Senior Lecturer, Department of World Policy and International Relationships, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studie, Uzbekistan
This article is devoted to the formation of cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the newly independent Central Asian states. As a result of the disintegration of the USSR in the 90s of the XX century, the Central Asian states gained independence. Initially, the main foreign policy issue for the countries of the region was to expand diplomatic relations and accelerate cooperation with the world's leading countries. In this context, the Federal Republic of Germany was one of the first Western European countries to establish embassies in all Central Asian countries. The article analyzes the factors influencing the formation of the Central Asian vector in German foreign policy. These include Germany's economic, political and cultural interests in Central Asia. In addition, in the 1990s, more than 300,000 ethnic Germans lived in Central Asia. The formation of the German Central Asian vector is taking place in two directions: as an independent state, Germany participates in its foreign policy and in the common Central Asian policy of the European Union. It also laid the groundwork for the EU's Central Asia strategy for the first time under the German presidency. This strategy was updated in 2015 and 2019. This shows that Germany's interest in Central Asia is growing.
Federal Republic of Germany, Central Asia, Economic and Political Interests, European Union, PCAs, TACIS, Ostpolitik, Green Central Asia Initiative
