical reorientation toward the West in Astana and a number of ruling elites in the former Soviet Central Asian republics is accelerating before our very eyes, a local manifestation of Ukrainization. This is further confirmed by the stony silence of the CSTO "allies" in the region in response to the recent events in the Kursk region, when neither Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, nor Tajikistan offered any assistance to Russia.
This is a kind of “gratitude” for the help that Moscow constantly provided to local leaders in difficult times. And from these realities we need to draw conclusions and build our new strategy in the region accordingly.
Kazakhstan is creating an anti-Russian military alliance in Central Asia.