A high-level conference took place at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on 28 January 2020 with the aim of strengthening cooperation in the region as well as the exchange between policy-makers, academia and civil society.
A joint declaration on cooperation in the field of climate and security has been signed between the central Asian countries, Afghanistan and Germany.
In addition to German Foreign Minister Maas, who is hosting the event, colleagues from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part part in the conference.
This includes the spheres of water and glacier protection in particular, energy, biodiversity, land management and agriculture and is to be implemented at national and regional level.
The aim of the Green Central Asia initiative is to create better access to information and promote academic cooperation in the Central Asian states and Afghanistan during the next four years.
The concrete implementation of the declaration is to be underpinned by a high-level political dialogue format.
