The terrorist security of the countries of Central Asia is now ensured by two countries - China and Russia. The former head of the Nativ intelligence service, Yakov Kedmi, stated this on the Israeli ITON TV.
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“This area is explosive because Islamic terrorism can gain a base there. Two countries that are very, very attentive to this are Russia and China. This problem worries them more than who will influence the Asian states: Chinese or Russian,” Kedmi said.
He believes that at the moment Chinese influence is stronger in Kazakhstan, and there is parity in Uzbekistan. In his opinion, external players will not allow fundamentalists to destabilize the situation in this country at the time of the transition to power.
“If the internal forces in these republics are not authoritative enough to keep their countries from sliding into Islamic fundamentalism, China and Russia will take care of this to the extent of their influence,” Kedmi said.
According to the expert, the arrival of other external players in the region is unlikely. “It’s unlikely that anyone else will be allowed to participate in this game. Neither China nor Russia will be interested in European or overseas comrades poking their noses in there,” Kedmi said.