Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Turon IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA

Abstract

Iranis one of the largest countries in South-West Asia and key regional actors (players) in the Middle East, Central Asia. According to the UNESCO definition and Iranitself - or rather, the north-east part of Central Asia. The geopolitics of the region becomes a value close to the Iran Central Asia: it naturally creates a set of regional interconnections and conflicting dependencies. The common border - is also a factor of all known threats and challenges today.

The relations betweenIranand the countries ofCentral Asiaremain a number of outstanding issues and difficulties which require settlement. Here are some of them:

- The lack of clear strategies and objectives of CA cooperation withIran, hence - the lack of high-grade results. First of all, the Central Asian states should declare their own, according to an independent position onIranpossible.

- The difference in the socio-economic models, as well as political and ideological approaches in their mutual relations.

- Confessional factor in the relationship betweenIranand the Central Asian states is not yet decisive, but some "friction" that could lead to Sunni-Shiite contradictions occurs.